It is said that Big Oil has entered its “Big Tobacco” phase, meaning that it needs to go to ever more obscene lengths to sew doubt into the public’s mind re: the damage its products cause. It seems that the …
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Living in a Post-Fact Society
I envy people who can press on in life without feeling the weight of living among people who readily accept complete garbage as truth. The problem, of course, is that they vote, and elect people who make the outrageous claims …
Wendell Berry On Our Environment
American novelist, poet, and essayist Wendell Berry makes an excellent point here about the moral depravity of people who don’t have the courage to stand up against who destroy our natural environment. Imagine a person coming into your home and …
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Science and God
This reminds me of a conversation between Neil deGrasse Tyson and a televangelist. Tyson was asked, “So we don’t understand dark energy. Couldn’t that be God?” He replied, “If that’s the way you want to play it, sure. But just …
Profit Isn’t the Main Thing; It’s the Only Thing
The cartoon here would be a lot funnier if it weren’t sadly http://Profit Is the Only Thing true. It’s precisely what’s happening in the world around us.
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Australia and Climate Change: Not a Pretty Picture
If you don’t have a problem with obscene language, but you do have a sense of humor—and you also have at least a passing interest in what Australia is (not) doing about climate change, you’ll want to watch the video …
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To Some, “Socialism” Is a Scary Word
Americans aren’t too strong in nuanced thinking, i.e., dealing with shades of gray. It is for this reason that the word “socialism” is so terrifying to almost half of the nation. The United States is the only country in the …
Incrementalism Not Getting the Job Done
This comes from Canadian environmental activist, campaigner and writer Tzeporah Berman. It’s illustrative of the anger that many of us feel towards the forces on this planet that are knowingly causing it to degrade, simply for profit.
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Obama on the Environment
I was lucky enough to be invited to hear Barack Obama speak at an environmental conference in Las Vegas in 2015. I was amazed to learn how much he knew about the subject, and how disappointed he was that he …
Youthful Murderer’s Mom Still Not Indicted as an Accessory
I think the idiom is “glossing over” rather than “glazing over,” but that’s hardly the point. It is hard to understand why this woman has not been charged with a crime. Let’s hope that prosecutors are waiting to see precisely …
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