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If you can stomach it … they couldn’t

October 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Courtesy of the camera and work of Chris Jordan, decaying Albatross chicks are sending a message from the Pacific gyre about the plastic footprint that humanity is leaving across the planet.  Chris’ introduction to this searing set of photos: These photographs of albatross chicks were made just a few weeks ago on Midway Atoll, a […]

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Tags: Energy · plastic · politics · pollution

Republican Party of Virginia candidate spouts off global warming skeptic line …

October 14th, 2009 · Comments Off on Republican Party of Virginia candidate spouts off global warming skeptic line …

The Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) is determined to prove to any and all its anti-science, anti-knowledge credentials. Here is the RPV candidate for Attorney General parroting global warming denier lines, showing his tendency to allow his ideological preferences and biases to triumph over science and the work of 1000s of scientists. Should it surprise […]

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Tags: climate change · climate delayers · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · politics · republican party

Let’s see some bets under the sun

October 12th, 2009 · Comments Off on Let’s see some bets under the sun

The U.S. Congress is often the site of friendly (sometimes not so friendly) wagering, when rival teams meet each other in important events. This occurs around University football games, World Series, the Superbowl, March Madness, and other competitions.  Right now, there is a 20-team competition underway almost literally in the shadow of the US Congress […]

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Tags: Energy · political symbols · politics · solar · solar decathlon · Solar Energy · sports

“CASH is green”

October 10th, 2009 · Comments Off on “CASH is green”

Each of the Solar Decathlon’s 20 teams developed their own philosophy, developed within their own regional requirements and styles, and developed a sustainable home from that. Some teams aimed for the upscale market, creating visions for the Hampton beach goer or the empty nesters sipping wine in Napa Valley.  While those on the high might […]

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Tags: Energy · global warming deniers · politics · solar · solar decathlon · Solar Energy

Who is Creigh Deeds Speaking To? And, what is he saying?

October 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Creigh Deeds’ new ad begins “Does Bob McDonnell really stand with us?” With his misogynist and regressive views, as detailed in his Liberty University thesis or McDonnell’s half-baked and truthiness-laden concepts to raid educational funds to pour concrete in an insufficient answers to Virginia’s transportation challenges to, well, many of McDonnell’s views and “proposals”, it […]

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Tags: global warming deniers · politics · virginia

Anti-Science Syndrome suffering Republican Party of Virginia

October 4th, 2009 · 6 Comments

The Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) (or, perhaps, simply staff) has embraced anti-science syndrome with a fervor that should astound anyone with the slightest regard for the scientific method and for the scientific community (communities). .  Here is an excerpt from an RPV-email attacking Democratic Party candidate for Attorney General Steve Shannon: In Shannon’s only […]

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Tags: carbon dioxide · climate change · climate legislation · Energy · Global Warming · global warming deniers · politics · republican party

Climate Bill Dead: The Answer is Blowing in the Wind

August 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments

A Fish Out of Water struggles to survive, finding a path toward a safer environment. FishOutofWater is a thoughtful, engaged scientist, passionately struggling to help us find our way toward a prosperous, climate-friendly future. Here is a guest post laying out how, with just two renewable sources, the United States could power its way out […]

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Tags: climate change · Energy · energy efficiency · politics · renewable energy · renewable fuel · waxman-markey · wind power

The dog ate my homework: Excuses for ACES letter fraud proliferate

August 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments

My pencil broke … The library was closed … My alarm clock didn’t go off … Car had a flat tire … The dog ate my homework … Excuses. Excuses. Excuses. Excuses … When it comes to the fraudulent letters sent to members of Congress against clean energy action by Bonner & Associates on behalf […]

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Tags: astroturfing · coal · Congress · Energy · government energy policy · politics · renewable energy

“We are Outraged!” From “Clean Coal Santa” to Black Faced Astroturfing?

August 3rd, 2009 · 8 Comments

The breaking news in the lobbying world last Friday: lobbying firm Bonner & Associates had forged letters from minority organizations to send to Representative Tom Perriello (D-VA) in opposition to the American Clean Energy & Security Act. Now, of course, it is all an intern’s fault (or is it a temp worker … or a […]

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Tags: climate change · climate delayers · coal · Energy · government energy policy · politics

To Twit Claire: WRONG when it comes to CFC

July 31st, 2009 · Comments Off on To Twit Claire: WRONG when it comes to CFC

Now, I don’t know Claire’s stance on the CFC, have to believe she supports the Combined Federal Campaign (a path for Federal workers to have donations directly deducted from their paychecks).  And, it is unlikely that she is a big supporter of CFC destruction of the Ozone layer.  However, when it comes to CFC, Cash […]

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Tags: Energy · politics

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