The evidence is mounting that the US Chamber of Commerce (USCOC) is mounting its efforts to undermine legislative initiatives from the Obama Administration and the Democratic Party-controlled Congress using funds that, ultimately, come from the US taxpayer’s bailout funding of Wall Street firms. As discussed in Politico , Open Left, and elsewhere, the US Chamber […]
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US Chamber of Commerce using tax dollars to undermine energy / climate progress?
April 15th, 2009 · Comments Off on US Chamber of Commerce using tax dollars to undermine energy / climate progress?
Tags: climate change · Energy · truthiness
For Sanity in an Editorial: A tip of the hat to The Tennessean
April 12th, 2009 · Comments Off on For Sanity in an Editorial: A tip of the hat to The Tennessean
Too much energy has to be expended taking on “faux and balanced” material in the nation’s newspapers of record, striving to foster sanity and truthfulness in the publications, rather than the insanity and truthiness too often pandered in their pages. Swirling in the miasma of too often shoddy coverage and frequent deceit in the editorial […]
Tags: climate change · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy
Listening to a President …
April 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment
One of the struggles of the new Administration is adapting to having a US President who is actually worth listening to, for whom it is worth carving time out to watch and listen to public statements and the impressive number of press conferences/availabilities and town halls. Issues of energy and climate change come up in […]
Tags: barack obama · climate change · Energy · Obama Administration
Bachman-Horner Overdrive of Global Warming Denial
April 10th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Michele Bachman, (R-MN-6), held a global warming denial promoting townhall without, par for the course for, even taking a question at the “townhall”. This session, which featured a presentation by Global Warming denier Chris Horner is most accurately described, as per the title, as the “Bachman-Horner Overdrive of Global Warming Denial”. Despite an MIT professor’s […]
Tags: climate change · climate delayers · politics · republican party · truthiness
NY Times: ‘He Says, She Says’ … who are we to judge?
April 10th, 2009 · 5 Comments
The New York Times seems to exude, at times, jealousy for the Washington Post for The Will Affair. Why should The Post be singled out, some at the Gray Lady must be thinking think, for shoddy journalistic approaches when it comes to Global Warming issues? Caught throughout his career at serial deception after serial deception, […]
Tags: climate change · climate delayers · energy efficiency · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · government energy policy · journalism
Washington Post’s Willfully Civil War
April 9th, 2009 · 7 Comments
The Washington Post clearly has a major internal battle under way. Clear because the discussions and disputes are spilling so clearly into public. This week, five different Washington Post employees (four in The Washington Post or on WashingtonPost.COM) have directly criticized George Will’s Will-ful Deceit in what has escalated into The Will Affair. QUICK BACKGROUNDER/REMINDER: […]
Tags: climate change · environmental · journalism
Doing Climate Right: A new voice on the scene
April 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment
E3 (economy, energy, environment) presents us all with very significant, even daunting challenges. Tackling these challenges right also represents great opportunity to come out, at the other end, stronger than we are today. Formed by more than two dozen organizations, the Climate Equity Alliance is a voice to see that we, collectively, pursue solutions to […]
Tags: climate change · environmental · environmental justice · Global Warming
Even Republicans are speaking out …
April 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Even Republicans are getting disgusted with Republican deceit. The “Republicans for Environmental Protection” issued a press release calling on Republicans to abide by more honest economic analysis and state that Republican tactics are “a disservice to Americans”. Such tactics, which are designed to score political points and gain headlines, are a disservice to American citizens, […]
Tags: climate change · Global Warming · political symbols · politics · republican party · truthiness
Core Principles in Face of Warming World
April 1st, 2009 · Comments Off on Core Principles in Face of Warming World
Energy and Global Warming are complex, multifaceted, deep subjects. They are beyond the ability of any single person to totally master. And, a great challenge to those focused on them is seeking how to communicate, in a meaningful way, to those who don’t have the ability to dedicate huge chunks of time to learning about […]
Tags: cap and trade · climate change · climate legislation · ed markey · Energy · environmental · environmental justice · Global Warming · government energy policy
Obama connects dots: will traditional media outlets?
March 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments
When it comes to extreme weather events, America’s traditional media outlets seem almost inherently incapable of connecting the dots between changing weather patterns, increasing common ‘extreme’ weather events, and Global Warming. Fires … droughts … floods … ever-increasing 500 and 100 year weather events and, well, the words “climate change” or “global warming” are rarely […]
Tags: climate change · Global Warming