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Couldn’t get enough signatures
Well, sorry, all you third-party valorizers. The Green candidate in Pennsylvania's senate race has been booted from the ballot. He couldn't get enough legitimate signatures, even with Republicans working so hard to help him.
Why are Republicans working so hard to help him anyway? They must agree with many here that They're All the Same, and instead of accepting The Lesser of Two Evils, it's time for The System to be taken on by some Outsiders (Who Agree With Me).
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Read it
Don't miss this week's op-ed in The New Yorker from Elizabeth Kolbert (Grist interview here; Field Notes from a Catastrophe review here). It's about transformers ... sorta.
It begins by looking at the president's and Congress' failure to push for stringent energy-efficiency standards for distribution transformers, the little boxes that convert current from the grid into usable juice for households:
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Orrin H. Pilkey, shoreline expert, answers questions
Orrin Pilkey. What work do you do? I am a retired professor in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke and am still actively engaged in research and writing. The North Carolina Coastal Federation is the only environmental organization I belong to because I want to make sure my views bear the stamp of […]
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Short and sweet
I've taken issue with plenty that Roger Pielke Jr. has written, but this interview in the Daily Camera strikes me as wholly sensible. (Try here if you prefer to listen.)
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Optimistic
There's a new report out from the Worldwatch Institute and the Center for American Progress: "American Energy: The Renewable Path to Energy Security" (PDF). I haven't read it yet, but according to Worldwatch's new Eye on Earth blog, it's a bullish take on renewable energy. You can read more about it at AmericanEnergyNow.org. I'll peruse it and perhaps post more.
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New croc hunter sorely needed
For those of you who missed the tribute to Steve Irwin on Animal Planet the other night, here is a clip [must watch short ad first]. His passing left a void that needs to be filled and soon. I'm betting on his daughter.
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China, up close and personal
A family friend has moved to China to teach English and is keeping us posted via a blog. This photo caught my attention, because any toilet that can do all of those things can't be cheap, reliable, or good for landfills when it dies a premature death from mechanical failure. This is not moving in the direction of sustainable technology. Not to mention, hitting the bidet button by accident would be unsettling on multiple levels. -
Yes
Some commenters have wondered if my argument is really a side show. Most environmental groups oppose whaling and the killing of dolphins and other advanced mammals, so why am I trying to create a rift that isn't there in the first place? For two reasons:
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Lousiana spends half a mil beautifying private golf course
According to a report in today's Times-Picayune, the state of Louisiana has pledged half a million dollars to replace trees on a private golf course damaged by Hurricane Katrina last year.
The expenditure was buried in the budget state legislators passed last spring, and is listed as a "forestry program for the planting of trees and other native plants." This comes after the state spent $13 million to subsidize the construction of the Tournament Players Club in the first place.
