Those wishing to get at the truth behind the rapid migration to renewable energy, as contrasted by the rubbish that is Michael Moore’s film “Planet of the Humans,” should check out the video below, by the popular YouTube Channel “Just Have a Think.” If half an hour is too big an ask, it’s summarized nicely in the last three minutes. (more…)
The oil companies’ lawyers have been both clever and successful at amping up the attack on would-be pipeline protestors, whether they be indigenous or just garden-variety environmentalists.
In March, they were able to have protests viewed as acts of terrorism (who would have thought?), and reclassified certain crimes that were previously misdemeanors as felonies. Now they can have their opponents sent away for long terms in prison. (more…)
From the Energy and Policy Institute:
Southern Company faces another challenge to improve its limited lobbying disclosures at the company’s upcoming Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 27, according to a filing by Majority Action. Southern’s current lobbying disclosure policy allowed for secret expenditures to the Utility Air Regulatory Group, which litigated against environmental regulations. The company does not publish or report total lobbying expenditures in Alabama or Georgia despite employing almost 50 lobbyists in the two states, according to state records. (more…)
One of the first cleantech investment opportunities I represented when 2GreenEnergy was launched in 2009 was a wood pelletization plant in Georgia that had a huge take-off agreement with several utility groups in the UK and Europe. This has just recently become an appealing proposition, because of the newly minted regulations in that part of the world requiring that coal be diluted with a certain percentage of biomass. (more…)
On my recent post: Protests in Michigan Could Have Erupted in Gun Violence Frequent commenter Gary Tulie writes from his home near London:
Surely even in states where open carry is permitted, using firearms to threaten and intimidate the elected assembly has got to be illegal. I would have thought it could be considered a terrorist act, and quite possibly treason. I can’t understand how a president can condone these actions the condoning of which could be seen as supporting terrorism and treason. One step away from Kristallnacht maybe? (more…)
The Citizens Climate Lobby is the environmental activist group, of which I am a member, that is most responsible for promoting the Carbon Fee and Dividend, which will create incentive for everyone, all businesses and all consumers, to decarbonize. When signed into law, it will level a fee on the use of carbon-based energy, and return 100% of that sum back to consumers.
Here’s a note I just received from them that I thought I would pass along. Regular readers know that I’ve addressed this sad issue several times since the release of Michael Moore’s catastrophically misleading film, but these people put it very nicely: (more…)
Sure, it’s galling that huge sums of the Paycheck Protection Program are going to huge publicly traded companies rather than small businesses, but this post focuses on another matter. (more…)
It’s unclear where reader Hayley Nuttall hails from, but she writes about the tragedy described in the meme here: This is your new reality America. This is what Trump has created. He encouraged the protesters. Convinced people this is a Democratic hoax. Promoted disregard for truth, science, facts, the media and authority. (more…)
This may be cute, but not all Trump supporters are morons. Strangely enough, there are some highly intelligent racists; no one thinks Stephen Miller or Steve Bannon are idiots; they’re despicable people, but they’re not idiots. (more…)
The picture of this little boy really is impactful, but in truth, I actually don’t need a photograph; I simply think of:
• Endless wars to support and grow the military-industrial complex
• 22 million American children living in poverty
• Rollbacks in banking regulations making us vulnerable to economic recessions or depressions, the brunt of which will not be borne by the perpetrators, but by you and me
• Law-makers responsible only to large donors
• Socialism for the rich / Bailouts for huge corporations
• Disintegration of organized labor
• 40% of Americans can’t afford an unexpected expense of more than $400
• Looting the U.S. Treasury to create huge tax cuts for billionaires
• U.S. president profiting from his office with complete impunity
• Rolling back environmental standards to make business operations more profitable
• Suing states to force them to repeal renewable energy portfolio standards
• Reducing funding and cutting programs for public schooling
• Minimum wages that require people to work two or three jobs
• Planned cuts for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
• For-profit prisons and detention centers providing inhumane conditions
• Tax loopholes for the rich
