Category Archives: Energy Policy

Oh, the Irony

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Terry Welshans

Today, in the Louisville, Kentucky Courier Journal newspaper  and USA Today , a story describing the new Coal Museum in Benham, a small (population 500) town in eastern Kentucky sent me into a laughing spasm. The museum, the pride of … Continue reading →

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Fracking WikiLeaks’ “right circumstances”

Posted on October 26, 2016 by ann li-summers

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 →

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Being on the right side of neoliberal Water

Posted on June 26, 2016 by ann li-summers

“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 →

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Global “suicide by police” cannot be the basis for a foreign policy

Posted on January 7, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers     In the abstract, there’s too much meta in global politics. Yet as today’s interview of Robin Wright on NPR indicates having that more theoretical view is very important to gaining perspective on the various machinations of domestic … Continue reading →

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“like Slavery, only with extra steps…”

Posted on December 26, 2015 by ann li-summers

a full array of Chocolate Weapons that will let you satisfy your sweet tooth, with a tastefully tactical appearance except when you want to get past airport security       By ann summers Ice cream can taste like so much Death … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis, Republicans, and the Gospel of Climate Change Denial (With a Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video)

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

Posted by Elaine Magliaro Award-winning political cartoonist Mark Fiore noted that since Pope Francis came “out on the side of acknowledging human-caused global warming, Republican presidential contenders are suddenly on the side of ‘science’ not religion.” Fiore: Thanks to the … Continue reading →

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From the Climate Change Denier Diaries: Dumbass Fox News Host Claims Pope Francis Is the Most Dangerous Person on the Planet

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro First, we had the dumbass senator from Oklahoma James Inhofe suggesting that Pope Francis should butt out of the debate on climate change. Now we have a dumbass Fox News personality claiming that the Catholic pontiff is … Continue reading →

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Man-made Earthquakes and “Three-Eyed Billy Embraces the Apocalypse” (Mark Fiore Video)

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Mark Fiore said that the new frontier in scientific denial is “earthquake denial.” He noted that the burning of fossil fuels has helped to change the atmosphere—and now processes being used to extract oil and gas from … Continue reading →

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A Little Sunday Night Humor: Florida Lawmaker Mocks Rick Scott Official for Refusing to Use the Term “Climate Change’ While Testifying Before the State Legislature (VIDEO)

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro A couple of weeks ago, I posted an article about Governor Rick Scott of Florida. It appears that after Scott took office in 2011 officials of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) had “been ordered not to … Continue reading →

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Dumbass Politician from Oklahoma Throws Snowball on the Senate Floor in an Effort to Prove That Climate Change Is a Hoax (VIDEOS)

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro In January, climate change denier Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) officially took the gavel as chairman of the Senate’s Environment Committee. Later in the day, “he took the Senate floor for a long speech about how human-caused climate … Continue reading →

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