Category Archives: climate change

We live in a democracy — or so they say

Posted on September 18, 2018 by

This is what happens when all the president’s men are grifters: Another day, another set of regulations targeted for reversal by President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency. The latest possible rollback affects a powerful greenhouse gas with up to 36 times … Continue reading →

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Mama whale’s message to the media

Posted on August 14, 2018 by

From NPR: After carrying her deceased baby for at least 17 days and 1,000 miles, an orca mother has shown signs of returning to normal. She was seen Saturday with fellow members of her pod, chasing a school of salmon. … Continue reading →

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WP: Arctic warmth is ‘stunning’ scientists

Posted on February 28, 2018 by

Swamp Rabbit and I stopped for an overnight at a motel midway through a sales trip in upstate PA – Trump country. Some cadaver in camo gear checked us in and said there would be no meals until 7 a.m., … Continue reading →

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Category 5 climate change denial

Posted on September 20, 2017 by

Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure. — Herman Melville Another week, another hurricane in paradise. This one is called Maria, and it just ripped through the densely populated … Continue reading →

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Tone-deaf Obama sings Walmart’s praises

Posted on May 9, 2014 by

Swamp Rabbit and I had just watched a PBS show about “nightmare bacteria” — insidious, human-killing organisms resistant to all antibiotics. Pretty scary. Then we saw a news item about Barack Obama appearing at a Walmart to praise the company … Continue reading →

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Obama to EU: Frack, baby, frack

Posted on March 29, 2014 by

From Common Dreams: Speaking after a meeting with European leaders at the [European Union]-US summit in Brussels on Wednesday, President Barack Obama suggested that the U.S. is open to exporting fracked shale gas, once promised as the source of American … Continue reading →

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Daring Dems vow to fight back against the Kochs

Posted on March 14, 2014 by

Hold on to your laptops: According to The New York Times, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid has an idea. He wants Dems to launch a media counterattack against two prominent plutocrats who are on a mission to destroy democracy in America … Continue reading →

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