Tag Archives: fracking

Keep right on pretending to pray, but not even God himself can save you now, Donald Trump

By Mark | July 12, 2017

Remember how, not too long ago, I was telling you to keep an eye on Donald Trump’s religiosity? My thinking at the time was that the more ‘in peril’ our President believes himself to be, the more he’ll feign an interest in all things Christian. Well, judging by what we’re seeing in the press today, […]

Posted in Politics, Religious Extremism, Uncategorized | Also tagged A Face in the Crowd, collusion, con man, Donald Trump, energy, evangelical, fundamentalist religion, Hillary Clinton, impeachment, Lonesome Rhodes, morons, oil, Pat Robertson, prayer, praying, religion, renewable energy, Robert Mueller, Russia, Vladimir Putin, windmills | 36 Comments

Stop Pruitt before he can kill the EPA for Big Oil

By Mark | February 2, 2017

Calling your Senators works… By all accounts, Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski [Alaska] and Susan Collins [Maine] are going against the wishes of their party to vote in opposition of Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos because of the pushback they’re received from their constituents. Earlier this week in Anchorage, there were reports of over 200 […]

Posted in Environment, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-science, Betsy DeVos, big oil, Bill Moyers, Christie Todd Whitman, confirmation hearings, Devon Energy, environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Jason Chaffetz, Lisa Murkowski, methane gas, Oklahoma, public land, Richard Nixon, Scott Pruitt, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Sheldon Whitehouse, Susan Collins, those anti-science Republicans | 6 Comments

Was the road to Flint paved by frackers?

By Mark | February 16, 2016

A few weeks ago I posed a question here based on something Flint attorney Alec Gibbs had told me back in 2014 about the possible origins of the KWA pipeline. “Could the Flint water crisis have its origins in a desire to open up new areas of Michigan to fracking?,” I asked. And, since then, […]

Posted in energy, Environment, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alec Gibbs, American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Andy Dillon, Ed Kurtz, Flint, Flint water crisis, John Wilson, Karegnondi Water Authority, KWA, KWA pipeline, lead, Rick Snyder, Western Land Services | 14 Comments

Could the Flint water crisis have its origins in a desire to open up new areas of Michigan to fracking?

By Mark | January 17, 2016

In July of 2014 I interviewed Flint attorney Alec Gibbs about the state takeover of Flint, why it happened, and the damage that, by that point, was already underway. It was a great discussion. And, because Gibbs got into a lot of depth not only about what had happened in Flint, but the history of […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Environment, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alec Gibbs, conspiracy theories, Flint, Flint water crisis, Karegnondi Water Authority, KWA, KWA pipeline, lead, lead poisoning, public health, Rick Snyder, water | 68 Comments

Michigan’s 6 ballot proposals and how I intend to vote

By Mark | November 5, 2012

Other than trying my best to convince folks to vote for Syed Taj and Barack Obama, and against the likes of “mentally unbalanced” Tea Party-favorite Kerry Bentivolio, the race-baiting Pete Hoekstra, and the climate change denying serial liar Mitt Romney, I haven’t really said much about the upcoming election. To be honest, I didn’t think […]