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Burning oil rig sinks into Gulf of Mexico
This is bad: The oil rig that has been burning in the Gulf of Mexico since an explosion on Tuesday has sunk, CNN reports. The human cost: 17 workers injured (3 critically) and 11 missing. The Coast Guard is searching for them. The ecological cost: Crude oil is leaking from at a rate of about […]
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Earth Day: Profiling Coal's Eco Heroes
As we remember the first Earth Day happening 40 years ago, it’s also worth spending some time today thinking about our eco heroes, too. I thought I’d spend my post today talking about two fantastic women who are hard-working green heroes in the coal movement. Susan Holmes is behind the group Bokoshe Environmental Cause Group, […]
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Building a better volcano
EyjafjallajokullPhoto courtesy Ludie Cochrane via FlickrIn America, we don’t care much about science. We care about sex and violence and money. That makes it hard to sustain a conversation about geoengineering, given that there is very little sex or money involved, and the only violence is likely to be brought on by future climate catastrophes. […]
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'Safe' offshore oil rig explodes, 12 missing, 7 critically hurt
The dangers of the fossil fuel industry have sadly come into focus again, after an “explosion and fire on an offshore drilling platform” off the coast of Louisiana left “least 12 people missing and seven critically injured.” Wonk Room’s Brad Johnson has the story in this repost. The explosion on the rig Deepwater Horizon occurred […]
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Let's rename Earth Day
In 2008, I wrote a piece for Salon about renaming ‘Earth’ Day. It was supposed to be mostly humorous. Or mostly serious. Anyway, the subject of renaming Earth Day seems more relevant than ever because this is the 40th anniversary. In a 2009 interview last year, our Nobel-prize winning Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, said: I would say that from here […]
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Help spread the word on "Straight Up"
Here’s something you can do to help spread the word about the book and the blog: Send out an email. I have some text below that you can make use of, but ideally you’d explain in your own words why you read the blog and why someone should buy the book. The review on the popular website Change.org […]
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The Great Global Warming Blunder: Roy Spencer and Marc Morano
Few folks have been as wrong about climate science as Marc Morano and Dr. Roy Spencer. So it’s no big surprise to see this laughable screaming headline on ClimateDepotted: Morano apparently couldn’t spend 30 seconds on Google to find the link to Spencer’s post on his new memoir, The Great Global Warming Blunder: How Mother Nature Fooled the Climate […]
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Joe Conason: “There is nothing subtle about the Republican approach to frustrating reform…"
The underlying agenda on the Republican side, from the top down, is to frustrate and humiliate the president and the Democratic majority — and to ensure that no legislation passes. They typically begin with a memo from Frank Luntz, outlining rhetorical tricks that will be used to mislead and anger voters, while obscuring the true […]
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New safety issues documented with nuclear reactors planned for Southeast
Serious safety concerns continue to mount for the AP1000, a new type of nuclear reactor proposed for power plant sites across the Southeast. A report released Wednesday warns that the design of the Westinghouse reactor makes it particularly vulnerable to through-wall corrosion — already a widespread problem with existing commercial reactors — and thus the […]
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Globama
I got one word for you: Globama. You can’t not click the link. Try and resist–it’s impossible. There’s actually a pretty funny history there. My friend and mentor Steven Strong did the current install on the pool house. Word is, he waited until George was out of town, then gave the paperwork to Laura for […]
