Category Archives: Environmental issues

Really Not Going to Save the Whales

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Maia

I’ve written very briefly about climate change once before. It’s not an issue I follow much, because it often invokes an “ARGH we’re all doomed lets spend these last few days we have watching Buffy” response in me. But what … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental issues | 28 Comments

Republicans Make Being An Idiot Litmus Test For Serving On Global Warming Committee

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Ampersand

From the Gannett News Service: House Republican Leader John Boehner would have appointed Rep. Wayne Gilchrest to the bipartisan Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming — but only if the Maryland Republican would say humans are not causing … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Environmental issues | 166 Comments

Al Gore Is A Hypocrit Because He Lives In A Mansion?

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Ampersand

A lot of blogging about Al Gore’s electricity, today. In a fairly typical example, Brian Doherty at Hit and Run writes: …Gore’s whole deal is that civilization-saving absolutely and vitally requires an action on everyone’s part that he seems to … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental issues | 49 Comments

Bypass

Posted on December 29, 2006 by Maia

The Wellington inner-city bypass open yesterday. To non-Wellingtonians that won’t mean a lot. Those of us who live here it means a bit more than that. I learnt about the by-pass at age 8 when I went to a school … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental issues, Whatever | 3 Comments

Cut Work Hours To Help Stop Global Warming!

Posted on December 29, 2006 by Ampersand

An interesting, short (12 pages) .pdf paper , from a liberal think tank, argues that there would be significant environmental benefits if Americans lowered our work hours to match that of the wealthy European countries. From the paper’s conclusion: If … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Environmental issues | 6 Comments

What single piece of legislation would you most like to see enacted?

Posted on November 15, 2006 by Ampersand

Ezra Klein asks, “What single piece of legislation would you most like to see enacted?” Ezra’s answer: I’ll go with Employee Free Choice Act, a bill restoring the right to organize, which is current de facto absent from the polity. … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Elections and politics, Environmental issues | 64 Comments

Saturday Slumgullion #12

Posted on September 23, 2006 by Kay Olson

“Pimp my gimp.” Recent Doonesbury strips showing B.D.’s efforts to decorate his prosthetic leg are the latest in good crip giggles. Sage of Persephone’s Box has an announcement about blog color choices and the her ability to read what is … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Disabled Rights & Issues, Environmental issues, Link farms, Media criticism | 6 Comments

Letter Writing Sunday #15

Posted on August 13, 2006 by vegankid

This week i’m writing a letter that i don’t get to write very often – a thank you letter. As you may well be aware, on February 16, 2005 the Kyoto Protocol took effect in the 114 countries that ratified … Continue reading →

Posted in Armchair Activist, Environmental issues | 9 Comments

Letter Writing Sunday #14

Posted on August 6, 2006 by vegankid

We got a few quick letters this week to make up for my absence last week. First, brownfemipower brings us an email writing campaign from the United Farm Workers about the animal abuse at Threemile Canyon Farm. To make things … Continue reading →

Posted in Armchair Activist, Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Environmental issues | 5 Comments

The Unfairness Of Yucca Mountain

Posted on July 28, 2006 by Stentor

The proposal for a national nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain is back in the news, as the Department of Energy moves forward with plans, people turn their attention to nuclear power as an alternative to increasingly expensive oil, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental issues | 31 Comments