I imagine you’ve heard by now that Congress has taken time out of its busy schedule to classify pizza as a vegetable. But did you know that there are 7 more new fruits and vegetables that are also a little surprising? I’ll run down the list here.
Innovative Twitter Campaign to Help Save Endangered Species
The new Congress seems to be spending too much time drinking Tea and not catching up on the latest science (or it is just gets all its science information from the fossil fuel industry). It has launched a full out attack on science and the environment. The Endangered Species Act and certain iconic species haven’t been spared.
States Tackling Climate Change while Congress Sits Frozen
States are stepping it up, while Congress does nothing or even tries to stop the EPA from doing its job and regulating global warming pollution). States are implementing progressive climate change laws and cutting their carbon pollution. Thank goodness for…
Obama State of the Union Address 2011 [VIDEO]
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Obama’s 2011 State of the Union address (full text) is important to us all because it is not only a critical reflection on where we stand today, but also on where we’re going, where we need to go, and how…
Colbert Brings Ton of Attention to Immigrant Farm Workers [VIDEO]
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One week ago, Stephen Colbert, the quite famous Comedy Central host, stepped outside of Comedy Central’s studios (but not outside of his role as a faux-right-wing pundit) to testify at a real hearing of the House’s Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship…
Nuclear Projects Looking for a Savior
It was just a few hours ago when I wrote that I thought I’d be delving into the topic of nuclear energya little more soon. Well, soon is now. This post is about two nuclear reactors that are an urgent matter…
Do You Know Your Representatives in Congress?
There are a lot of ways you can throw the blame after the horrible death of a comprehensive climate change and clean energy bill, and the seeming death of a national Renewable Energy Standard (RES). You can blame: the Republican party…
Can a Renewable Energy Standard Come Back from the Dead?
I just wrote about the struggles of getting a Republican to support anything regarding clean energy in my post on PACE’s chances of getting into the upcoming energy bill. So, I won’t write at length about that again. But there’s still…
Could PACE Get Help from the Energy Bill?
It is really quite sad what Republicans have done to the Senate and what they are doing to the country and the world as a result. Even conservatives Dick Schmalensee, who served on President George H.W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers,…
Anyone Want Some Horse Meat?
The US essentially pulled the plug on the killing of horses for human consumption a few years ago. Movement in a few states may be bringing it back, though, if Willie Nelson and others can’t persuade Congress to ban it…