June 2010
29 posts
Carol Browner Takes Questions and Creates More →
Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Policy Carol Browner takes your questions about the Deepwater BP Oil Spill and the Federal response to the disaster.
Carol Browner…
What Does Recognition Have to Do With It? →
People who question what the U.S. is doing in the Middle East, along with our BFF Israel, should read Informed Comment on a regular basis. Juan Cole knows the Middle East, knows the language, and…
Stop the Dirty Oil Tax Refunds →
You read that correctly. Exxon, the most profitable company in the history of the world, paid no federal taxes at all last year. Instead, they got a $156,000,000 tax refund from the IRS. Regular…
Video Smuggled Out from Mavi Marmara Attacks →
Below is smuggled video of Israel’s deadly attacks, and the response to that, on the ship the Mavi Marmara, part of the humanitarian aid flotilla for Gaza, on May 31st. This video shows wounded…
BP Expands Midwest Refinery for its Canadian Tar... →
These bastards have no shame. There is no end to their greed, all at the expense of our environment.
BP Gulf Oil Spill No Barrier to $3.8 Billion Refinery Expansion
By Joe Carroll
June 2…
BP to Burn the Oil it Collects →
I’m getting so angry about this oil leak I have to take some time off reading and writing about it. I can’t look at any more oil-covered wildlife. I can barely look at reporters talking about it….
Obama Looks a Bit like Bush Lately →
If President Obama can’t be believed, what politician can be? Lately, it’s hard to trust anything any one in Washington says. So many people feel deceived by broken campaign promises. On many…
Murkowski Vote Fails, Six Democrats Vote Against... →
Photo: Sean Gardner - An Oil-covered pelican sits on the rocky shore line of Queen Bess Island Pelican Rookery three miles north east of Grand Isle, Louisiana June 6, 2010.
Besides the Gulf Oil…
How Bad Could the Oil Leak Get? →
“Has the oil spill created a doomsday scenario” for the Gulf? MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann asks. I didn’t use the word Doomsday — they did. It’s not good to predict things will get too horrible because…
President Obama Meets with Palestinian President... →
President Obama met with President Mahmoud Abbas today, and called the situation in Gaza “unsustainable”. Then he called for moving ahead with a two-state “solution”, mentioned we will be…
A Victim of Cultural Terrorism →
December 1983, Washington D.C. Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
As you have probably heard, veteran journalist Helen Thomas (pictured at left with the actor who played a president for 8 years, Ronald…
Black Death off the Florida Coast →
Laughing Bird Caye, Belize, south of the Gulf of Mexico
Today is World Oceans Day. See more here on it. It should be a day of mourning for the Gulf of Mexico too. People are ruining the oceans off…
We Swim in a World of Oil →
Photographer Chronicles Petroleum Planet
Edward Burtynsky is a photographer, and in his new photos he shows us how addicted to oil our country has become. Our entire transportation system is built…
The Best Frenemy of the U.S. Gets Nationalism →
The Israeli government is causing huge problems for itself and for the United States. It bothered a lot of people to hear that highly respected veteran journalist Helen Thomas was forced to “retire”…
This Should Be Obama’s Science and Climate Moment →
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Cabinet members and senior administration officials during a meeting on the BP oil spill, in this White House handout photograph taken on May 14, 2010,…
Its Past Time to End the Blockade of Gaza →
“The facts are simple: The blockade of the port of Gaza is illegal, as deemed by international law and the UN. This point cannot be argued, the siege must end, the rights and dignity of the…
Smart Green Shopping in Short Supply →
More junk for the landfill, or green choices?
There was a good article called “Going Green? Good Luck” about consumers really going green versus just thinking they are in the Star Tribune on…
Infinity and Beyond for Terrorism →
On Sunday, the scary headlines:
Two U.S. citizens were arrested at JFK International Airport on Saturday night as they tried to leave the country to join an Islamic terrorist group in Somalia and…
Obama Saved Capitalism and All I Got was this... →
Tea Party protest, March 21, 2010, U.S. House of Representatives.
What is this Tea Party person trying to say? I have noticed that the Tea Party followers seem confused lately. They don’t have a…
Pentagon Pushes Development and Usage of Renewable... →
On May 27th, Defense Industry Daily reported that the Pentagon has renewed its commitment to renewable energy. The Pentagon feels it is a priority to use renewable energy like solar panels within…
Lost Leaders Sink or Swim in Oil Filled Ocean →
More new oil spill animations from June 3rd are seen and described here.
And here’s the new live BP oil spill video feed showing a new picture of semi-captured oil! (Maybe) PBS reports: We…
Get Rid of Predator Drones Before It’s Too Late →
Imagine a future sunny day, anywhere on the planet, and a beautiful blue sky in which a predator drone might appear at any moment. There is nowhere to escape from a predator drone. They’re efficient…
Dead Fish, Dying Environment →
This is how millions of small dead fish look, courtesy of British Petroleum.
Thanks BP, we didn’t like all those little parts of the food chain anyway.
That is not concrete — that is tiny silver…
Yes Boat Missions Do Try to Save Starving... →
Below is a Glenn Greenwald–Eliot Spitwad debate. Greenwald points out that the ships were not run by Hamas and the incident occurred in international waters, which is a crime.
You can read a…
Outrageous Developments as U.S. Government Works... →
According to Mike Pappantonio, who appeared on the Thom Hartmann radio show today, June 2nd, said the workers in the Gulf of Mexico are getting seriously ill due to the use of dispersants. BP does…
Blockades Embargos and Israeli Piracy →
A Palestinian boy stands in front of the gate to Erez during a protest of the Gaza blockade. Photo: Corbis
Is it time to end the Gaza blockade? Of course it is. After a botched raid on the Freedom…
Emissions will Increase a Lot by 2035, and BP... →
Photo of Gulf Oil slick by Michael DeMocker, The Times-Picayune
Recent headlines. See if you notice a common thread.
Central America Storm kills 113+
Strong Hurricane Season Predicted
2010:…
Israel’s Culture of Fear →
The loss of liberty, to a generous mind, is worse than death. And yet we know that there have been those in all ages who for the sake of preferment, or some imaginary honor, have freely lent a…
Freedom Flotilla Attacked →
The Freedom Flotilla was brutally attacked by members of the Israeli military on Sunday night. Most of the world has denounced the attacks. The UN Security Council has called for investigations. The…
Your Government on Oil →
This is Big Oil.
wkrg_oil_spill on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free
This is your Government on Big Oil.
http://www.oilchangeusa.org
AFGHANISTAN: OBAMA’S WAR
“Oil…
May 2010
4 posts
Dark Clouds of BP Oil Lurk Offshore Like the Smoke... →
It’s like a horror movie. Only in this case, the monster, the bad guy waiting to get us is in the form of giant plumes and blobs of oil. It’s like the Smoke Monster from Lost, only slower, and in…
BP Revenge: Everyone Should Move to Cities and... →
Americans use way too much oil. The following chart is part of the information from the CIA factbook. The data is from late 2008.
OIL CONSUMPTION BY COUNTRY
America uses, by far, more oil than…
The Vicious Viscount is Eviscerated →
“Viscount” “Lord” etc. are words that mean little to Americans. But “Viscount” “Lord” Monckton is a serious matter and we need to pay attention to what he represents. He’s a pompous, arrogant,…
September 2009
44 posts
Americans are Described as “Climate Illiterate” →
The melting Greenland ice cap is formed into mounds and ridges near the town of Kulusuk August 2, 2009. REUTERS/Bob Strong
Global warming is speeding up and we are hurtling towards a warmer planet…
Re-Connecting to the Environment with Thoreau’s... →
Kids playing in the Yamuna River in India
It’s pretty clear many people have become too disconnected from the environment. There has been a kind of universal thought in the last 200 or so years…
Hope and Optimism on Climate Change →
The video below is the optimistic Andrew Jones of the Sustainability Institute. He uses a simulation he and others created to tell a story of hope and possibility for addressing climate change,…
Perspectives — Human Impact →
Humans are puny creatures but we have impacted the earth and the environment more than some people can fathom. People who deny climate change is caused mainly by humans are a disappearing breed,…
Global Heating is Speeding Up →
Planned emission cuts still mean a far hotter Earth — (story below). Even the newest plans to fight climate change are not going to be adequate to keep temperatures rising beyond safe levels,…
G20 Agree to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Some... →
We have another vague agreement from the 20 most powerful countries. They have given us a broad goal with no deadline and no real way to reach it. Even this seems difficult to hammer out for the…
U.S. Senate Climate Bill will be Introduced... →
Sens. Boxer and Kerry at a climate rally in June.Photo: David Pierpont, NWF via Flickr
A few nights ago at Pittsburgh’s Andy Warhol Museum, Teresa Heinz read a message from her husband, Sen. John…
Ready for Climate and Economic Action at the G20 →
Is the world ready for a climate treaty? Not really, not yet. But we are getting closer. I just did a podcast on the UN Climate Summit (you can find the podcast here) and though UN Secretary…
We’ve Passed 3 of the Planet’s Environmental... →
In the photo here, you can see the way Sydney Australia usually looks and then how Sydney looked the other day when they had a massive dust storm. It’s probable that this dust storm, which carried…
Indonesian Forest Alliance Fights Illegal Palm... →
Police from the Aceh Tamiang district prepare to enter an illegal palm oil plantation inside the Leuser Ecosystem, the largest protected rainforest in Sumatra May 31, 2009. Picture taken May 31,…
The Future of Movies and the Age of Stupid’s... →
UK Climate Secretary Ed Miliband and Filmmaker Franny Armstrong
This is a review of the Age of Stupid movie and event on September 21st, a movie that was simulcast nation-wide in the U.S. and…
Obama’s Speech to the UN on Climate Change →
Below is the full transcript from the White House of President Obama’s speech today to the United Nations summit on climate change. As described by someone who heard it:
“President Obama hit…
Big Stone II Coal Plant is (Probably) Dead! →
This is fantastic news. Plans for a new, massive coal plant to be built in South Dakota next year, near the Minnesota border, are now (apparently) dead, or at least in a coma. The main partner for…
The Age of Stupid Climate Documentary Debuts... →
Don’t miss this one-night only world premiere from New York City, debuting in only a few hours and kicking off UN Climate Week. Visit the Age of Stupid website for more information. This is your…
Worlds Oceans had Warmest Summer on Record →
NOAA Reports World’s Oceans Had Warmest Summer Temeratures on Record
(Sept. 17) — Surface temperatures of the world’s oceans were warmer this summer than for any Northern Hemisphere summer since…
Biofuel Production Could Increase Size of Gulf... →
NASA/NOAA—Gulf Dead Zone-The large region of low oxygen water often referred to as the ‘Gulf Dead Zone,’ shown here, crosses nearly 5,800 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico again in what…
Cancer Villages in U.S., Canada, China are Caused... →
Photo: Bobby Yip. A contaminated lake is seen near Dabaoshan in the northern part of China’s Guangdong province August 27, 2009.
China has cancer villages — when I first read that, I thought,…