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””
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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?”
For whom the oil tolls
On April 20th around 10pm local time, a drilling vessel leased by British Petroleum (BP), the “Deepwater Horizon,” exploded, killing eleven workers. At the wellhead, 5,000 feet below the ocean surface, the fail-safe blowout preventer (BOP) did not pinch off the well as it was designed to do. The ruptured well gushes an estimated 5,000Continue reading “For whom the oil tolls”
Nullius in Verba 