I just took a break from a bicycle ride at one of the local wineries and happened to strike up a conversation with a guy who had driven up to our valley from nearby Santa Barbara – the site of …
Tag: Keystone XL Pipeline
Protesting Against the Keystone XL Pipeline
In the last few hours I’ve recruited a bunch of people to join my wonderful daughter (pictured here a few years ago) and me in the march in Santa Barbara one of perhaps 100 happening on the same day across …
Bill McKibben, President Obama, and the Keystone XL Pipeline
Here’s a video in which one of my heroes, environmentalist Bill McKibben, speaks about the Keystone XL Pipeline. His point is that this decision is in the hands of one man: U.S. President Obama. With it, he will either live …
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Is the Keystone XL Pipeline "Inevitable?"
Here’s a good article on the Keystone XL pipeline – undoubtedly an ecological disaster of unprecedented scale– the equivalent of adding 51 coal-fired power plants, or adding 37 million more cars onto our roads. The only reason for approving the …
The Keystone XL Pipeline and Climate Change
Most of us who pay attention to the key environmental issues of the day have some opinion on the legitimacy of the Keystone XL pipeline. At the risk of oversimplifying: • Hard-core environmentalists say the approval of the project means, in …
U.S. President Obama: Sounding Good on Energy and the Environment
Here’s a headline from the syndicated news show “Democracy Now” along with a few comments: The Obama administration is preparing to unveil what it calls a major initiative on tackling climate change. The White House says President Obama will soon …
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Sierra Club Video on Tar Sands
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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Tagged with: Abolitionists, civil disobedience, Keystone XL Pipeline, M.L. King, Occupy movement, Selma, Seneca, Sierra Club, Stonewall, Thoreau, women suffragettes
