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 […]
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Voting out the sane Republicans
Posted in Environment, Politics Also tagged Bob Inglis, BP, 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
Cultivating hate and distrust toward the educated for financial gain
I’ve written a lot over the years about the growing trend toward anti-intellectualism in the United States, and it’s sources. As I think I’ve said before, I think, to a great extent, it’s deliberate. Generally speaking, the more educated a person is, the more likely he or she is to vote against the Republican party, […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Environment, Media, Politics Also tagged American Petroleum Institute, Americans for Prosperity, anti-intellectualism, Brawny paper towels, Charles Koch, Clean Air Act, clean energy, climate legislation, Communism, David Koch, Environmental Protection Agency, FOX News, Georgia-Pacific lumber, Glenn Beck, higher education, Koch brothers, Koch Industries, Libertarianism, manipulation of the stupid, McCarthyism, net neutrality, Proposition 23, Rally for Jobs, Regulation Reality, Rush Limbaugh, stupid Americans, tea party 23 Comments
American Clean Energy and Security Act
Today, Congressmen Henry Waxman (D-California) and Edward Markey (D-Massachusetts) unveiled a draft of their their bill to address climate change. Called the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the legislation sets out primarily to do three things – develop sources of clean energy, boost energy efficiency, and both cap and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The following […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Politics Also tagged American Clean Energy and Security Act, carbon capture and storage, carbon dioxide, Christian Science Monitor, Clean Air Act, coal, Congress, Edward Markey, Environmental Protection Agency, General Motors, Henry Waxman, New York Times, Obama, smart grid 2 Comments