President Barack Obama is barnstorming the nation promoting his “all-of-the-above” energy policy. Watching this parade reinforces that ‘Climate Change’ and ‘Global Warming’ (let alone climate chaos or catastrophic climate chaos or …) appear to be banned four-letter phrases in the Obama Administation lexicon. Yesterday, the President was in Boulder City, Nevada, standing in front of a solar electricity […]
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Obama’s Four-Letter Words and Cushing, Oklahoma
March 22nd, 2012 · 6 Comments
Tags: anti-science syndrome · catastrophic climate change · climate change · climate zombies · Global Warming · Obama Administration · political symbols · President Barack Obama
President equates Republican clean-energy opponents to Flat Earth Society
March 15th, 2012 · 2 Comments
Today, President Obama game a speech (text and comments after the fold) on energy issues. The takeaway line when it comes to clean energy: “If some of these folks were around when Columbus set sail, they probably must have been founding members of the flat earth society. They would not believe that the world was […]
Tags: 2012 Presidential Election · Energy · Obama Administration · oil · peak oil · President Barack Obama
An election about science
January 13th, 2012 · 10 Comments
When it comes to the November 2012elections, few people identify science as the core issue. Economic concerns (JOBS! JOBS! JOBS!), fossil-foolish fueled anger at government, passions over the role of government, the Occupy Movement (what is happening to the 99% while the 1% profit?), and otherwise are among the many “core” issues. A hidden element […]
Tags: 2012 Presidential Election · Obama Administration · political symbols · politics · President Barack Obama · republican party · research · science
@JonCarson44 responded to my tweets
January 12th, 2012 · Comments Off on @JonCarson44 responded to my tweets
I received a couple notes from Twitter. The official White House blogger, Jon Carson, is now following me and responded to one of my messages. JonCarson44 @A_Siegel thanks for helping me hear from folks about SOTU, getting lots of people talking about clean energy jobs Jan 09, 8:50 AM via web In reply to… A_Siegel […]
Tags: 2012 Presidential Election · climate change · climate delayers · climate zombies · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · media · Obama Administration · political symbols · politics · President Barack Obama · republican party · science
“We can’t wait” … President stands up to Big Oil and Big Coal
December 13th, 2011 · Comments Off on “We can’t wait” … President stands up to Big Oil and Big Coal
President Barack Obama might finally have crystalized to a core message that, honestly, should have been core from the election through today. We cannot wait … – To address the health care inequities, costs, and shortfalls – To foster a more honest engagement between the financial community (Wall Street) and the citizenry (Main Street) – […]
Tags: Congress · Obama Administration · pollution · President Barack Obama · republican party
OIRA: White House’s Open Door to Lobbyists to Gut EPA Regs+
November 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment
This guest post comes from a scientist who finds himself to be a Fish Out of Water. Industry lobbyists have unlimited access to the White House to gut health, safety and environmental regulations proposed by the EPA and other regulatory agencies. A secretive, little known part of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, […]
Tags: analysis · economics · environmental · environmental economics · Obama Administration
America’s Mini-Keystones? The Bryce Canyon Case
November 8th, 2011 · 1 Comment
This guest post from RL Miller provides an insightful way to look at decisions across America that are giving the Federal Government’s blessing to expanded and enhanced fossil fuel production. The Keystone XL pipeline symbolizes our national debate: a governmental policy to be made that will set policy, for good or bad, for years to […]
Tags: coal · Energy · Obama Administration
Darren Doth Protest Too Much?
October 20th, 2011 · Comments Off on Darren Doth Protest Too Much?
On 18 October, Politco published a Darren Samuelson article entitled “Liberals unhappy with Solyndra focus“. Environmental groups are desperate to shift media attention away from Solyndra’s collapse and toward allegations of Obama administration favoritism to the Keystone XL pipeline, and they’re willing to throw the White House under the bus to do it. This article […]
Tags: 2008 presidential campaign · Abu Dhabi · climate delayers · Energy · journalism · Obama Administration · political symbols · politics
Time for reusing a tired t-shirt?
June 22nd, 2011 · 3 Comments
What are the Three Rs? Reduce, reuse, recycle. Right now, I am wondering, when it comes to clothing that makes a political statement, whether the choice is reduced to recycling for reuse a now 20-year old t-shirt. This Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) t-shirt dates from (I believe) the 1990 Earth Day amid efforts to […]
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White House Without Excuse For Missed Solar Deadline
June 20th, 2011 · 4 Comments
Facing growing and increasingly prominent calls to restore solar panels to the White House roof, roughly 30 years after Ronald Reagan pulled off the panels President Jimmy Carter put up, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu made an exciting announcement at Green Gov last October: As we move toward a clean energy economy, the White House will […]
Tags: Energy · Obama Administration · political symbols · President Barack Obama · renewable energy · solar · Solar Energy