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A Tale Of Two Fires »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 2, 2009 in Current Affairs, Endangered Species, Environment | 46 Comments

Once again, the State of California is dealing with a massive wildfire. Sadly, two firefighters lost their lives. And it is far from being over as the title of this article indicates, Fire burns 105,000 acres with no control in sight.
It is hard to even grasp the breadth of this [...]

Are Your Representatives Chickening Out? UPDATED »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 14, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Depression, Economy, Employment, Energy Policy, Environment, Health Care, National Debt, US Senate | 64 Comments

(bumped up from early afternoon)
See the Update about how many of our Elected Officials will/not be holding Town Hall Forums at the bottom of the page.
Friend to NQ, Kathleen Wynne from HandCountPaperallotsNow made a suggestion after seeing the negative spin the MSM is putting on reports of concerned citizens calling out their representatives on the [...]

“Mr. Obfuscation”? »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 13, 2009 in Bush administration, Bush/Cheney, Current Affairs, Dick Cheney, Energy Policy, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Environment, Health Care, President Barack Obama | 48 Comments

I saw this excellent piece by Jay Ambrose in my local paper recently, “Seeing Through Obama’s Promise Of Transparency.” In the article, Mr. Ambrose lays out a number of ways in which Obama has reneged on being “transparent”:
Transparency, said President Barack Obama in a memo not long after he took the oath of office, [...]

“Productive Women” And “Saving The Planet” »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 26, 2009 in Environment, Sexism, Women | 6 Comments

I was taking a look at the news, how the House is trying to ram through Obama’s Health Care Initiatives before the recess, even if it means running over a bunch of Democrats to do it, much less people actually reading the damn thing, and all I could do was shake my head. I [...]

Invasion of the Coal Thugs »

By Eastan McNeal on Jul 7, 2009 in Current Affairs, Energy Policy, Environment | 17 Comments

For 23 years Keepers of the Mountains has held an annual family picnic on Kayford Mountain, West Virginia to bring together supporters of the movement to end mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining. This weekend 20 or so drunken coal thugs charged over the ridge and tried to pick a fight with the festival goers. [...]

Will “Cap-and-Trade” be the Next Bubble? »

By Linda Anselmi on Jul 2, 2009 in Current Affairs, Economy, Energy Policy, Environment | 37 Comments

Okay. I’ll confess.
I’ve always considered myself something of an environmentalist. I don’t remember ever hugging a tree, but I hiked and backpacked in my youth. I’ve recycled since the early 80’s. I shunned the use of chemicals and railed against deforestation, over-packaging, and junk mail. I joined Sierra club, World [...]

so, cap and trade… is it a good thing or not? »

By American Girl in Italy on Jun 29, 2009 in Barack Obama, Campaign promises, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Energy Policy, Environment, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Sara in Italy | 68 Comments

I do think it a good thing to reduce pollutants in the air – and whether you believe in manmade climate change or not, I imagine you would agree. I also think the US needs to stop spending $200,000 per minute on foreign oil, and would love to see alternative methods developed and utilized.
The question [...]

Arrested: Sanity »

By Eastan McNeal on May 29, 2009 in Current Affairs, Environment | 65 Comments

A special note from actor and activist Robert Redford is a must see and listen later in this article.

I am working on a story tentatively titled Ecocide – Is Obama the Worst Environmental President in Recent History? On May 15th the Obama EPA cleared 42 MTR permits, saying that blowing up tops of mountains and [...]

Vets Going Green »

By Pat Racimora on May 21, 2009 in Current Affairs, Environment | 22 Comments

The New York Times carried an interesting little story about what some vets are doing when they return home. It seems many have special skills that are being put to good use on the environmental front.

Obama “Indentured Servant to Coal” »

By Eastan McNeal on Apr 26, 2009 in Current Affairs, Environment, Obama | 38 Comments

If a foreign enemy had done to this country what this industry has done to West Virginia, it would be regarded as an act of war.” – Robert Kennedy, Jr.

“If the American people could see what I have seen from the air and ground during my many trips to the coalfields of Kentucky and [...]

Flushing Forests—Literally! »

By Pat Racimora on Feb 28, 2009 in Environment | 115 Comments

Americans like their toilet tissue velvety, plump, and cushioned. But it turns out that soft paper has to be made from standing trees, and millions of them are culled annually from our own forests as well as those in South America and Canada just to satisfy our pampered American butts.
Leslie [...]

The Fate of the Critters »

By Pat Racimora on Jan 7, 2009 in Current Affairs, Endangered Species, Environment | 23 Comments

Who do you want making decisions as to which animal species remain protected and which will become endangered or let to go forever?
You have two choices:
(1) Scientists who understand ecology and the balances in nature, or
(2) Bureaucrats with urgent project agendas.
Well, guess what? In his few remaining days in office using [...]

PEBO Going Green! »

By Pat Racimora on Dec 5, 2008 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Energy Policy, Environment, Nuclear Power, Nuclear weapons | 36 Comments

Do you know what the Energy Department Does with most of its $24 billion annual budget?
Guess ….
1. Research on and development of renewable energy supplies
2. Research on building new nuclear power plants
3. Research on ways to achieve energy independence
4. Energy conservation measures

We Must All Take a Pledge to Stop Eating Beans, and we must all confess the worst sin we ever committed in re flatulence (& Open Thread) »

By SusanUnPC on Nov 25, 2008 in Current Affairs, Environment, Open Thread | 80 Comments

I’ve just told Senor B. and Senorita A., my ferocious and voracious pets, that they will not get to go to Taco Bell anymore. (They like the kids’ meals, and the tater tot-ish potatoes.) My preference is Taco Time, but I will give it up as part of my duty to save the planet. The [...]

Move On’s (And Others) Rumor Mongering - Updated AGAIN »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 9, 2008 in Abortion, Environment, MoveOn.org, Sarah Palin | 209 Comments

A few days ago, I printed an email that Move On sent out with a number of “dangerous” positions that Gov. Palin allegedly holds or actions in which she engaged. A number of them were flat out wrong. It is exactly this kind of “Swiftboating” we all decried when it happened to Kerry. I am [...]

Can you believe this? »

By SusanUnPC on Aug 1, 2008 in Barack Obama, Environment, Off-Shore Drilling | 264 Comments

OBAMA HANGS PELOSI OUT TO DRY; HIS LIBERAL AND NETROOTS SUPPORTERS ARE CONFUSED AND UPSET.
Here are two reports, from the A.P. and from Jennifer Rubin of Commentary Magazine:
Obama shifts, says he may back offshore drilling
By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer2 hours, 50 minutes ago
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday he would be willing to [...]

The “Shell Game” »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 24, 2008 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Big Oil, Environment, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Gas Prices, Hillary Clinton, John F. Kennedy, John Kerry, Media Bias, Republicans, Superdelegates, US Senate | 275 Comments

Obama continues his Master of the Universe tour,today landing in Germany. He has a big ol’ speech planned to wow them in Germany, and to get their votes. Oh, wait - they can’t vote for him! No matter, he is bound and determined that he will get massive support there. He even went so far [...]

Backtracking with Barack — Corn Ethanol »

By Charles Lemos on Jul 10, 2008 in Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Economy, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Environment, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, John McCain, Lobbyists | 128 Comments

Unexpectedly or perhaps surprising to me anyway, energy policy is actually getting debated. That’s a good thing even though I don’t really expected it to lead to the tough choices we need to make in the time frame we need to make them. To be honest, we are past the tipping point. We’re doomed. The [...]

Obama’s Great Lake [UPDATE] »

By PaganPower on May 4, 2008 in Barack Obama, Environment, Oregon | 47 Comments

UPDATE: We have a screenshot of the original Obama site page with the egregious geographical error. (PDF format).
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For background, see my earlier post, “Obama: The Geographically Challenged Candidate.”
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After yesterday’s revelations of Barack Obama’s plans to fix the Great Lakes of Oregon and take care of Oregon’s Veterans of Pennsylvania his campaign did what they do [...]

What’s Gas Cost In Your Neck of the Woods? »

By Alegre on Apr 29, 2008 in Barack Obama, Economy, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Environment, Hillary Clinton | 108 Comments

It’s quickly approaching $4.00 in our part of Maryland (just north of DC).  $3.80 last I checked and the way things are going I wouldn’t be surprised to see it hit $4.00 by the time the last of our primaries are done on June 3rd.  People are hurting guys and it’s only going to get [...]

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