Category Archives: politics

137 Contaminated Coal Waste Sites in 34 States

2010-8-27 – 7:29 pm

The coal industry destroy the land, pollute the air and water, impoverish communities, and sicken tens of thousands of people a year.

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Deteriorating Narrative

2010-8-18 – 1:45 pm

BP applying a scientific approach to the disaster: “Fishermen hired by BP are still finding tar balls–and being instructed to hide their discoveries.”

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National Ambient Air Quality Standards

2010-8-13 – 5:59 pm

Hi, we work for Emperor Fossil and our job is to see to it that more children have asthma attacks. Yes, your child. But, it’s for the Greater Bottom Line, er, Good.

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John Minor Wisdom

2010-8-11 – 10:41 pm

Judge Carl J. Barbier said his ownership of debt instruments issued by Halliburton and Transocean does not give him a financial interest in these companies.

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Mr. Macondo from the BP Do Right Transition Team

2010-8-1 – 11:13 pm

What’s Good for BP is Good for BP

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A Model of Corporate Social Responsibility

2010-7-27 – 12:00 pm

Will somebody please turn off those alarms, we’re trying to sleep the sleep of the Just here.

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Not sure it FITs with state goals

2010-7-22 – 9:57 am

To paraphrase Samuel Clemens, whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over, and we don’t own the sun or wind.

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Zombie Doctrine

2010-7-16 – 8:01 pm

$30 billion in aid to the unemployed is unaffordable, but 20 times that much in tax cuts for the rich doesn’t count.

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Honey, Does Fort Chipewyan Have a Chinese Restaurant?

2010-7-12 – 5:48 pm

In Fort Chipewyan, one hundred of the town’s 1,200 residents have died from rare cancers and auto-immune diseases since 2000.

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Teshekpuk Safe For Now

2010-7-11 – 10:43 am

Just another The Arctic is Melting post, nothing to protect here citizen, just keep on singing those Niger Delta blues so fine

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