In 2008, Kathleen Sebelius undertook a courageous battle against coal industry interests attempting to buy their way into perpetuating highly polluting coal-fired electricity plants. She stood up against fossil-foolish distortions. She stood up against industry lobby money. She stood up in a tough fight against Republican legislators who were active collaborators with the polluters. She […]
Entries Tagged as 'Global Warming'
Heroes in the Global Warming Front: Or, What is it with Female Democratic Governors Anyway?
March 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: climate change · coal · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy · politics · pollution · renewable energy
YouthBuild-ing Inspiration
March 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Yesterday, Michelle Obama and I visited the Mall for YouthBuild USA’s 30th Anniversary. (Okay, truth in advertising, Michelle was there at 10:30 and I was there at 2 pm, but we did both visit the same event.) Looking at them from the web, YouthBuild impresses. In person, YouthBuild inspires. Clearly, the program inspires the involved […]
Tags: Energy · Global Warming
Greenpeace Grossly Understates Value of Energy [R]evolution
March 11th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Earlier today, in a very interesting session featuring Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sven Teske (Greenpeace), and Joe Romm (Climate Progress), Greenpeace released the latest in their series of Energy [R]evolution analyses. This high quality report conducted by the German Aerospace Center lays out, using quite conservative estimates, how “the United States can meet the energy […]
Tags: analysis · carbon dioxide · climate change · Energy · environmental · Global Warming
Senator Bernie Sanders: 80% by 2050 isn’t enough
March 11th, 2009 · Comments Off on Senator Bernie Sanders: 80% by 2050 isn’t enough
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spoke this morning at the release of a Greenpeace Energy [R]evolution report that lays out, using quite conservative estimates, how “the United States can meet the energy needs of a growing economy and achieve science-based cuts in global warming pollution – without nuclear power or coal.” And, do so not just […]
Tags: climate change · climate legislation · Congress · emissions · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy
Rush’s Hot Air … heats the globe
March 10th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Many in the Republican “base” found John McCain an outrage, his policy views and perspectives abhorrent, not least of which that he deigns to consider reality in stating that Global Warming is a serious issue meriting attention (even if his policy prescriptions aren’t enough). Well, what does the Glorious Leader of the Republican Party have […]
Tags: climate change · climate delayers · Global Warming · global warming deniers · politics · republican party
Glenn Beck = Stalin: Assassination of a Climate Scientist
March 8th, 2009 · 2 Comments
A guest post from the ever-insightful and passionate about science APSmith. That would be character assassination of course – we’re talking about wingers here. So, this past Wednesday morning on Glenn Beck’s TV show, he bizarrely focuses on a climate blogger and scientist, Michael Tobis of Only In It For The Gold. Beck claims that […]
Tags: climate change · climate delayers · Global Warming · global warming deniers · skeptic
The Will Affair … struggling to keep up
March 4th, 2009 · 31 Comments
This post is an effort to provide some links and some of the quotes of the massive number of blog posts calling out George Will and The Washington Post in The Will Affair.
Tags: climate change · Global Warming
“You just don’t seem to think the times have changed …
March 4th, 2009 · 4 Comments
This clip from last week’s Senate Committee for Environment and Public Works (EPW) hearing for an Update on the Latest Global Warming Science is, well, breathtaking. While the world is seeing real impacts (from ice retreats to changing weather patterns) from heating, which science links to CO2 (and other) emisssions. With CO2 levels soon to […]
Tags: climate change · Energy · Global Warming
What’s in a name? Warming; Change; Chaos; Disruption; Catastrophe; Climaticide
March 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
No matter the word put against it, humanity is driving change in climate and other aspects of our living space. For decades, scientists, scholars, and public opinion pollsters have sought to place a name against the phenomena. Global Warming … Climate Change … Global Change … Climate Chaos; Climate Disruption … Climate Catastrophe … Climate […]
Tags: climate change · Global Warming
Tributes to Johnny Rook & Climaticide Chronicles
March 2nd, 2009 · 7 Comments
To honor Johnny Rook (nee Steven Kimball), his family has asked for contributions to The 350.org Johnny Rook / Steven Kimball fund. There have been moving posts about Johnny Rook’s and the Climaticide Chronicles. Here are links to and extracts from a number of them. A Siegel, Get Energy Smart! NOW!!! Homage to a hero: […]
Tags: climate change · environmental · Global Warming · journalism