Reuters compares McCain’s and Obama’s positions on the environment, indicating that “Both have made energy security and environmental stewardship part of their presidential campaigns” but noting that McCain has fully embraced a “We will drill new wells off-shore, and we’ll drill them now. We’ll drill them now” platform.
McCain’s environmental reputation has also taken a hit with the pick of Sarah Palin, a strong supporter of extractionist policies, and climate change doubter . Trying to explain away this potential problem McCain is going to have with environmentalists, the policy director of Republicans for Environmental Protection states “Our position is that Sarah Palin really was not put on the ticket to be a policy advisor to John McCain on these issues.” Instead, he argues that she is there to “spear head” McCain’s reform movement. That may be the case, but given the strength ...
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10 questions with Andy McCain Arizona Republic,AZ- 1 hour ago Question: How was it out on the campaign trail with John McCain ? Answer: It was educational for the kids. And it was very exhilarating. ... ... more
Filed under: Hillary Clinton , Democrats , Ron Paul , 2008 President , Humor , Bill Clinton Don’t know how I missed this one. Two weeks after Election Day, Duval County, Fla, released its write-in voting results. Hillary Clinton was the clear winner. From News4Jax.com :Some voters expecting to vote for Barack Obama or John McCain two weeks ago were surprised to see 11 other names on the ballot. But 736 voters in Duval County weren’t happy with any of the choices and wrote i... more
Tampabay.com Bring Palin back in 2012, poll says Tampabay.com,FL- 28 minutes ago Topping the list: Sarah Palin (67 percent), Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. Second to last: Gov. Charlie Crist (23 percent), one below former Gov. ... ... more
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is adding her name to the list of big-name surrogates who are making campaign cameos in the last remaining Senate election th9 Vote(s)... more
I’ve noticed I haven’t put much that’s positive on my blog and when this happened I thought it be fun to blog about. So anyway, it all started on Thanksgiving when my brother, my momma and I were all sitting around after dinner bored out of our minds. I finally had to do something and asked them if they wanted to see if the video store was open. My brother immediately said yes and my momma didn’t want to go. I’d been dieing to see Wall-E sin... more
Eco Factor: The first Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) free refrigeration unit makes its way into US market.
It is ironic that the self-assumed “leader of the free world” took almost 16 years to change over to HFC-free cooling technology. The first Greenfreeze technology has made its way into the US market and the new technology will cut down on the harmful Hydrofluorocarbons in a significant way. HFCs cause a lot more damage than normal carbon emissions and this new technology e... more
Two conservation groups recognize Shays’ strong environmental voting record
Norwalk, CT – October 1, 2008 – Congressman Christopher Shays (CT-4), recognized as an environmentalist by the Sierra Club and the League of Conservation Voters, has received two more endorsements in his bid for re-election to Congress. Ocean Champions and Republicans for Environmental Protection have both issued statements supporting Shays for his record on environmental issues.... more
An Interview with Christine MacDonald
By Paul Comstock
Please visit the source of this interview: California Literary Review
CLR INTERVIEW: Christine MacDonald is a journalist who has written for the Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, and Chicago Tribune. She also worked for Conservation International’s Global Communications Division. Her new book is Green Inc., An Environmental Insider Reveals How a Good Cause Has Gone Bad. Below is Christine’s interview with the ... more
The controversial Orange County toll road proposal, intended to relieve traffic on the gridlocked Interstate 5, is being revisited . The ruling of the California Coastal Commission, rejecting the proposal back in February, is being appealed to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. The Secretary has the authority to overrule the Coastal Commission because the route at issue for the proposed toll road runs through Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base and is leased to the state.
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By now it is common knowledge that plastic bags have a substantial environmental impact . However, according to this article , an 11th grade student in Ottawa named Daniel Burd, may have changed this fact. Apparently, Burd, through work on his science project, discovered that plastic bags can actually be at least partially biodegraded in a matter of months, when exposed to bacteria under the right conditions.
The Record newspaper, based out of Ontario, describes Burd’s eff... more
Although some of our political leaders assert that in response to high gas prices, we should build more refineries, according to this article , some American refineries have chosen to cut their production over the last year in response to sharply decreased revenues. Contributing to this decrease in profit is the dramatic increase in the price refiners must pay for the oil they purchase that is then refined, coupled with a shrinking domestic demand for gasoline . (Domestic oil ... more
With energy costs skyrocketing, old coal producing regions throughout the world have sprung back to life. In Japan, coal production is at its highest point in nearly forty years, after a long period of contraction due to high labor and extraction costs. With the world price of oil and other commodities at all time highs, re-opening old mines and the expansion of existing mines throughout the world has boomed. Illustrating the dramatic increase in prices, the cost of a metric ton ... more
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