The “Obama pipeline” as a possible description of the Keystone XL pipeline is employed by Rebuild the Dream. President of that organization, and former Obama administration green jobs advisor, Van Jones “cuts through the myths around Keystone XL … and explains who will be to blame if the pipeline is approved.” This comes as the [...]
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KXL, the Pipeline Paved With Money
Not that this is unusual, it’s the norm in corporate politics, that the KXL pipeline’s approved construction is paved with money. One of the most recent and entirely obvious examples of the kind of political maneuvering related to TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipe line is another U.S. House vote. At Think Progress: House Attempts To Force [...]
Celebrate Earth Day with a Quiz, Plant Something
HAPPY EARTH Day. Take some time to watch birds. Plant something… Take a walk and appreciate this planet. You can also take CNN’s quiz, answers to the questions below at the link, to see how savvy you are about our planet and its problems, which we humans have caused. 4. About 70% of the Earth [...]
KXL Pipeline, State’s “Study” and Minnesota’s 30,000 Gallon Tar Sands Spill
Short version: TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline is under construction. The related study and report by the State Department was outsourced to a consulting firm with ties to TransCanada. A couple of days ago there was a tar sands spill when a train derailed in Minnesota. When the content is toxic, any spill – from train, [...]
Republicans Target Ashley Judd, and Tucker Carlson’s Beat is Her Boobs
We are used to knowing just about everything there is to know about serious political candidates. But will Judd be the first potential senator who has — literally — nothing left to show us? [...] In both 1996′s “Norma Jean and Marilyn” and 1999′s “Eye of the Beholder,” Judd went full frontal and bared her [...]
Environmental Protection Provided by Keystone (Pipeline) Cops
The Keystone XL Pipeline and the effort of activists to stop it are significant for many reasons. I’ve written about this frequently, especially the grassroots efforts of Tar Sands Blockade, and recently, about the Forward On Climate Change event in DC last weekend, with approximately 40,000 people participating. Now, I want to focus some of [...]
Beyoncé Blows Out the Lights at the Super Bowl
What’s more, she filled the television screen, a human pneumatic drill of intensity, constantly bouncing and whirring. This is part of what set her apart from some past performers, whose songs were big enough, but whose attitude and presentation weren’t. At the beginning of “Crazy in Love,” she dropped to one knee, then sprawled on [...]
John Kerry on Climate Change: “A Life-Threating Issue,” But Hedges on Keystone XL Pipeline [Video - Full Remarks]
“I will be a passionate advocate for this,” he added, “not based on ideology but facts.” [Boston Globe] OBAMA’S NOMINEE to succeed Secretary Clinton, John Kerry, put climate change in stark emphasis in his remarks yesterday. He has a history of being an advocate for addressing climate change. What will this mean for the future [...]
Obama’s Decision on Keystone XL and His Response to Climate Change
There’s nothing unusual about politicians and Electeds saying one thing and doing another. It’s a bipartisan thing. We the Electorate are so accustomed to it that it’s a shock when actions actually follow the words spoken. Regarding Mr. Obama’s strong inaugural speech section related to climate change, we’ll soon have one indication of how closely [...]
News Desk: Islamists in Algiers Take Hostages at Gas Field, Including Americans.
“By all indications this is a terrorist act…” – Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta THE REPORT comes from CNN and has been confirmed by BP. Islamists angry over Algiers’ support for the French offensive in Mali attacked an Algerian gas field, caused casualties and seized more than 40 foreign hostages, North African media outlets reported [...]
Matt Damon’s “Promised Land” no “China Syndrome”
“Promised Land,” which was written by Matt Damon and the actor John Krasinski (with initial help from Dave Eggers), offers observations on something not often seen in movies—the contrasting morality between caring desperately about your work and simply doing it competently and collecting a paycheck. The movie makes the case for both. This is one [...]
Goodbye to All That
SANDY TAUGHT us a lot this year, that is if you didn’t already get the problem. Lesson one: climate change is real. But what will be done on climate change is not encouraging, if past is indeed prologue. President Obama has another chance in his second term. Few allies exist in the right-wing Tea Party [...]
Interview — Tar Sands Blockader Grace Cagle: The “Path of This Pipeline is Like a Map of Power and Poverty”
Grace Cagle is a 22 year old, from the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. She tells me she doesn’t consider herself an activist, but “a person aware of the injustices in this society who is willing and privileged enough to be able to resist those creating injustice.” That’s what she did a few weeks ago, when she [...]
John Kerry is a Better Choice for State Than Susan Rice
The problem with making Susan Rice secretary of state isn’t Benghazi. It’s war. Rice, like her “mentor,” former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, and the current secretary, Hillary Clinton, has supported just about every proposed U.S. military intervention over the two decades. The president should nominate someone that occasionally opposes a war. [...] Rice is [...]
‘Sham’ Climate Summit Ends: No New CO2 Cuts, No New Funding
This isn’t a surprise, but it’s certainly yet another indication of government priorities related to climate change. There are, of course, exceptions. But in general, and with the U.S. firmly in the “general,” not the “exception” category, postpone, delay, and keep the petroleum industries happy are key. Via TruthOut: (emphasis added throughout post) The United [...]
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