Other Views from Red, Green, and Blue
Environmental Protest Round-Up 25 September 2009
In Peru, the government has acted on the financially troubled and environmentally challenged Doe Run Peru smelter. Their response to the closure of the site has been to give the operators a 30-month extension on their previous environmental clean-up deadline.
Is Nuclear “The Best Solution On Climate Change”?
A few weeks ago Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) called for a new energy solution. A solution that came in the form of 100 new nuclear power plants. That vision has not left the republicans’ eyes. And on Tuesday, Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) added his two cents.
[...] change Obama promised American voters. At least Obama won’t try to silence Hansen and other NASA scientists like George W. Bush did in his administration. Tags: Bush, cargon tax, climate change, global warming, James Hansen, [...]
[...] promises, catastrophic failures, unconscionable ineptitude…yep, that pretty much sums up the last eight years under George W. Bush. Of course, Bush still defends his response to Katrina: The truth of the matter is the response was [...]