Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet
How does bullshit propagate on the Internet? Easily. Some guy says something crazy – like “Justin Bieber loves him Sharia Law” or “Most scientists don’t believe in global warming.” Then a few people repeat it. Suddenly it’s everywhere. And for well-meaning folks who haven’t actually looked that deeply into things, it just looks like there’s [...]
The good news: There’s one GOP representative that knows climate change is real, and says we have to do something about it. The bad news: He lost his Republican primary to a Tea Party-backed candidate who will take his place in Washington next week. “To my free enterprise colleagues, whether you think it’s all a [...]
We can’t protect the planet if popular measures supported by majorities of Americans can’t even come up for a vote in the Senate. Which is why it’s good that all 53 returning Democratic Senators have signed on to a letter calling for filibuster reform. The filibuster – a procedure that’s supposed to be used rarely and [...]
Got a new Kindle for the holidays? Great! The more ebooks you download instead of purchasing paper publications, the fewer trees that have to be cut down. By owning a Kindle, you also save a huge amount in energy (from manufacturing and shipping) as well as all that packaging… So, now that you’ve got your [...]
The Tax Cut Package signed into law last week by President Obama featured a bunch of good news for clean energy, mostly extensions of Bush-era tax policies that subsidized or otherwise encouraged investment and development of wind, solar, and other renewable energy sources (see our earlier coverage of this issue, “Renewable Energy Programs are Back [...]
Only in the Bush administration could you get a rule that basically says “The agency in charge of protecting wilderness… is NOT ALLOWED to protect wilderness.” And only in the Obama administration would it take two full years for that rule to get scrubbed. But the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finally did it today. [...]
After months of delays and piles of legal filings, it looks like the Environmental Protection Agency will finally begin implementing rules to cut back our nation’s output of greenhouse gases. Cutting back on carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane will not only help fight global warming and climate change – it’ll help increase efficiency, which [...]
By Mary Anne Hitt and Bruce Nilles Some may describe 2010 as a tough year for those of us working to protect clean air, create clean energy jobs, and combat global warming. Some will say that the coal industry still has a headlock on our political system in Washington, evidenced by the Senate’s failure to [...]
Industry must really want the Food Safety Modernization Act (S 510). It was dead, dead, dead – the clock had run out, and considering the gridlock in Washington, the fact that Jim DeMint (R-SC) had promised he would block most everything the Democrats brought up, and Tom Colburn (R-OK) had promised he would personally fillibuster [...]
Why do we have commenters here at Red Green & Blue saying things like, “Most scientists don’t believe in climate change”? Because Fox News misinforms the public. A new study from the University of Maryland (PDF) found that while in general folks who watched news were better informed about issues, there was an exception: “…they [...]
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