Tag Archives: Union of Concerned Scientists

Sharpiegate takes yet another turn, illustrating the threat to both science and reality under the Trump administration

By Mark | September 8, 2019

Remember how we were talking a few days ago about Trump and his sharpie, and how, instead of just owning up to his misstatement about the path of Hurricane Dorian, he’d doubled down, restating the lie that he’d been told that the hurricane was headed for Alabama, and holding up a crudely doctored weather map […]

Posted in Environment, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alabama, Bahamas, Birmingham, Climate Change, counterfeit weather forecast, Dan Sobien, Donald Trump, Global Warming, Hurricane Dorian, hurricanes, Jane Lubchenco, Julie Kay Roberts, Michael Halpern, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, NOAA, NWS, politicizing science, post-fact, post-truth, Red Cross, sharpie, Sharpiegate, Trump Inaugural Committee, weather, weather forecast | 16 Comments

Just one week after the midterm elections, an all out assault on the EPA has begun… This is what we get for not voting

By Mark | November 20, 2014

Just after winning reelection a little over a week ago, Republican Senator Mitch McConnell announced that his top priority would be to “rein in” the EPA. That’s right, the incoming Senate Majority Leader, when telling his constituents what he intended to do with his newfound power, didn’t mention the fighting for the middle class, or […]

Posted in Alternative Energy, energy, Environment, Uncategorized | Also tagged Andrew A. Rosenberg, anti-science, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2014, global climate change, Global Warming, H.R. 1422, Jim Inhofe, Jim Inhofee, Mitch McConnell, Science | 11 Comments

Give a little money ($8.26) to 826 on 8/26

By Mark | August 25, 2010

Still have some spare money after Alan Grayson’s big money bomb, and that donation to the Union of Concerned Scientists? Well, you’re in luck. Tomorrow, one of my favorite non-profits in the world, the youth literacy and writing organization known as 826, will be accepting donations. And they’re not asking for very much. They just […]

Posted in Art and Culture | Also tagged 826, 826 Michigan, Alan Grayson, donations, Give by Cell, literacy, Mobile GIving Foundation, money bomb, non-profits, writing skills, Youth Literacy Day | 5 Comments

Stop the systematic abuse of antibiotics by factory farms

By Mark | January 4, 2010

The Union of Concerned Scientists is lobbying for the passage of an agriculture bill that I’m very much in favor of. It’s called the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (H.R. 1549/S. 619), and, if enacted, it would curtail the frivolous, preemptive use of antibiotics by factory farms. Here’s some background from the Union […]