Journalist Chris Hedges’ op-ed “Why I’m Suing Barack Obama” provides the rationale behind his use of the U.S. court system to challenge Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, questioning the legality of the Authorization for Use of Military …
Steady Erosion of Civil Liberties Is a Real Challenge for “The Land of the Free” Read More »
Here’s an article from the New York Times, a bit out of date, but still fiercely relevant: Bashing E.P.A. Is New Theme in G.O.P. Race, pointing out that Newt Gingrich wants to padlock the E.P.A.’s doors, and Rick Perry wants …
Michael Klare is a documentarian from Amherst, whose film “Blood and Oil” shows that from World War II on, every single administration has acknowledged that our wars are always fought over oil. His piece here focuses on the military, but …
Why Trillions of Dollars of Private Capital Has So Little Interest in Clean Energy Read More »
Steve Cohen, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Columbia University’s Earth Institute sees the climate change issue in much the same way we tend to here at 2GreenEnergy: shamefully divided across party lines – yet not hopeless. On his …
U.S. Response to Climate Change Divided Across Party Lines Read More »
A number of folks commenting on my piece The New Living Large Is Living Small noted that perhaps we need a precipitating event to pull the world together, and teach us once again how to live with one another. But …
Here’s environmentalist Bill McKibben at his best, pointing out that we should shelve the resentment and cynicism that we feel for corruption in Congress, and start to show how we truly feel: ANGRY. He writes, “We’ve reached the point where …
Environmentalist Bill McKibben: Get Angry at Corruption in Congress Read More »
My family and I are out of here tomorrow morning, and back on the 27th. It’s our annual pilgrimage back to Philadelphia, cradle of the Union – ironic to be sure, given my recent writing on how sadly corrupt has …
How Thrilled Would Ben Franklin Be With What We’ve Done To Our Democratic Republic? Read More »
During the holiday season, we talk a great deal about peace: world peace, the Prince of Peace, and so forth — all good things. But isn’t it a shame that, in large measure, we trot these concepts out at Christmas, only …
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Here’s a piece of U.S. legislation that is unimaginably unAmerican: the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012, Section 1031 which provides broad authority for the federal government to use the military in domestic operations in order to detain Americans …
News from the U.S. — Federal Government Takes Final Step to Suspend Constitution Read More »
Predictably, the international climate talks in Durban, South Africa yielded little if any real progress, but some truly wonderful rhetoric. In his article Australia Wants Clean Energy Cheap Rather Than Dirty Energy Expensive, Alex Trembath quotes this piece in the Canberra …
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