An interesting bit of history here, courtesy of Eleanor Roosevelt. My first recollection of hearing the word “liberal” used disparagingly was in a GHW Bush (41) speech he gave in my then-home town, Los Angeles suburb Woodland Hills, in 1992 …
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American Liberalism
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Oh Happy Day: Trump Kills Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Extension
From this article: The oil industry, a staunch opponent of electric vehicles (EVs), received an early Christmas present from the White House as President Trump reportedly intervened to quash an EV tax credit expansion from inclusion in a government spending package.
Tagged with: 500, common sense gun laws, Consumers who purchase an EV can currently claim a credit up to $7, oil industry funding worked hard to kill the clean energy incentives, oil industry staunch opponent of electric vehicles (EVs), planet that is no longer warming due to human activity, sustainability, Trump specifically pushed for excluding the EV tax credit, what the common American might happen to care about has precisely zero on our law-making processes
The Discussion on Lightbulb Efficiencies Will Not Cease
This conversation about lightbulb efficiencies was going on long before I came onto the environmental sustainable scene, and I’ve never understood the issue with mandating energy-savings technologies. The only theory that could possible explain it goes like this: Somewhere in …
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The Current Status of Climate Science
How much do we really know about the hundreds of different factors that function to change our planet’s climate? On a radio interview I caught the other day (sorry, can’t recall which show), the speaker explained that climate science today …
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Ivanka Trump Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show
Apparently, life in the year 2020 isn’t tough enough without suggesting that Ivanka Trump, shoe designer, deliver the keynote address at the world’s largest and important electronics trade show. Here’s a conversation between a reader, Kevin, and me. Kevin: A …
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Wave Energy Concept
From this article on wave energy: A U.S. Navy test site off Oahu is now home to the world’s largest-capacity wave energy device, the Ocean Energy 35.
In the U.S., It Was a Banner Day for Purposeful Environmental Destruction
Lots of news under the “reckless abandonment of environmental laws” heading today. Earlier, we saw that our children face horrific health consequences from toxins that were banned under Obama, but re-approved for use as of today. But what good is …
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The Trump Administration Does NOT Hate Your Children, Per Se
From the Union of Concerned Scientists: Years ago, the EPA determined that use of the popular pesticide should be banned. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for the Trump administration’s first EPA chief, Scott Pruitt, to reverse the decision in 2017 …
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As the Tension in Iran Builds, Borowitz Is Cool and Elegant as Always
When I came across the article at the left, I was reminded of watching a slightly built golf pro with an effortless golf swing that pounds the ball 320 yards off the tee, or listening to a child prodigy play …
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Trump and Hate Crime
As much as I hate the violence that Trump engenders in our society, I question the logic presented in this meme. Correlation does not imply causation. Trump holds rallies in regions whose politics favor him, and are therefore growing in …
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