For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of traveling along the Detroit River lately, there’s apparently a new landmark on the Motor City waterfront – a three-story tall pile of petroleum coke, which covers an entire city block. According to a report in today’s New York Times, we have libertarian industrialists Charles and […]
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Oily, environmentally toxic pyramid of greed being erected in Detroit by the Koch brothers
Posted in Detroit, Environment, Uncategorized Also tagged Alberta, Ambassador Bridge, Andy Hartz, Canada, carbon emissions, Charles Koch, China, CO2, Coke, corporatocracy, David Koch, Detroit River, Gary Peters, global climate change, Global Warming, John Conyers, Ken Boyd, Kerry Satterthwaite, Keystone XL pipeline, Koch brothers, Koch Industries, lame duck, Libertarianism, Lorne Stockman, Marathon Petroleum, Matty Moroun, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, oil, oil sands, petcoke, petroleum coke, Pure Michigan, right-to-work, tar sands 35 Comments
Cutting fossil fuel subsidies could save the U.S. $39 billion
It’s bad enough that our American oil and gas companies – who, by the way, have been earning record profits for their shareholders these past several years – pay next to nothing in federal income tax. That alone, even without taking into consideration the environmental damage perpetrated by these companies, should be making people outraged. […]
Posted in energy, Politics Also tagged 2012 federal budget, coal, corporate subsidies, David Goldwyn, deficit, Deficit Elimination Plan, Environmental Law Institute, Exxon, get the money out of Washington, greenhouse gas, Group of 20, International Energy Agency, Obama, oil, pathetic Republicans, SOlve Climate News, Steve Kretzmann, subsidies 10 Comments