I wasn’t much interested in all of the hullabaloo about the government spying on our phone calls, emails, etc., until I read this article
Category: Climate Change
Koch-ifying the news
Industrialists Charles and David Koch, well known for their climate change denial, have very recently expressed interest in buying newspapers. We all know the
Van Jones: “If Obama believes Keystone is a good thing, he should call it the Obama Tar Sands Pipeline.”
We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the
Beefing up the facts on global warming
In a shameless demonstration of feigned ignorance and pandering, some climate-change denying Republicans, like Representative Dana Rohrabacher of California, and Speaker John Boehner, have
Free trade isn’t free
Picture this. Normal, IL, 1988. While walking my dog, I stopped to chat with a neighbor. When I told her I was moving to
What I saw at the “Forward on Climate” rally
350.org, The Sierra Club and The Hip Hop Caucus organized the largest environmental protest in US history, on February 17th, 2013, with attendance estimated
Kingsolver’s new novel, Flight Behavior , delivers a powerful sermon on climate change
I’ve been listening to Barbara Kingsolver read her new novel, Flight Behavior, on my car CD player, and I have to wonder what the
Obama’s win brings hope for a rational approach to climate change
If you were listening closely at 8:16 p.m. (EST) on election night, you might have heard a subtle but persistent sound blowing across the
FEMA: another example of why states’-righters are wrong
The current conflict regarding FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) is essentially about whether the federal government should have primary responsibility for addressing disasters, or
Hurricane Sandy’s election impact: What if polling places can’t open by Election Day?
Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast on Sunday, October 28 and Monday, October 29, slightly more than a week before Election Day 2012. Suppose