Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
The mountaintop coal-mining industry has just heard a terrible, heart-stopping phrase, something it hasn’t heard for over eight years: “No. You’ll have to wait.”
Hundreds of permits for mountaintop mining were put on hold today. The Environmental Protection Agency needs to evaluate the impact these projects will have on ...
Posted in Environment | 1 Comment »
Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Is this really possible? After eight years inside this Orwellian dungeon, a few rays of sunshine are starting to poke through the walls. Little shafts of hope. Sanity. The light is almost blinding. What could this mean?
The new Attorney General-designate, Eric Holder, has said that ...
Posted in 2008 elections, Barack, Economics, Environment, Homeland Security | 20 Comments »
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Mankind isn’t the only animal that’s going forth and multiplying and smothering the planet. The oceans are being strangled by jillions and gazillions of jellyfish — sort of the Homo sapiens of the marine world.
This is being caused partially by over-fishing, which is removing their predators and competitors. ...
Posted in Environment, Global Warming | 9 Comments »
Friday, January 2nd, 2009
Does anyone think they will admit what a toxic mess the Harriman spill is or how unsafe the huge ponds are?
Not only no but Hell No.
The first samples of drinking water downstream of the spill have been analyzed. You can read it here. Let me share some of the results ...
Posted in Environment, Exploiting, Politics | No Comments »
Monday, December 15th, 2008
Over the last few decades, one of the Right’s favorite divide-and-conquer tactics has been to drive a wedge between labor groups and environmentalists.
This phony Either/Or dilemma — you can have a job OR you can protect the environment — is just that: phonier than a $3 bill. Rightwing ...
Posted in Economics, Environment, Global Warming, World News | 5 Comments »
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Plenty is being said today about the Democratic Steering Panel choosing Waxman over Dingle. Most of it is fairly uncomplimentary towards Mr. Dingle, who likely deserves a good portion of the critique. What I find interesting has very little to do with Dingle's entrenchment with failed Detroit automaker's business practices, ...
Posted in Environment, Political, Politics | No Comments »
Friday, November 14th, 2008
One of the major assumptions that we have in a capitalist free market system is that people acting in their self-interest will react for the greater good of our society. This assumption is flawed in several ways.
Let us look at an interesting example. During the 1970s an interesting phenomenon occurred ...
Posted in Agenda, BIO, Economics, Environment, Global Warming | 6 Comments »
Friday, October 17th, 2008
Most of us are sickened by the treatment of animals at factory farms. And now California — finally — has an initiative on the ballot which will eliminate some of the worst practices.
If you'd like to know more about factory farming, this website has a lot of information, including some ...
Posted in 2008 elections, Environment | 1 Comment »
Sunday, September 21st, 2008
A couple of big dots connected themselves for me last night, in terms of possible solutions for some of the major problems America needs to solve, including health care, energy, and education.
I was marinating my aching back in a hot bath, reading the last chapter of a great book titled ...
Posted in Agenda, Current Affairs, Economics, Education, Environment, General, Gonzo's Grab Bag, Health, Military, Miscellaneous, Politics, Return on success, Science | No Comments »
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
On the lighter side, a friend sent me this link from an RCP story - the clip is a spoof of an interview with an Australian official about an oil tanker wreck that really happened last year.
Posted in Environment, General, Gonzo's Grab Bag, Miscellaneous, Quickie, Video and Animation, humor, satire | No Comments »
