Tag Archives: Global Warming

Confronted by numerous new revelations concerning his administration’s collusion with the Russians, Trump, staying true to form, indicates that he’s ready to give the Russians back their spying facilities in Maryland and New York

By Mark | May 31, 2017

Now that all of the confusion over Trump’s mysterious early morning tweet has been cleared up by Sean Spicer, who explained to the American people that “

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged collusion, Department of Defense, FBI, global climate change, intelligence community, ISIS, James Comey, Jared Kushner, Jeff Sessions, John Schindler, Kellyanne Conway, Maryland, National Security Agency, New York, NSA, Paris Accord, Russia, Russian Intelligence Service, Sean Spicer, Sergey Gorkov, Sergey Kislyak, SIGINT, signals intelligence, spying, treason, Vladimir Putin | 8 Comments

With England and the U.S. having been effectively sidelined, Germany emerges our next best hope

By Mark | May 30, 2017

After Trump’s visit to the NATO headquarters in Belgium a few days ago, where he referred to the Germans as “very bad” for their trade practices and chastised his fellow heads of state for “not paying what they should be paying” on defense, I wasn’t all that surprised to see our long-time allies beginning to […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Angela Merkel, Article 5, Brexit, Donald Trump, European Union, Germany, global climate change, Ivo H. Daalder, Martin Schulz, NATO, Russia, Sigmar Gabriel, Vladimir Putin | 11 Comments

The Republican campaign to kill the EPA comes to Ann Arbor

By Mark | May 7, 2017

On Monday at 2:45 PM, there will be a rally outside the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory (NVFEL) at 2565 Plymouth Road, in Ann Arbor. The event, as I understand it, is in response to the Trump administration’s threat to cut a whopping 31% of the EPA’s budget. At the Ann […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Environment, Uncategorized | Also tagged academic research, anti-science, automotive industry, compliance, Debbie Dingell, Donald Trump, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, global climate change, greenhouse gas, Huron Valley Area Labor Federation, National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory, NVFEL, Oklahoma, pollution, scientific research, scientific review, Scott Pruitt, those anti-science Republicans, transportation, vehicle emissions, VW | 7 Comments

Ypsilanti rolls out the red carpet for President Trump

By Mark | March 16, 2017

Yesterday afternoon, the good people of Michigan braved the cold to welcome President Trump, who, for some reason, had chosen Ypsilanti as the backdrop for his announcement that he’d be eliminating fuel efficiency standards passed into law during the Obama administration in order to address global climate change, essentially saying “fuck you” to future generations. […]

Posted in Environment, Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged automotive emissions, Big Three, budget cuts, Buy American, Detroit, Donald Trump, ecology, federal budget, fuel efficiency, global climate change, Great Lakes, heating assistance, Hire American, Ivanka Trump, job training, Steve Neavling, Willow Run | 13 Comments

How shall we greet Trump this Wednesday in Ypsilanti?

By Mark | March 13, 2017

I want to go and protest Trump’s visit to Ypsilanti on Wednesday, but I don’t have a good idea for a sign. The best I’ve been able to come up with so far is the image above, which I just cobbled together using whatever rudimentary tools I could find online, but I doubt that it’ll […]