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Deepwater Horizon

By Mark | August 18, 2010

Esquire has a fascinating piece on the 11 men who lost their lives on the Deepwater Horizon rig, and the circumstances leading up to the catastrophe. If you have time, you should read it. This is especially true if you live in Kentucky, and you’re planning to vote for Rand Paul, who has stated on [...]

Also posted in Corporate Crime | Tagged Ayn Rand, blowout preventers, BP, Deepwater Horizon, deregulation, Jimmy Wayne Harrell, Macondo, Massey Energy, mining, Mississippi Canyon block 252, oil drilling, pincers, Rand Paul, regulation, Robert Kaluza, Transocean, worker safety | 4 Comments

Dreamland Tonight mayoral debate practice

By Mark | June 17, 2010

There’s tons that I want to write about tonight, like the Republican Congressman from Texas who apologized to BP’s Tony Hayward today, but I’ve got too much to do to get ready for tomorrow night’s mayoral debate. Speaking of which, here’s a little piece of video, shot earlier this evening, of the Dreamland Tonight crew [...]

Also posted in Art and Culture, Dreamland Tonight, Environment, Politics | Tagged BP, Chris Sandon, Dreamland Theater, Joe Barton, Mike Shecket, Naia Venturi, oil spill, Peter Paul and Charlie, Peter Paul and Mary, Tony Hayward | 4 Comments

BP illustrates the need for a corporate death penalty

By Mark | May 30, 2010

It’s now coming out that, when Obama was visiting the Louisiana coast a few days ago, surveying the extent of the damage wrought by the BP oil leak, many of the individuals that he, and the rest of us watching at home, thought were BP workers, were in fact temps hired by Tony Haward [...]

Also posted in Alternative Energy, Corporate Crime | Tagged America Speaking Out, angry Republicans and their ideas, Any Rand, BP, chemical dispersants, child labor, corporate death penalty, Deepwater Horizon, deregulation, dolphins, fish, Lake Michigan, Louisiana, mammals, reptilian humanoids, Republican platform, tea party, Tea Partyfication, Tony Hayward, top kill, toxic waste, Wall Street, whales | 25 Comments

Solar Ypsi

By Mark | May 17, 2010

Our friend Dave Strenski was recently featured on Concentrate, talking about his Solar Ypsi initiative. Here’s the video, which is pretty cool… Congratulations, Dave, on the well-earned recognition.

Also posted in Ypsilanti | Tagged Concentrate, Dave Strenski, DTE, electricity production, net metering, solar, Solar City Hall, Solar Ypsi, Ypsi Food Co-op | Leave a comment

Throwing oil and shaving heads

By Mark | May 16, 2010

According to recent reports, the amount of crude oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico may be ten times more than was first estimated, or up to 70,000 barrels a day. In spite of this, Tony Hayward, the CEO of BP, the company responsible for the spill, seems to be of the opinion that it’s [...]

Also posted in Corporate Crime, Environment | Tagged Bhopal, big oil, BP, chocolate milk, Corexit, Exxon Mobil, Gene Taylor, Gulf of Mexico, hair, hair bounties, hair mats for oil collection, Halliburton, methyl isocyanate, oil, oil spill, retribution, scalping, Tony Hayward, Union Carbide | 13 Comments

Drill Baby Drill… or maybe not

By Mark | April 29, 2010

I’ve been looking all over the web to see if Sarah “Drill Baby Drill” Palin has mentioned the catastrophic crude oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, but I haven’t been able to find anything. Word is, the oil, which is pouring into the Gulf at a rate of 210,000 gallons a day, will reach [...]

Also posted in Environment, Politics | Tagged Bobby Jindal, BP, Exxon Valdez, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, off-shore drilling, oil spills, wetlands | 12 Comments

Ypsi Solar City Hall update

By Mark | April 18, 2010

I just received the following update from Ypsi Solar’s Dave Strenski and thought that I’d pass it along:

Ypsilanti’s City Hall solar graphs are now online. You can find the graphs here. Many thanks to EMU student Nik Estep for doing a wonderful job on the SolarYpsi.org website… As expected, the solar panels are only supplying [...]

Also posted in Alternative Energy, Ypsilanti | Tagged cool local initiatives, Dave Strenski, DPW, DTE, energy usage, HDL, Nik Estep, River Street Bakery, solar, Solar City Hall, Solar Currents, Steve Pierce, Wireless Ypsi, Ypsi Food Co-op, Ypsi Solar, Ypsilanti CIty Hall | 3 Comments

Ode to a coal mining teabagger

By Mark | April 7, 2010

Sometimes, when the Libertarians here on the site go off on a tirade about the evils of government regulation, and how the world would be a much better place if only we’d only trust in the power of unfettered Capitalism, I like to remind folks that there was a time not too long ago in [...]

Also posted in Corporate Crime, Environment | Tagged Ayn Rand, Brian Ross, Chamber of Commerce, coal, coal mining, Don Blankenship, free market parables, Friends of America Rally, global warming denial, greeniacs, Hank Williams Jr, Harman Mining Corporation, Labor Day, Libertarianism, Massey Energy, mining, mountain top removal, Nightline, safety, Sean Hannity, strip mining, sulfur dioxide, tea party, teabaggery, Ted Nugent, Upper Big Branch South Mine, West Virginia, Whitesville | 40 Comments

Obama reverses his position on offshore drilling

By Mark | March 31, 2010

Today, Obama proposed that we open up millions of acres along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska to oil and natural gas drilling. And, in doing so, he once again disappointed and outraged the left… Here, to put today’s announcement in context, is a quote from candidate [...]

Also posted in Environment, Politics | Tagged Atlantic coast, drill baby drill, drilling, Gulf of Mexico, Hamas, Hutaree, natural gas, north coast of Alaska, Obama, offshore drilling, oil, Sarah Palin, the public option, Tina Stone | 9 Comments

Cycle Powered Cinema meeting tomorrow at 6:00 in Ypsi

By Mark | March 31, 2010

Just a quick reminder that we’re getting together tomorrow at the Corner Brewery to discuss the current status of the Cycle Powered Cinema project, what work there still is to be done, and our vision going forward. If you’d like to join us, there’s still plenty that needs to be accomplished.
And, if you can’t join [...]

Also posted in Art and Culture, Environment, Politics, Ypsilanti, cycle powered cinema | Tagged bike power, bike powered movies, call to action, cycle powered cinema, Facebook, potential for violence, public meeting, Riverside Park, Sean Hannity, tea party, teabaggers, teabaggery, Timothy McVeigh, violence on the extreme right | 8 Comments

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