The Obama Administration seems to be pulling back, on front after front, in the face of economic challenges, sobering poll numbers, and steadfast Republican obstinacy. Whether on health care, jobs promoting legislation, EPA regulation of pollutants, and/or energy/climate policy, the political powers that be within the Obama White House have determined that ‘tactical retreats’ toward […]
Entries Tagged as 'environmental'
The political and practical necessity for bold action … not tactical retreat
February 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments
Tags: architecture2030 · clean energy jobs · climate change · democrats · Energize America · Energy · energy efficiency · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy · political symbols · politics · President Barack Obama
Climate Denialists Beware: President Obama speaks clearly — without a teleprompter
February 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Those seeking to undermine knowledge and respect for science, whether it is those who decry Charles Darwin’s laying out of evolution or fossil-foolish interests attacking Nobel Prize winners, have something to fear when Barack Obama chooses to speak (with or without a teleprompter). While there were many reasons for his election, his ability to speak […]
Tags: climate change · climate delayers · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · President Barack Obama
Flush Feinstein with her Anti-Science Water Policy?
February 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment
This guest post from Patriot News Daily Clearinghouse turns a critical eye toward Senator Feinstein’s efforts to rewrite long-standing California water policy. It then turns to some great links re climate and environmental issues. The only benefit to Sen. Feinstein’s new measure to unilaterally rewrite California water policy might be to galvanize enough Democrats to […]
Tags: climate change · environmental
POSTal Schizophrenia re Climate Science strikes again
February 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment
The Washington Post has an incredibly uneven nature when it comes to the science related to Climate Change. The editorial page will publish an absolutely dishonest piece, be challenged to such an extent that they will publish multiple letters (including from misquoted scientists/scientific institutions) calling out the fraudulent material, and then give George “Will-ful Deceit” […]
Tags: Bill McKibben · climate change · climate delayers · climate legislation · democrats · Energy · environmental · George Will · Global Warming · global warming deniers · Washington Post
Business Week Careless About Facts in Misrepresentation of Climate Science
January 31st, 2010 · 2 Comments
Poor misunderstood Bob Lutz. How dare Lutz be castigated for stating that “Global warming is a crock of s*%t!” After all, he follow this with “”Don’t misunderstand me, I’m not a climate denier.” This is, in essence, the opening for an atrociously error-filled Business week column by Ed Wallace that piles misrepresentation on top of […]
Tags: climate change · climate delayers · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · journalism
Science blows the top off mountaintop removal mining
January 8th, 2010 · 4 Comments
This cross-post from DWG provides an excellent perspective on the heavily peer-reviewed study, just published in Science magazine, that provides strong material about the serious health (environmental and human) implications of Mountain Top Removal (MTR). For links to numerous other discussions, see here. The rapacious polluters in the coal industry are celebrating. The approval of […]
Tags: business practice · coal · Energy · environmental · government energy policy · pollution
Whole Paycheck’s “Crazy Uncle”‘s crazed global warming ignorance
January 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Nick Paumgarten penned an excellent piece on Whole Foods’ CEO (and former Chairman of the Board) John Mackey in the 4 January 2010 New Yorker, Food Fighter: Does Whole Foods’ C.E.O. know what’s best for you? John Mackey … sees himself as a “daddy” to his fifty-four thousand employees, who are known as “team members,” […]
Tags: climate delayers · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers
Dr Seuss Traveled to COP15
December 21st, 2009 · Comments Off on Dr Seuss Traveled to COP15
Dr Seuss’ Lorax remains one of the most powerful works re the implications of placing “environment vs economy” rather than understanding how they are intrinsically combined along with a powerful indictment of placing economy over environment in terms of the devastating implications for health, quality of life, and other issues. Here is the clearest summary […]
Tags: climate change · energy efficiency · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · government energy policy
Barton can’t see Arctic or Himalayas from his porch
December 18th, 2009 · Comments Off on Barton can’t see Arctic or Himalayas from his porch
While Sarah Palin might be able to see Russia from her front porch, evidently Representative Joe Barton can’t see the polar ice cap from his. Throwing aside the adage that politics ends at the water’s edge, Barton and some Republican global warming denying colleagues traveled to Copenhagen to try to undermine the COP15 talks. As […]
Tags: carbon dioxide · catastrophic climate change · climate change · climate delayers · climate legislation · Congress · energy efficiency · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · government energy policy
Green Schools Include Green Cleaning
December 16th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Try an experiment with paint. Paint one side of a piece of wood with low-VOC (volatile organic compound) paint and lay it to dry somewhere in the house. Wait a day or two, paint the other side with traditional. The difference will be clear. When it comes to cleaning, however, too many of us have […]
Tags: building green · environmental · green