Category Archives: environment

A Poem for the 50th Earth Day

Posted on April 22, 2020 by

Today is Earth Day #50, but it will not be a celebration of our planet’s beauty and bounty. Nor will we march in protest of the many governments still lacking the political will to turn us back from our current … Continue reading →

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TCS: Journeywork of the Stars

Posted on July 23, 2018 by

Good Morning! ________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading →

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The fogs that shroud the Congressional Review Act … GOPredation

Posted on February 16, 2017 by

By ann summers This Congressional Review Act bill is important: It restores federalism and is pro-life. https://t.co/fnPMG8Q0Pi — Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) February 15, 2017 Sam Bee had a segment on Full Frontal regarding the Congressional Review Act (CRA), another of … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 Election, Congress, Conservatives, environment, Government, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Your home heating prices will go up because Giant Yam won’t bring back coal jobs

Posted on December 1, 2016 by

   By ann summers Clueless natural Gasbag’s “post-truth” promises to cull votes with more coal jobs will now make your home heating prices go up with little effect on returning coal jobs to the US coal belt. But that was … Continue reading →

Posted in Austerity, Big Oil, Capitalism, China, Climate Change Deniers, Climatology, Denialism, Economics, environment, Foreign Policy, History, Imperialism, Investing, Japan, Media, Political Science, Politics, poverty, Russia, Society, Uncategorized, United States | 5 Comments

Fracking WikiLeaks’ “right circumstances”

Posted on October 26, 2016 by

By ann summers WikiLeaks is continuing to publish more emails from the account of John Podesta, the chair of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. One newly published email revealed that Clinton privately bashed environmentalists opposed to fracking and the Keystone XL … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change Deniers, Energy Policy, environment, Media, Politics, Presidential Elections, Science, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Being on the right side of neoliberal Water

Posted on June 26, 2016 by

“Well, art is art, isn’t it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb … Continue reading →

Posted in Countries, Economics, Energy Policy, environment, European Union, France, Government, Immigrants, Immigration, Media, Neoliberals, Political Science, Politics, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, United States | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Owls and Lemmings – shared last meals

Posted on June 8, 2016 by

  By ann summers It is of course a first-world conceit and problematic to talk about last meals on earth when some have trouble getting daily meals at all. OTOH don’t we all like to speculate about penultimate pleasure, except … Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Cooking, environment, Health Care, Mental Health, Philosophy, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Under tRump, cockroaches will have unenumerated, unimpeachable rights and envy the dead

Posted on June 6, 2016 by

By ann summers If we thought the End of the Republic happened when Monica Lewinsky got a TED talk, surprise -— Donald Trump could become POTUS, just as he states that Latino or Muslim judges could be unfair to him. Sonia Sotomayor will … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop -It’s tornado season, time to flirt with death?

Posted on May 11, 2016 by

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. Having been raised mostly in the south, I am no stranger to the destructive power of tornadoes and hurricanes. Many of my younger years … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop – Salween Spring: the Tao of fighting a losing battle

Posted on May 8, 2016 by

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From NRS Films:  An American outfitter in China and the Tao of fighting a losing battle. Meet Travis Winn, an American who traveled to … Continue reading →

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