Tag: Big Tobacco

Uh, could it be corruption between the NRA and Congress? A reader remarks: I hear there are 1400 NRA lobbyists in or around Congress.

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It certainly will be interesting to see how the stock market responds to the situation in which the oil companies will soon find themselves. There are several aspects of this, none of them good for share-holders (though very good for …

A Few Good Reasons to Short Oil Companies’ Stock Read More »

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I’ve been lucky enough to have been included in a long-running discussion among some of the high-level proponents of advanced nuclear.  As most of these people are senior scientists, many with PhDs, the lion’s share of the conversation is on …

Advanced Nuclear and Climate Change Read More »

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I’ve often written that Big Energy is on the same path that Big Tobacco chose to take in the mid 20th Century: knowingly causing significant damage to the population’s health and safety, but covering it up as long as possible.  In …

Neither Big Energy Nor Big Food Are Behaving Princely Re: Public Health Read More »

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I had a chat with a friend the other day on the likely future for humankind vis-à-vis global climate change.  He asked, “What do you think it will take, Craig, for us to muster the will to do something?  If …

Global Climate Change — Framing the Conversation Read More »

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