Bill McKibben’s LATimes OPED today makes a searing, and truthful, analogy. The title gives it away
The O.J. tactic
Climate change skeptics sound like Simpson’s lawyers: If the winter glove won’t fit, you must acquit.
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Yes, those who are fighting so mightedly to confuse the public about the state of climate scientists are like OJ Simpson’s lawyers. They [...]
Entries Tagged as 'political symbols'
“If the glove won’t fit …” Deniers advocates vs skeptical scientists
February 25th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Global Warming · climate change · climate delayers · environmental · global warming deniers · political symbols
The political and practical necessity for bold action … not tactical retreat
February 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments
The Obama Administration seems to be pulling back, on front after front, in the face of economic challenges, sobering poll numbers, and steadfast Republican obstinacy. Whether on health care, jobs promoting legislation, EPA regulation of pollutants, and/or energy/climate policy, the political powers that be within the Obama White House have determined that ‘tactical retreats’ toward [...]
Tags: Energize America · Energy · Global Warming · President Barack Obama · architecture2030 · clean energy jobs · climate change · democrats · energy efficiency · environmental · government energy policy · political symbols · politics
Does John Broder know that Media Matters exists?
December 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
The head of the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit, Professor Phil Jones, has stepped aside from his directorship for a temporary period to enable a faster and more comprehensive investigation of the Center’s electronic security and of how he (and others) managed the CRU (and their email correspondence) in the face of determined [...]
Tags: Congress · Energy · James Inhofe · anti-science syndrome · climate change · climate delayers · energy efficiency · jim hansen · journalism · political symbols · politics
Christmas Lights … scrooge or savior? (an annual refrain …)
November 30th, 2009 · Comments Off
Do you love those displays of Christmas (or Hannukah or Kwanza or …) lights? Are you awed by those so impassioned that they string up 1000s of lights in awesome displays worthy of a city center? I once did, pausing on cold winter nights, white clouds issuing from my mouth, enjoying being in the [...]
Tags: Energy · energy efficiency · environmental · green · lighting · political symbols · pollution
Australian PM Rudd takes Global Warming Deniers to the Shed for a Spanking
November 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Today, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd spoke at the Lowy Institute. Entitled Check Against Delivery, this is one of the strongest statements seen from a Head of Government of a ‘developed’ nation on climate change and, more specifically, contains very strong denunciation of those deniers and delayers and self-proclaimed “skeptics” who are obstructing movement to [...]
Tags: Global Warming · catastrophic climate change · climate change · climate delayers · energy efficiency · environmental · global warming deniers · political symbols · politics · republican party
Supermodels take it off for the climate … Do you want to get to 350 too?
October 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments
The video, as you will see, ends with this line:
So this is what 352 parts per million looks like. If you want to see 350 parts per million, our natural state, then you have to get your politicians to act now.
Okay, a small caveat is in order.
Who ever said that 350 parts per million is [...]
Tags: Energy · Global Warming · climate change · energy efficiency · government energy policy · political symbols · politics
That Bud’s Not for Me …
October 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Anheuser-Busch makes much of its commitment to the environment:
Today, many companies are “going green.” But at Anheuser-Busch, we’re proud to say our tradition of environmental stewardship dates back to our founder, Adolphus Busch. In the late 1800s, he began recycling leftover grain from the brewing process, using it for cattle feed, a practice that continues [...]
Tags: Global Warming · business practice · climate change · climate delayers · energy efficiency · global warming deniers · government energy policy · political symbols
Let’s see some bets under the sun
October 12th, 2009 · Comments Off
The U.S. Congress is often the site of friendly (sometimes not so friendly) wagering, when rival teams meet each other in important events.
This occurs around University football games, World Series, the Superbowl, March Madness, and other competitions. Right now, there is a 20-team competition underway almost literally in the shadow of the US Congress and, [...]
Tags: Energy · Solar Energy · political symbols · politics · solar · solar decathlon · sports
“Will the Senate save the Clean Air Act?”
July 8th, 2009 · No Comments
That is the question that many Americans will see opening their newspapers tomorrow as a nationwide advertising effort begins to let Americans know that the American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) has a provision restricting the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to enforce the Clean Air Act (CAA). The CAA is perhaps the premier [...]
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Acting on Climate = Benefits, not costs
June 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Amid many frustrations re the American Climate Energy & Security (ACES) Act (climate legislation), it is like listening to fingernails on a chalkboard when people say “it will only cost X” (”just a postage stamp a day”). There is celebratory discussion of CBO and EPA numbers showing very low costs, seemingly useful to counter R [...]
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