“Pish-posh,” says Emperor Fossil, “as long as there is money to be made, let’s do that voodoo we do so well.”
The coal that BLM has approved for strip mining from public lands represents a staggering amount of future CO2 emissions.
By jcwinnie
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Posted in denial, economics, energy, equity, leadership, patterns, policy, politics
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Also tagged coal, denial, policy, politics, pollution, water
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The U.S. government knows that the “safety precautions” put in place by deep water drilling companies are completely useless, yet is still handing out drilling permits – at a very rapid pace.
The Gingrich hurts my heart.
By jcwinnie
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Posted in atmosphere, cartoon, ethics, health, insurance, medicine, policy, politics
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Also tagged cartoon, health, politics, pollution
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Guess we aren’t destroying life on the Planet fast enough for our Senate’s bosses. They propose to “extend the Alternative Fuel Tax Credit to liquid coal, giving a 50-cent tax credit for each gallon of liquid coal sold or used in a fuel mixture.”
By jcwinnie
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Posted in advertising, atmosphere, climate, democracy, denial, energy, policy, politics, water
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Also tagged coal, denial, policy, politics, pollution, water
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The 2011 CCPI ranks China 56th and the United States 54th out of 57 countries surveyed.
A Farmer in the Times. Hi-ho, the Dust Bowl, a Farmer in the Times
By jcwinnie
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Posted in agriculture, climate, denial, disasters, patterns, policy, politics, risk, thermodynamics
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Also tagged climate, disasters, food, patterns, policy, politics, risk, thermodynamics
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For a start, we could stop building more coal plants and shutter the worst polluting ones now. And, this requires sharing across established market boundaries, especially with distribution of wind and solar power.
You probably are one of those climate alarmists.
Ah, I love the smell of fresh asphalt. It smells like Victory.
By jcwinnie
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Posted in advocacy, atmosphere, climate, culture, design, ecology, economics, energy, equity, thermodynamics, transportation
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Also tagged ecology, economics, equity, petroleum, politics, rail, solar power, thermodynamics
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