Environmentalism and Job Creation
Commenting on my post on Bernie Sanders’ article on renewable energy, frequent commenter Tim Kingston writes:
(We) need to have nuclear in the mix. Try powering a steel mill or an aluminum smelter with solar panels and wind turbines. Good luck with that! But I guess Sanders is okay with that because he and most greenies would welcome the demise of heavy industry in the US and the well-paying jobs that go with it.
Tim, I don’t think you’re being fair to the huge segment of the world’s population that is concerned about both economic vitality and the quality of the natural environment. I don’t presume to speak for all environmentalists, but from my own perspective, I respect the value of well-paying jobs. In fact, at one point, I had over 100 employees on my personal payroll, a group I paid more than twice the average for our industry, simply because I knew I needed the very best in the business. I wrote a $65,000 payroll check every week during that period. My people appreciated it, and I considered them the bargain of the century.
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When people think of ways to reduce their carbon footprint, they typically consider reducing their water consumption, turning off the lights and even purchasing cars with better gas mileage. What many people fail to take into consideration is the fabrics that they choose to cover their bodies and their furnishings with. While not all fabric is created green, there are some smart choices that you can make when it comes to your textiles. Here are five fabrics that you should look for the next time you shop:
Climate change is poised to take center stage in the U.S. legal arena once more, spurred by a threatened lawsuit by one of the champions of the theory. Dr. Michael E. Mann is often credited with popularizing the idea of climate change among the general public and was responsible for creating the famous graph illustrating the sharp increase in temperatures worldwide due to the impact of the Industrial Revolution. As a result, Dr. Mann has been a consistent target for climate change skeptics. The most recent attack came from the conservative journal National Review, which published a blog post naming Mann as “the man behind the fraudulent climate change ‘hockey-stick’ graph.” Mann has threatened to sue the National Review for defamation of character because of this quote and the tone of the blog post. 
