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After highlighting the absurdity of Senator Claire McCaskill’s comments re Global Warming in Twitting Claire and To Twit Claire, a musing step back contemplation. Putting aside simply doing the right thing, recognizing the science, taking the Energy Smart path, and fighting to convince her voters that she’s right as she seeks to put the nation […]

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Sigh … Time for a tale of moving from someone excited about creating a new relationship with a company and one of its products to a household walking away with some serious bad taste in terms of dealing with the firm. (A brief note: To be clear for a moment: in terms of woe and […]

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A month ago, non-violent protesters infiltrated an anti-Progress Mines (Massey Energy) Mountaintop Removal site in Western Virginia. Through the early morning, they snaked through desolated terrain, formally beautiful mountains and valleys, reminiscent of a World War I battlefield. A trained group climbed the dragline and put up a Stop Mountaintop Removal sign. Everyone involved had […]

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Referred to as ‘sausage making’, the legislative process isn’t pretty (despite those beautiful Rose Garden signing sessions). And, too often, the result from the legislative process isn’t pretty. And, where the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act has gone isn’t pretty and the potential paths forward make it far too likely to end […]

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As noted just a few days ago, discussing a historic NAACP climate change resolution, the “environmental” movement has had a reputation as some form of lily-white activity for those with enough resources to have the luxury of caring about the planet’s future. While there were (and, sadly, are) some truths to this, the Environmental Justice […]

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40 years ago, today, Neil Armstrong took “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” It had been just over eight years earlier when a young President John F Kennedy walked into the House of Representatives and made the call to go to the moon. We choose not to go to the moon […]

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According to Newsday, There’s no Christmas in July for Andrew Spadafora. Spadafora has, over the years, built up what might be Long Island’s largest Christmas light display. And, associated with that, has been raising money for the Schneider Children’s Hospital: some $180,000 in fundraising. But, the still unpaid portions of the $41,000 that the 2008 […]

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This is a guest post from by PhotogHog, who made this thoughtful comment in response to (as part of the conversation with) Stranded Wind’s discussion Contemplating Human Extinction. The Earth is ancient far beyond the understanding of most people. There have been giant continents,  populated repeatedly with immense herds of large animals, innumerable deadly carnivores, […]

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When writing a review, the desired state is to write positive; hopefully having had an excellent experience with, then, the pleasure of sharing that with others. Sadly, not all life’s experiences are joyful. Rik DeGunther has an empire of Energy for Dummies books. He writes well. And, it is clear that he has real knowledge. […]

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Senator James Inhofe (R-Exxon) has misused the power of his chairmanship and, now, Ranking Minority status on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) committee to expend taxpayer resources on distorting, misleading, and outright deceiving when it comes to scientific issues, most notably in relation to questions of Global Warming. One of the most infamous […]

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