Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet
Yesterday I drove 28 miles to attend the San Diego version of the “Rally to Restore Sanity.” I’m glad I did. Even in this Southern California bastion of political conservatism, there were at least 200 people meeting at Dick’s Last Resort to watch the DC event and to encourage each other that we are not [...]
Climate scientist Michael Mann had an op ed in the Washington Post, warning what we might have to look forward to if the Republicans take back the House of Representatives: two years of headline-grabbing anti-science “investigations” that will set this country back rather than move us forward into the 21st century. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) [...]
The election is almost upon us… do you know how your local candidates stack up? This year more than ever, it’s imperative that you vote wisely. There are important issues at stake this year – from global warming to renewable energy to oil, coal and fracking. A lot of folks are angry and seem to [...]
They’ve got the rundown over at EcoPolitology: The best – and the worst – of an amazingly vitriolic campaign season. I was more than a little disappointed in their roster. The pro-environment ads are mostly pretty clunky, and don’t really show an understanding of basic messaging. Here’s one of the few good ones, from the League of [...]
(From our sister-blog, Cleantechnica.com) Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the long-awaited approval of a 1,000-megawatt solar power plant on public lands in the Mojave Desert in southern California yesterday. This project, which will (temporarily) be the world’s largest solar farm is expected to generate enough clean electricity for over 300,000 homes at peak output. It [...]
If you had any slim hope left for “bipartisanship” on environmental and energy legislation in Washington after the 2010 midterm election, you can forget about it. The Hill reports “Republicans aren’t interested in compromising with President Obama on major issues if they retake the House or Senate, a senior GOP lawmaker said.” “Look, the time [...]
I noticed an interesting phenomenon this week while watching the links coming in to one of Jeremy Bloom’s recent posts on RGB. A great deal of traffic was coming in from two referring sites that are Christianity-related. Both had previously posted links to an incendiary Pravda “article” that misinterpreted an already sensationalized statement in a Nation [...]
Thinking of attending next weekend’s rally in Washington DC, Stephen Colbert’s March to Keep Fear Alive? Here’s a little preview of what you might be able to expect – a Colbert Report greatest hits montage on the environment. Sample quotes: On the Cape Wind offshore windfarm: “What if it breaks and we have a catastrophic [...]
We reported on Tuesday how The Yes Men (in collaboration with the Rainforest Action Network and Amazon Watch) had pwned big oil company Chevron’s new greenwashing ad campaign. The Yes Men are quite pleased with their results: “It’s been working: search on Chevron in the news and all you get is our spoof. $50 million spent [...]
Climate change is happening NOW. And global warming is not something we need to worry about 100 years in the future. The results are visible today. And it’s quiet possible there’s no going back. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is out with its 2010 update on the Arctic environment (PDF), and the news [...]
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