In response to my rant on a few recent Supreme Court decisions, frequent commenter Dan Conine writes: “… The government we have is the government we deserve. Though you are correct per se from your point of view, I disagree …
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More Bad News from the US Supreme Court
Earlier this week I wrote a post expressing my disgust over the US Supreme Court’s announcement that it had found major provisions of campaign finance reform to be unconstitutional. This paved the way for corporate and union money to mute …
Algae as Biofuel and Protein Source
I’ve promised myself that I’ll no longer procrastinate on my book on renewables. In truth, I’ve been pretty good about conducting the interviews and sending them off for transcription. But the sheer volume of words to process and edit has …
Political Process Reform
Writing about the political process, Bob Goldschmidt notes: The system will never allow campaign finance reform or term limits. However there is a way — individual contributions made to move election results. It’s interesting that you say this. I personally …
Trump and Musk on EVs, Climate
If you were tasked with identifying a trend in human civilization that extended from the Dark Ages into the 21st Century, you might choose the development and implementation of science. Solutions in everything from medicine to mechanization to information technology …
Don’t Americans Enjoy Unlimited Gun Rights?
In response to this post, which contains the data point that the U.S. has suffered 200+ mass shootings in the first 144 days of 2020, a gun nut reader responds: Reader: More than one shooting daily? On what planet? … …
Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies?
A great deal of the environmental damage that was done during the Trump administration is either already repaired or is in the process of becoming so. Many of these issues took a mere stroke of the pen (or click of …
In Some Cases, Criminals Make Good Spokespersons
Here’s one from the “ya can’t make this (stuff) up” category. It’s an ad warning folks about scammers who try to bamboozle homeowners into turning over the titles to their houses. That’s all well and good until you realize that …
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Activists Demanding UK’s Barclays to ‘Stop Funding the Climate Emergency’ Shut Down Nearly 100 Branches
From this article: In a coordinated action to pressure Barclays to stop financing climate destruction, Greenpeace activists on Monday morning shut down 97 of the British investment bank’s branches across the United Kingdom.
The Five Most-Commented Posts of 2009
I deeply appreciate the hundreds of comments to the posts that my guests and I have written this year. Here are the five posts that received the most comments: The True Cost of Fossil Fuels Big Energy and Campaign Finance Reform …
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