Do you follow the Natural Resource Defense Council’s “Switchboard” feed on Twitter? A recent one caught my eye: David Pettit’s Blog “Cleaning Up BP’s Mess in the Gulf of Mexico” How will BP be forced to clean up the mess it caused in the Gulf of Mexico? There is a process created for oil spillsContinue reading “Comment on NRDC’s help in “Cleaning Up BP’s Mess in the Gulf of Mexico””
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Letter to UC Berkeley’s “Daily Californian”
Here’s a letter I sent off to the Daily Californian: On the Daily Californian’s opinion page on July 26, 2010 (Berkeley-BP Deal Only Looks Worse Post-Spill), Miguel Altieri writes, “This Berkeley-BP deal was signed without wide consultation with the faculty and despite warnings from a great number of faculty…” At the nub of it, hisContinue reading “Letter to UC Berkeley’s “Daily Californian””
Past as prologue
A little historical perspective from Jon Stewart of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c <td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;' colspan='2'An Energy-Independent Future http://www.thedailyshow.com http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:312470 Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party
BP oil spill: A teachable moment?
“I want to really challenge the idea that we can’t move into renewable energy sources a lot faster. We put a man on the moon pretty fast…What is really sad now is that Obama is not using this moment as a teachable moment to bring the country together.” – Arianna Huffington (on KCRW’s Left, Right,Continue reading “BP oil spill: A teachable moment?”
BP – Beyond Perspective
Since man discovered fire, we have learned that any form of energy production holds risk. Fire cooked our food, lit the night so the wild animals stayed away, kept us warm, removed old vegetation at the end of the hunting season so that new growth would attract game in the coming spring. Fire also burnedContinue reading “BP – Beyond Perspective”
Nullius in Verba 