What a topsy-turvy world. Here we have a Republican senator bawling out Koch Industries front-group “Americans for Prosperity.” Nancy Detert (R-FL) voiced her displeasure with the AFP for aggressively targeting her for replacement because she isn’t far enough to the right:
Category: Renewables – Politics
U.S. Government: Restoring Integrity, Removing Corruption
In response to my post: Are We Ready for the Next Step in the Evolution Toward (Or Away From) Eco-Consciousness?, frequent commenter Chris writes: I am equally concerned about too much government as I am about too little government. Too …
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Are We Ready for the Next Step in the Evolution Toward (Or Away From) Eco-Consciousness?
I had a funny little experience the other day that I thought I’d share. I was pushing my shopping cart though our local Trader Joe’s, an American grocery store chain known for its high quality, low prices, and a reasonable …
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Tagged with: 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Cruz clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist, environmental protection, global catastrophe in the making, loss of biodiversity, ocean acidification, progress in terms of the environment, safeguard people against climate change, Ted Cruz becomes the U.S. president
What Is the U.S. Congress Doing To Implement Renewable Energy? The Same Thing It’s Doing on Gun Control
We’ve seen a few pieces here recently discussing the sad fact that the will of the American people and the laws enacted by the Congress that voters elected are orthogonal to one another—a fancy word that simply means statistically independent …
Tagged with: almost 90 percent of Democrats and even 68 percent of Republicans support more solar power because of their concern that fossil fuels damage the environment, arena of renewable energy, disemboweling the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA placing regulations n emissions coal-fired power plants, laws enacted by Congress and the will of voters
The Demise of American Democracy and its Ramifications
I get notes from readers quite frequently expressing their anguish about GMOs and the labelling thereof. Frankly, I’m not as amped up about this subject as most people seem to be, at least from a scientific perspective. What we’ve been …
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Tagged with: beliefs of the voters on the matter have exactly zero statistical bearing on the way Congress votes, Label Genetically-modified Food, law-makers vote in lock-step with the interests of those who have given them enormous campaign contributions, population in the process of quintupling, recent report from Princeton University, U.S. democracy is dead
Does a Pro-Coal Agenda “Border on the Immoral?”
Every time I cite an article where one U.S. politician goes after another with angry rhetoric, I feel, at a certain level, I’m being played. Isn’t all this scripted? Can functioning grown-ups actually think and act this way in real …
Sure, the U.S. Congress Is Corrupt, but It Gets Steadily Worse from There
When I lament the issues with our government, it’s normally to note that corruption, i.e., the fact that law-makers vote in lock-step with the interests of those who have given them enormous campaign contributions, and the will of the people …
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Renewable Energy Is Becoming the Deal of the Century—And That’s Good, Because Its Success Most Certainly Is Not Coming from the U.S. Government
Fortunately for humankind, the replacement of fossil fuels with renewable energy does not require the participation of the U.S. federal government. In particular, there are 14 business-related drivers, each independent of government support, that are rapidly making clean energy so …
Collusion Between Big Money and Law-Making Is Not Limited To the Oil Industry
I’ve mentioned the blatant corruption that exists between Big Oil and the United States Congress so many times that I may have given readers the impression that such criminality is limited to the petroleum industry. If so, I’m sorry; that’s …
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John Steinbeck, Connectedness, and Notions of Sustainability
It’s the birthday of John Steinbeck who told us, “A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn’t telling or teaching or ordering. Rather he seeks to establish a relationship of meaning, …
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