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 characterize the greed and selfishness that lie behind our civilization’s continuing practices that trap increasing amounts of radiant energy from solar heat under the atmospheric blanket. (more…)
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. (more…)
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 Trump supporters so love about him.
This is the only real scary part: our leaders are a reflection of who we are as people; they give us what we demand of them.
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. (more…)
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. He writes, “AARP wants you to believe they are a non-partisan organization. But you need to understand WHAT you are supporting if you are an AARP member. AARP backed Obamacare and strict gun control. AMAC (Association of Mature American Citizens) fought AGAINST all of these things. And AMAC fought hard to block the federal funding on abortion, and won.” (more…)
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 everything Trump does favors Putin at the expense of the United States, and makes it hard for us to protect our democracy. Only time will tell.
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 the space of 12 months.” (more…)
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. (more…)
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 assurance that the content will, in fact, present information on some new law that aims to protect ducks.
Yet apparently, not everyone adheres to this code. Here’s an article on Ford’s new EV platform, the Mach-E. Where is the “big step forward?” Based on the piece, one would conclude that it’s just another EV sedan that will join along with 20 – 30 others in competition for marketshare in this crowded and largely undifferentiated space.
When I was a small boy, it was presumed by the vast majority of Americans that our nation was a force for good in the world. This was not something jammed down our throats; it was something like a paradigm, something so obvious that no one even noticed it.
Superman, the television drama made for kids (and, I suppose, addle brained adults), began by characterizing the hero’s activities as a “never-ending fight for truth, justice, and the American way.” Even at the time, of course, the United States was involved in all kinds of unseemly behavior all over the world, particularly in Latin America, but this was carefully hidden, and the man on the street believed that his country was built upon the premise for freedom and fair play for all. (more…)
