Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet
After 20 years of dithering about climate change by the politicians in Washington, the EPA finally acted. Now the politicians are voting to return to another two years of dithering.
The Senate is set to vote today on a group of bills, all of which would in one way or another cut of the EPA’s carbon regulation at the knees. The Senate Republicans – who nearly to a man don’t believe in climate change – will be joined by a group of Democrats who don’t seem to believe in much of anything.
In two states, bills are making their way through the legislature that will deal with bad publicity affecting factory farms in a novel way.
It turns out that folks don’t like to buy meat if they hear about the horrible, inhumane way in which it’s been raised. But rather than clean up their act, big ag has decided the problem isn’t disgusting business practices – it’s videos of disgusting business practices. So they’ll make THOSE illegal.
Why is it bad that they’re now finding radioactive water leaking out of the reactor? 1) They have no idea where it’s coming from. If that doesn’t disturb you, nothing else will. But do keep in mind that every assurance about the safety of nuclear power revolves around “We know what we’re doing, we have [...]
Tests have turned up plutonium in the soil around the trashed Fukushima reactor. It appears that leaks have been worse than we’ve been told. But true to form, authorities still insist it’s no big deal. “It is not a health risk to humans,” Tokyo Electric Power Company told CNN late Monday. But it added, “Just [...]
After weeks of government assurances that everything is under control and there is nothing to worry about, recent events at the damaged Japanes nuclear reactors have revealed the truth: They really have no idea what’s going on inside there.
If there’s one lesson we can gain from this odyssey, it’s that nuclear reactors are only safe so long as nothing goes wrong.
Monsanto got a big boost in Europe yesterday when a European Union official ruled that the Union’s constituent countries couldn’t independently ban genetically modified crops (GMOs) on their turf. France and five other EU countries have put a blanket ban on GMOs, citing safety concerns.
Chevron may have lost in court, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to give up its 18-year battle to refuse to pay to clean up the mess it made in Ecuador.
Clearly, the oil giant is terrified that if it has to take responsibility for its actions in Ecuador, it may be forced to clean up the toxic legacy of its slovenly business practices all around the world, from Indonesia to Nigeria.
As Japan’s nuclear industry experiences its “Titanic meets iceberg” moment, you’d think America’s politicians would at least be entertaining second thoughts.
I’ve had some harsh things to say about the caliber of intestinal fortitude displayed by the Democrats in Washington. And with my current series about Nuclear Power, there will be more.
But Ezra Klein has a devastating takedown of everything that’s wrong with Washington, in a nice tight package tied up with the headline/bow “The sad, hypocritical retirement of Evan Bayh.”
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