Many are, it seems, agag about Rick Santorum due to the devout nature of his Catholicism. While JFK assured America that Rome wouldn’t rule him, Rick seems determined to put into people’s minds the reverse. One of Santorum’s notable stand out features: as serious a climate denial as one can find within a pack of […]
Entries from January 2012
Santorum … The pick and choose from Catholic values candidate?
January 6th, 2012 · Comments Off on Santorum … The pick and choose from Catholic values candidate?
Tags: 2012 Presidential Election · climate change · climate delayers · climate zombies · politics · religion and global warming · republican party
The White House Asks: What should be in the State of the Union address?
January 6th, 2012 · 1 Comment
The official White House tweeter has asked a pretty good question: Hi Everyone – I’d love to hear your thoughts on what the President should say in the State of the Union speech later this month The responses are pounding in fast and furious. My two thoughts: SOTU should have full-throated endorsement of #cleanenergyjobs bit.ly/w2dr3t […]
Tags: 2012 Presidential Election · 746 · climate change · climate zombies · government energy policy
Pacific Institute issues BS awards …
January 5th, 2012 · Comments Off on Pacific Institute issues BS awards …
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Tags: climate change · climate delayers · climate zombies · Global Warming · global warming deniers · republican party
Ideas 21-30 for Clean Energy Job Creation …
January 5th, 2012 · 1 Comment
Today, Steve Lacey at the Center for American Progress published 20 Ideas for Job Creation: Keep Focused on Clean Energy. To build on the many good (or even excellent) ideas in that list (repeated below the fold), here are ideas 21-30 of places to go for Clean Energy Jobs: Go to your mortgage broker: Ed […]
Tags: clean energy jobs
Rush Limbaugh rules …
January 4th, 2012 · 1 Comment
the Republican Party? Yet again, a clear example of backpedaling Republican candidates in the face of pressure from Rush Limbaugh: Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has canceled the climate change chapter in his upcoming book of environmental essays after Rush Limbaugh and other commentators targeted its author, atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe. For those who don’t […]
Tags: 2012 Presidential Election · climate change · climate delayers · climate zombies · republican party · science
“I vote for energy …”
January 4th, 2012 · Comments Off on “I vote for energy …”
The American Petroleum Institute opened up its “Vote 4 Energy” campaign today. This insightful video merits watching … For more, see Vote 4 Energy and Vote For Energy.
Tags: Energy
Vote For Energy
January 4th, 2012 · 3 Comments
Today, the American Petroleum Institute (API) opened yet another astroturf campaign — sort of, considering massing amounts of public advertising in the nation’s newspapers — advocating that Americans “Vote for Energy“. API’s concept of Voting 4 Energy is pretty straightforward: continue subsidizing polluting fossil-foolish policies that are bankrupting the nation. (Consider the roughly $1 billion […]
New Hampshire scientists call on “all candidates” to “acknowledge” climate change
January 3rd, 2012 · 1 Comment
In 2008, one of the little acknowledged political subtexts was how significantly global warming played in the Republican primary process. Both independently and as part of organizational efforts, individuals asked questions at events (and on street corners) and many events had signs about voters’ concerns over the need for climate change action. John McCain stood […]
Tags: science