Bernie Sanders writes: Did you know that the United States ranks 53rd on the list of World Freedom Rankings? Americans are not financially free when they are chained to student debt and astronomical health care costs. It’s time to revitalize …
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Pro-Trump Evangelical: Sin, Not Carbon Dioxide, Is What’s Driving Climate Change
While this may not sound perfectly scientific, I don’t have a problem using the word “sin” to describe what’s driving climate change. In fact, if I were a religious person, I don’t think I could find a better term to …
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End of Coal Industry Inescapable
Those looking for a blow-by-blow description of the demise of the coal industry in the Powder River Basin in the north-central U.S. can get it in the article linked above.
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A Close Look at Icy Cold Hatred and Limitless Cruelty
Can you see the deep warmth in those eyes? Me neither. He is a creature utterly devoid of compassion. Yes, this is what happens when a white nationalist oversees federal policy. But keep in mind that this is precisely what …
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The United States Is Not Worthy of Trust, and That Has Terrible Consequences
Betraying trust is rapidly replacing baseball as America’s national pastime. We revel in it on a national and international level; witness the Kurds, the Iran peace agreement, DACA recipients and the Paris Accord.
Most Americans Share Fairly Liberal Core Values
White nationalist Sebastian Gorka, former deputy assistant to U.S. president Trump, is promoting a group to compete against the extremely popular AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons) with its 38 million dues-paying members, on the basis of politics. …
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Forgive the Salty Language, But This Was Too Good To Pass Up
Funny? I thought so. A surprise to anyone? Hardly. This is California, land of freeway traffic and a pretty severe distaste for cruel, racist, wanna-be dictators. Is Trump a Russian asset? A useful idiot? Maybe it’s a coincidence that virtually …
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Oxford Dictionaries Declare ‘Climate Emergency’ the Word of 2019
You’ll travel a long way to meet someone who knows more about the business and science of energy than my colleague Stephen Lacey, contributing editor with Greentech Media. This morning he tweeted: “Usage of the term ‘climate-emergency’ increased 100-fold in …
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Arizona’s Navajo Generating Station Coal Plant Has Permanently Shut Down
From this article: The Navajo Generating Station, located near the Arizona-Utah border, has officially shut down after using the last of its coal, according to a Monday press release.
Ford Promises a “Big Step Forward” in Electric Cars?
A common theme among the 8000 or so blog posts I’ve written here is that I try to fulfill the promise I made in the headline. If I start with “Ducks Breathe Easier with New Hunting Law,” you have my …
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