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Category Archives: Energy Policy
Oh, the Irony
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
Posted in Economics, Energy Policy, Technology
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Fracking WikiLeaks’ “right circumstances”
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
Being on the right side of neoliberal Water
“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 Brexit, commoditfication, commodities, commons, EU, European Union, Public Policy, Water
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“like Slavery, only with extra steps…”
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
Posted in Animation, Art, Astronomy/Astrophysics, Capitalism, Communism, Cosmology, Economic Policy, Energy Policy, Humor, information Technology, Internet, Media, Nanotechnology, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Politics, Progressives, Quantum Mechanics, Science, Socialism, Sociology, Technology, Television, Uncategorized
Tagged cartoon network, Culture, Media
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Pope Francis, Republicans, and the Gospel of Climate Change Denial (With a Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video)
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
Posted in Big Oil, Campaign Finance, Capitalism, Climate Change Deniers, Climatology, Conservatives, Energy Policy, Government, Oligarchy, Political Science, Politics, Science, Short Video, United Kingdom, United States
Tagged Climate Change, Global Warming, Mark Fiore, Political Cartoon, Pope Francis, Republicans
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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
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
Man-made Earthquakes and “Three-Eyed Billy Embraces the Apocalypse” (Mark Fiore Video)
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
Posted in Big Oil, Economics, Energy Policy, Geology, Science, Short Video, United States
Tagged Air Pollution, Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Hydraulic Fracturing, Man-made Earthquakes, Mark Fiore, Oklahoma, Political Cartoon, Pollution, United States Geologial Service, USGS, Wastewater Injection
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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)
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
Posted in Climate Change Deniers, Climatology, Conservatives, Countries, Denialism, Energy Policy, Government, Government Propaganda, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Science, Short Video, States, United States
Tagged Climate Change, Florida, Global Warming, Gov. Rick Scott, Republicans
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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)
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
Posted in Climate Change Deniers, Climatology, Conservatives, Countries, Denialism, Energy Policy, Government, Government Propaganda, Humor, Logic, Media, Politics, Propaganda, Science, Short Video, United States
Tagged Congress, Dumbass Politicians, Global Warming, Oklahoma, Senate, Senator James Inhofe, US Senate
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