Here’s an article from the Sierra Club that includes a cool animated piece on oil from tar sands, illustrating why this subject, and the Keystone XL pipeline in particular, is such a bad idea. It’s bad for everyone living on…
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Americans Are Changing Course on Environmental Issues
I was on a conference call this morning on which I told the audience that the American electorate is becoming far more focused on environmental issues than they were just a few short months ago. Based on what I read…
Tagged with: Americans environmental issues, environmentalism, Exxon’s tar sands spill in Arkansas, Keystone XL Pipeline
Posted in Fossil Fuels
Posted in Fossil Fuels
Dr. John Abraham on Global Climate Change
Frequent commenter Tim Kingston, who requested my response to climate change denier Anthony Watts the other day, just sent me this much more detailed and compelling response from Dr. John Abraham, a thermal sciences researcher and professor at the University…
Tagged with: Alberta Tar sands, Anthony Watts, climate change deniers, climate cliff, dirty replacement of coal, Dr. John Abraham, global climate change, global warming, Keystone XL Pipeline, petroleum coke, reduce carbon emissions, tar sands dirtier than conventional oil, Tim Kingston
Posted in Climate Change
Posted in Climate Change
An Angry Country Rethinks Its Stance on Civil Disobedience
Here’s a piece from the Executive Director of the Sierra Club, announcing that, after 120 years of endorsing only strictly legal actions, the organization for the first time will be embracing civil disobedience. Two quick observations, if I may: • It’s…
Tagged with: Abolitionists, civil disobedience, Keystone XL Pipeline, M.L. King, Occupy movement, Selma, Seneca, Sierra Club, Stonewall, Thoreau, women suffragettes
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Pragmatically, Environmentalism Means Dealing with China's Emissions
I wrote recently that it’s possible Lisa Jackson is stepping down from her position as administrator of the EPA because of the imminent approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. In response, frequent commenter Larry Lemmert notes: (What will happen) if…
Tagged with: air in Beijing, burning oil, carbon dioxide, China, China's emissions, environmentalism, EPA, fossil fuels, Keystone XL Pipeline, Lisa Jackson, transCanadian pipeline
Posted in Fossil Fuels
Posted in Fossil Fuels
Reject the Keystone XL Pipeline
I just signed this petition to U.S. President Obama, asking him to reject the Keystone XL Pipeline. If you agree with the vast majority of scientists studying the issue who urge us to curb our dependence on fossil fuels, you…
Tagged with: climate scientists, dependence on fossil fuels, fossil fuels, Keystone XL Pipeline, petition to U.S. President Obama
Posted in Climate Change
Posted in Climate Change
A Few Words on the Keystone XL Pipeline from Jim Hightower
Supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline project may want to read this excellent piece by Jim Hightower, radio commentator, writer, and public speaker. The concept that the oil companies who are working so hard to make this happen are doing…
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