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The Obama-Biden reelection campaign has sent out a tweet on climate change issues: “Climate change is not a hoax. More droughts and wildfires are not a joke. They’re a threat to your future.”—President Obama — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 9, 2012 This quote from the President’s DNC speech was the second most applauded line in […]

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Despite his significant backing of (that unicorn like notion of) “clean coal” and opening of huge areas of Federal land for increased coal production, the coal industry is bankrolling an aggressive campaign against President Obama — embraced with passion by the Republican Party — arguing that there is a “War on Coal”.  These coal barons […]

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Virginia Republican Senate candidate George Allen evidently is enamoured with word “more”. Listening to his debate with Governor Tim Kaine, George used the words “more fair” and “more simple” to describe his philosophical concepts behind tax codes that would lower the wealthiest income tax cuts.  While many use the “do I want to drink a […]

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What are some of the key take-aways from Wednesday night’s debate? Mitt Romney has a love in his heart — yet he wants to defund all the things he loves except the one killing us. “I love Big Bird.”  And he “likes PBS” but he wants to defund it. “I love great schools” although he […]

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In the June 2012 National Defense magazine, Lawrence Farrell, Jr, the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)’s national director asked the question: “New American Oil Boom: Will it Slow DoD’s Renewable Energy Momentum?” Farrell’s OPED laid out a reasoned case as to why it remains in the U.S. national interest — and in the Defense Department’s […]

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While I plan to return to this, for a more substantive discussion when I have time, I spent several hours at the Green Festival, DC, yesterday and found this worthwhile. At the DC Convention Center, today is the second/last day and I would recommend this to others. Among (many) interesting, surprising, enjoyable items: Electric / […]

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Gene Vashing speaks for “Coal, Oil, Gas America” about how environmentalists seek to destroy the job creation opportunities due to significant fossil fuel use. Now you see we’re just COGs in this great machine we call America …Coal, Oil, Gas … Why, that’s just nature. Let’s join Gene and fight to end “COGBashing”.PS: And, by […]

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The Romney-Ryan energy plan has been appropriately castigated for embracing and enshrining fossil fuels while disdaining and dismissing renewable energy systems (and, well, totally ignoring energy efficiency).  (One could say that the Romney-Ryan campaign is rejecting energy from heaven and embracing (with passion) energy from hell.) With mindless ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ cheering, enraptured sonnets for Keystone […]

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Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, USN (ret’d) opens The Burden‘s trailer with these words: Oil, natural gas, coal have been very good for the United States … Key to his words: “have been”. Rich natural resources have been key to America’s emergence, over the centuries, into a global powerhouse. Combined with (regulated) capitalism enabling best practices […]

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Talk about a catchy conference title: Recycling lands on FBI’s most-wanted list While it might not go as far as Don’t Mess With Texas, this does allow one one to imagine a crumpled aluminum can on a Post Office poster alongside a mass murderer. This was the title for the first presentation in the GreenGov […]

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