Another challenge to EPA’s regulation of greenhouse gases
This New York Times article highlights legislation crafted y three Republican members of Congress. Senator James Inhofe, Okla., is, of course, among the trio. These guys are complaining that regulating...
View ArticleInside the Beltway, clean air is under seige
And the wrecking crew reads like a who’s-who of Republican polluter friends: Fred Upton and James Inhofe for starters. The NY Times explains it all in this lead editorial from today’s edition.
View ArticleA science-free Congress?
Lobbyists’ money talks, not science. Read about our new science-free Congress. On a related note, be sure and read Bill McKibben’s essay on “money pollution.”
View ArticleGOP’s austerity budget apparently gives Big Oil a free ride
GOP=Greedy Old Party. There is no other explanation except for campaign contributions and the like. Read how the Republicans don’t like the planet’s climate.
View ArticleThe lowdown on Senator James Inhofe, denier-in-chief
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OIL) claims hydraulic fracturing has “never” contaminated the water supply — one day after spill contaminates stream. Think Progress has the story on the Senate’s denier-in-chief....
View ArticleClimate change denial becomes harder to justify
That fact, however, will not likely sway such well-known deniers as U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. The denying will continue, even as the natural world we are part of goes through drastic changes (as...
View ArticleChanging the chemistry of Earth’s oceans
That’s right, buckaroos. And guess who’s responsible: We are, of course. Just as our burning of fossil fuels, like coal, is heating up our planet (the only one we’ve got, sports fans), so is it...
View ArticleSenator Sanders, I-Vt., goes to Senate floor to plead for climate action
And Bernie, my senator as a Vermonter (I am proud to say) also poked fun at denier-in-chief Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. I’m sure had I stayed in Oklahoma after serving at Tinker Air Force Base there, I...
View ArticleTrace Romney’s views on climate change
Actually, he appears to share Senator James Inhofe’s view that it is all a big hoax. Well, heck, you can read about Mitt’s stance right here. Then vote for the other guy.
View ArticleOklahoma, where the denial comes right before the drought
I lived in Oklahoma, a half-hour’s commute from Tinker Air Force Base, where I was assigned, for nearly three years in the 80s. When I saw and read this article, I just had to share it here. So read it...
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