February 23, 2008 – 9:41 am
No, really, he does. Snort Worthy! I’m almost never censored at the Times. However, I was told that I couldn’t use the lede I originally wrote for my column following the 2007 State of the Union address, in which Bush made ethanol the centerpiece of his energy strategy: “Before the State of the Union address, […]
December 18, 2007 – 10:00 pm
Of course, when are they not unhinged? It’s a scene that brings laughter and cheers from visitors to a Japanese aquarium – two white beluga whales wearing Santa hats. But environmentalists are saddened by the sight of what they say is the final humiliation for the whale in a country that hunts them down with […]
November 29, 2007 – 6:19 pm
Yikes! A powerful earthquake rocked the eastern Caribbean on Thursday, sending office workers and shoppers on several islands fleeing into the streets. Minor injuries were reported on the island of Martinique. The earthquake which struck at 2 p.m. EST, with a magnitude of 7.4, was centered 26 miles southeast of Roseau, the capital of Dominica, […]
November 28, 2007 – 7:06 pm
And good for him. If only Ted “Hiccup” Kennedy would follow along and allow the Cape Wind Project to proceed (Boston.com) His son may be known as a big friend to Big Oil, but George Herbert Walker Bush is showing a green streak these days. The former president earlier this month installed a 33-foot-high, $14,000 […]
November 19, 2007 – 4:52 pm
At least this article doesn’t go down the climate change road Attention San Francisco shoppers: Plastic grocery store bags are going, going, gone. Starting Tuesday, large grocery stores in the city can no longer use the traditional plastic bags that are a staple of the supermarket checkout line, as a city ordinance passed earlier this […]
November 17, 2007 – 12:31 pm
Run for the hill, run for the hills! An analysis of satellite imagery of the Gulf Coast shows that Hurricane Katrina destroyed an estimated 320 million trees in Mississippi and Louisiana, an unprecedented loss of forestland that will reshape the region for generations, Louisiana researchers reported today. The death of the trees from wind damage […]
November 2, 2007 – 9:48 pm
Leave it to the NY Times The rescue of the Florida Everglades, the largest and most expensive environmental restoration project on the planet, is faltering. Seven years into what was supposed to be a four-decade, $8 billion effort to reverse generations of destruction, federal financing has slowed to a trickle. Projects are already years behind […]
September 27, 2007 – 7:59 am
File this one under "environmentalists gone wacko(er)" (hat tip Conservative Belle.) A group of heavyweight environmental organizations is asking the federal government to crack down on air fresheners, products that scientific studies show can aggravate asthma and pose other health risks. In response to the groups’ petition filed Wednesday with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]
September 25, 2007 – 1:14 pm
In all seriousness, his ideas, while rather basic, are not bad. I’ll be the first to admit that I liked his pre-climahystericy ideas on the environment. I liked John Kerry’s platform for the environment in 2004-except he had no way to pay for it. Just because someone is a political "enemy," doesn’t automatically mean they […]
September 5, 2007 – 12:48 pm
Ooooooh, the chance to combine climate change with Ted Kennedy! Irresistable! (From Real Clear Politics via Michelle M) Once upon a time, Ted Kennedy could count on his daily dose of veneration. The right wing hated the Massachusetts Democrat, but progressives honored him as a defender of old-school liberalism. In a remarkable turnaround, liberals are […]
