The McCain campaign’s greenwashing efforts are getting hit from all sides and could actually provide a unifying factor across the political spectrum: everyone finds it absurd. As per EarthFirst, Finally, Something the Righties and Lefties All Agree On: McCain Needs to Stop this Environment Crap.
Entries Tagged as '2008 presidential campaign'
Greenwashed McCain: All sides call it dirty
May 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: 2008 presidential campaign · 2008 Presidential Election · analysis · eco-friendly · environmental · greenwashing · john mccain
Blogging Halfway McCain’s Global Warming concepts
May 13th, 2008 · 3 Comments
John McCain’s speech and policy constructs on Global Warming have gotten a bit of attention from the Energy Smart blogging world. The following are few of the worthwhile discussions to date.
Tags: 2008 presidential campaign · 2008 Presidential Election · cap and trade · climate change · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · john mccain · politics
Halfway McCain: See Problem, Not real Solution
May 12th, 2008 · 12 Comments
Today, presumptive Republican nominee John McCain will be giving a major speech on Global Warming. This speech, as with so much of what John McCain says on Global Warming, will contain many great words. And, in contrast to the obstinate denial of reality by some many in the Republican Party, his direct statements recognizing the reality […]
Tags: 2008 presidential campaign · 2008 Presidential Election · climate change · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy · john mccain · politics
Chambering a round against future commerce
May 9th, 2008 · 6 Comments
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce continues its deceptive campaign tour to fight any meaningful efforts to deal with Global Warming. Last week, the USCOC joined up with Senator George Voinovich in Columbus, Ohio, for the session deceptively entitled “Comprehensive Approach to Energy and Climate Change“. From the speech by USCOC President Thomas J. Donohue, he […]
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Energy Dumb, Dumber, Dumbest …
May 1st, 2008 · 7 Comments
My six-year old son is addicted to the Berenstein Bears. One of his first successfully read books: Ready, Get Set, Go which teaches adjectives and suggests that no one is best at everything. How many times read between us? 10? 25? Maybe 50? As any parent can tell you, a favored book like that becomes […]
Tags: 2008 presidential campaign · 2008 Presidential Election · analysis · barack obama · conservation · Energy · Global Warming · Hillary Clinton · john mccain
What makes good reporting on climate change?
April 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment
When considering the reporting on Climate Change, there is a real problem. Is this a “science” or a “policy”/”political” issue? If the first, then there is a different approach than if the second. “Science” reporting will have respect for fact and truth, with “objective” being associated with truth, with the more serious effort to pay […]
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Truthiness over Truth: McCain Surrogate Speaks Up On Climate Change
April 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on Truthiness over Truth: McCain Surrogate Speaks Up On Climate Change
Anyone with an open mind realizes that the “Straight Talk Express” has little relationship with action for McFlip, McFlop, McSame McCain as the man (the politician) truly seems to excel at telling people to “Do as I say, not as I do.” Sadly, this is the case when it comes to Global Warming, where McCain’s Green […]
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Global Warming: political issue or not?
March 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Global Warming: political issue or not?
Al Gore likes to comment that Global Warming, its existence and the need to act on it, should not be a political issue. Protecting the earth from global warming is a mandatory part of following Jesus, former Vice President Al Gore said at a “Stewardship of the Earth” luncheon Jan. 31 2008 during the New […]
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