It looks like our friends at BP are up to their old tricks again. This time, though, the oil being spilled isn’t in the Gulf of Mexico, where the company’s cost-cutting measures in 2010 led to the largest oil spill in recorded history, but in Lake Michigan, the largest repository of fresh water on the […]
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Having learning nothing from the Gulf disaster, BP allows crude oil to pour into Lake Michigan
Posted in Environment, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged British Petroleum, Corporate Crime, crude oil, Deepwater Horizon, drinking water, fresh water, Great Lakes, gulf coast, Gulf of Mexico, Indiana, Lake Michigan, Michigan, oil, pollution, tar sands, Whiting, Whiting refinery 10 Comments
Derrick Jensen on the necessity of armed revolution, the futility of conservation, and the inherent violence of science
A few nights ago, as a part of Eastern Michigan University’s weeklong “Activism and Education” festivities, noted author and environmental activist Derrick Jensen addressed students and members of the Ypsilanti community at Pease Auditorium. What follow are my very rough notes. As I spent half my time mopping sweat from my red, wrinkled brow, I’m […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Environment, Uncategorized Also tagged 1942, activism, anti-science, Bhopal, Capitalism, castration, Cheyenne Dog Soldiers, clean water, conservation, David Attenborough, decolonization, Deep Green Resistance, Derrick Jensen, domestic violence, Eastern Michigan University, eco justice, Education, education reform, EMU, energy conservation, fracking, France, Global Warming, global warming denial, Guantánamo Bay, Gulf of Mexico, higher education, Huron River, IRA, James Inhofe, Joseph Campbell, Nazi, Nazi Doctors, Obama, oil spills, permaculture, picket pin, potential for violence, racism, radio-contoled cigar cutters, rape, revolution, Robert Jay Lifton, tea party, teaching, Thomas Lindsay, Tony Hayward, trends in American education, Union Carbide, University of Munich, violence, violence vs non-violence, water quality, we need a revolution, White Rose Society 29 Comments
Voting out the sane Republicans
It’s good to be reminded on occasion that there are sane, responsible Republicans… We were in the car last night, on our way to have dinner with friends in Detroit, when we caught an NPR report on how the upcoming elections are likely to affect climate change legislation, and I was really struck by how […]
Posted in Environment, Politics Also tagged Bob Inglis, cap-and-trade, Climate Change, Global Warming, global warming denial, Jim Demint, Juan WIlliams, Koch brothers, NPR, republican primary, sane Republicans, Sarah Palin, South Carolina, tea party, Tea Partyfication, the collapse of the Republican party, the future of journalism, those anti-science Republicans, Trey Gowdy 7 Comments