With $62.2 billion of the latest Economic Stumulus Package slated for environmental initiatives the days of the Big Oil and Big Coal “Fat Cats” are numbered…
Mean Joe Green #51: The New Face of the Energy Industry Fat Cats
February 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Daily Show on Bank Bailout and Economic Stimulus Package
February 13, 2009 By 1 Comment
Jon Stewart covers the bank bailout hearings on Capitol Hill.
Generational High Crimes and Misdemeanors
February 12, 2009 By 33 Comments
The conservative blogosphere, led by up and coming right wing-nut Michelle Malkin have been frantically pushing to label the stimulus package the “Generational Theft Bill,” and impressionable republican’s on the hill are echoing this ill-conceived branding quip. Generational Theft? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!
Who Wins with Passage of Economic Stimulus? Google, of Course
February 12, 2009 By 7 Comments
President Obama’s stated desire to invest in smart-grid and broadband infrastructure syncs nicely with Google’s desire to improve the nation’s broadband infrastructure and build a smarter grid.
Vietnam: Industrial Tiger or Food Security?
February 12, 2009 By 2 Comments
Vietnam faces a stark choice. Its farmlands are shrinking as government policy to achieve ‘industrialised nation’ status by 2020 continues. But national food security has always been a focus of Vietnamese political and cultural life. How is it to balance these two competing aims. One answer is through the use of atomic energy.
Daily Show on Obama Press Conference: O’Reilly is Bored
February 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
For those of you who watched President Obama’s first-ever prime time press conference you may have seen a display of thoughtful, critical answers to questions from the White House press corps unlike anything we have seen over the last eight years; but Bill O’Reilly didn’t see it that way.
Panel Discussion Asks: “Are Environmental Journalists Becoming an Endangered Species?”
February 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The future of environmental journalism.
Drill Baby Drill? Not so Fast: Interior Dept. Scraps Bush Offshore Drilling Plan
February 10, 2009 By 4 Comments
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar sends Bush offshore drilling plan back to the drawing board.
Dog Genes Could Save Wolves
February 10, 2009 By 4 Comments
Wolves need all the help they can get – climate change, hunters, agricultural communities campaigning for eradication and shrinking territories all threaten their continued existence. The dogs they bred with have already disappeared, and the wolves may still follow.
