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Another tragic iceberg awaiting Massey’s titanic violations: Brushy Fork Dam
Hope must die last in the coalfields, as our prayers go out to the families of the missing four coal miners and the 25 killed in the recent Montcoal mining disaster in West Virginia. But as heroic rescue teams attempt to reach the missing miners, another potential disaster instigated by reckless Massey Energy regulatory violations […]
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Weather Channel asks, "July in April?"
CP: So it’s friggin’ hot in DC and much of the country. Audience: How hot is it? CP: It’s so hot that: I saw a dog chasing a cat and they were both walkin’. The robins are laying their eggs sunny side up. I saw squirrels fanning their nuts. Even meteorologists are doing stories about human-caused […]
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I'm speaking Friday at Dartmouth on nukes and climate
For all you New Englanders, the details on the “Second Annual Great Issues in Energy Symposium” are here and below: Friday, April 9, 2010, 3:00–5:15pm Spanos AuditoriumReception immediately followingFree and open to the public An informed view of societal energy challenges and possible responsive measures requires understanding nuclear energy and related issues. While construction of a […]
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Scientific models predict continued decline in Washington Post circulation
OK, the Washington Post’s circulation will probably keep declining even in the unlikely event their coverage of global warming improves. But my headline is at least as scientific as the WP’s latest climate piece “Scientists’ use of computer models to predict climate change is under attack.” Memo to WashPost: Scientists use of computer models to predict/project climate change […]
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Don Blankenship’s record of profits over safety: ‘Coal pays the bills’
Cross-posted from The Wonk Room. Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship.After the worst coal mining disaster in at least 25 years, Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship is facing long-overdue scrutiny for his record of putting coal profits over fundamental safety and health concerns. Blankenship, a right-wing activist millionaire who sits on the boards of the U.S. […]
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Hansen calls climate change "predominant moral issue of the 21st century," slams Congress
UPDATE: Hansen just won The Sophie Prize (see below). The country’s top climatologist, NASA’s James Hansen, writes in HuffPost: The predominant moral issue of the 21st century, almost surely, will be climate change, comparable to Nazism faced by Churchill in the 20th century and slavery faced by Lincoln in the 19th century. Our fossil fuel […]
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Larry Summers and Carol Browner say Obama won't budge on placing a price on global warming pollution
UPDATE: Summers entire, amazing speech, “The Economic Case for Comprehensive Energy Reform,” is reposted below. White House aides Larry Summers and Carol Browner insisted that the administration was willing to bend on several key issues, including the mechanism for pricing carbon and increased domestic energy exploration. But both said the president would not budge when it […]
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Irony-gate 2: Modern day Tea Partiers outsource denial to Lord Monckton – a British peer!
No, really you can’t make this stuff up — unless you are an anti-science disinformer like Monckton. Straight from “FreedomWorks” Tabitha Hale: As you have probably surmised, there will be a large round of Tea Parties coming up on April 15th. There will be large names, even larger crowds — and honestly, organizers would be unable to […]
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Exxon Mobil paid no federal income tax in 2009!
The joke goes, The economy is so bad Exxon Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen. If only. Turns out the economy is never really bad for the oil giant, and the last thing they would want to do is cut off support to members of Congress who allow them to pull off the remarkable trick of […]
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The war against carbon starts now
Readers are always asking what can been done to cut carbon beyond pushing for the bipartisan climate and clean energy jobs bill. I’m launching a new series aimed at the kind of serious action people can push for at a local and state level — and even at a national and global level — […]
