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Clean Coal is a Lie. Environmentalists Fight Back With Cartoon
Image by Rastafabi Ah, coal. If you live in the United States you’ve been subjected to an advertising blitz in preparation for the upcoming elections assuring you that clean coal is the answer to all of our problems. The four dollar gasoline will go away [...]
Continue reading...Hypocrisy 101: A Brief Review Of Hurricane Katrina
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Image from josh Miller As the death toll from the terrible cyclone that struck Myanmar climbs past 100,000, I keep thinking of the press conference that was held at the White House on Monday. First Lady Laura Bush, who from what we can tell is a fairly [...]
Continue reading...PETA Says Horseracing = Dog Fighting. They’re Wrong.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Image from Wikimedia Commons Anybody that saw the Kentucky Derby Saturday was treated to a spectacular race, and then immediately robbed of that memory with one of the most heartbreaking sights in racing. Eight Belles, the first filly running in the race since 1996, which having just turned [...]
Continue reading...Global Marijuana March Hits Toronto: 20,000 Light up.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Image via Canada.com “We’re letting them smoke if they want to smoke,” one policeman said with a chuckle and a shrug. “The city gave them a permit.”
Continue reading...Are Food Shortages Priming The Developing World For A Revolt?
Thursday, May 1, 2008
by Spencer Kimball Image by camera_rwanda Last month witnessed a rash of political turmoil provoked by the inflating price of food.
Continue reading...The Bush Administration Has Been Manipulating EPA Data
Monday, April 28, 2008
By Spencer Kimball Image from iips.cz The Bush Administration has been called a lot of names by a lot of people, but competent has never been one of them.
Continue reading...It’s Illegal to Sell Pot Flavored Candy In Georgia
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Oh, that wiley Georgia Legislature. You know it’s a good story when the first question anybody asks when they hear about it is “was this an April fool?” Image from dave linger on flickr It’s now the law in Georgia, you may no longer sell pot-flavored candy to [...]
Continue reading...Biofools
Monday, March 24, 2008
It would be great if biofuels provided a magic method for us to combat carbon emissions without changing our lifestyles, but sadly they don’t. Image via thoughts on global warming Impacts of adoption of biofuels on food prices are already well documented. Now scientists are
Continue reading...The World Is Ending; Texas Leads The Way
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Tuesday the Environmental Integrity Project, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization released a report on the carbon emissions of U.S. power plants, and the news is not good. Leaping UP almost 3 percent, the largest change in a decade, it seems possible that even in this green-aware era, [...]
Continue reading...Vultures Signal Impending Doom for Kentucky Governor
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
In what hopefully is not a commentary on anyone’s political career, nearly 500 Back Vultures have taken up winter residence at the Governor’s mansion in Kentucky. The birds, which normally roost in the capital city of Frankfort, have decided for reasons unknown to congregate in the [...]
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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