In an earlier post today, I asserted that we live in times of extreme emotion. Who hasn’t had extraordinary appreciation of kindness, sadness at apathy to people’s suffering, and anger at the profiteering and gross criminality we see in our time of greatest need?
The purpose of this particular post is simply to point out that extreme conditions are not limited to humankind. I’d call the photo here “extreme bears in a tree.”
I wanted to publish the meme here, from “Media Right” and “MAGA Media,” to remind us of the news environment in which a significant part of the United States lives.
There is a large, well-established, Fox News-oriented media universe that communicates things like “Trump stands between us and destruction.”
There is a reason that 40+% of American voters think Trump is an honest man doing a great job as our nation’s leader, and it’s this: that’s what they’re told.
They don’t want to look outside their media bubble, and, as a consequence, they simply don’t know any better.
Here’s an announcement from Toyota. It’s in Spanish, so my translation may not be perfect, but roughly: A new company will be formed under the Toyota umbrella, Toyota Green Energy, whose goal is to fashion a society in which people, automobiles, and nature live in harmony. (more…)
The ubiquity of news coverage on the cornavirus has offered the fossil fuel industry an opening no one could have anticipated: the opportunity to claim that our civilization is too busy to worry about anything else. They’re using this to try to convince lawmakers to delay consideration of things like the “Green New Deal,” or even less aggressive plans in energy efficiency, rooftop solar, electric transportation, and the like.
Of course, environmentalists are pushing back on this, with phrases like, “I’m pretty sure we can walk and chew gum at the same time.”
It’s a time when emotions run in extremes. Expressions of fabulous warmth and generosity bring us joy. Callous indifference to others’ suffering makes us sad. Greedy profiteering in emergency conditions makes us angry.
At least that’s how this doctor reacted, and it’s hard to disagree.
This never should be happening in the United States–and especially not now.
Here’s a compilation of interviews with people coming out of a church service a couple of days ago in Ohio–one to which she had brought her little kids. (more…)
For some reason, there is an enormous amount of fake news in the renewable energy sector. Why? Who benefits? (more…)
Think about this. You’re driving along an unlit road, and your car passes one of these lamps, creating the gentlest of breezes that creates a tiny, almost imperceptible bit of light, shining on the road–behind you. Does that seem practical?
Anyone driving to the grocery store can see that COVID-19 has dramatically reduced demand for gasoline and diesel. That, coupled with low oil prices, has caused the fossil fuel companies to cut their investment in renewables and other carbon mitigation strategies. (more…)
From this article: Fox News Channel and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, are being sued by a Washington State nonprofit which says it aired false information about the coronavirus allowing it to spread widely in the United States. A 10-page complaint was filed on Thursday in King County court by an organization known as the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics (WASHLITE). (more…)
