Category Archives: Environmental issues

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

Climate Change Is Morally Repugnant

Posted on July 27, 2006 by Stentor

I’m a pretty sorry excuse for a blogger, since I’m only just now getting around to commenting on a much-blogged article by Daniel Gilbert about climate change. Gilbert argues that people aren’t concerned about climate change, because people all have … Continue reading →

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Chimaeras and Environmentalism

Posted on July 22, 2006 by Stentor

David Barash thinks that creating human-ape hybrids would be a great way to strike a blow for truth and reason. His main motivation is to disprove creationism — though how designing a new creature will prove evolution escapes me. More … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental issues | 11 Comments

Australia To Be World's Top Horse And Buggy Exporter

Posted on July 17, 2006 by Stentor

I guess you have to give John Howard credit for being honest. The Aussie PM is excited about the prospect of Australia becoming an “energy superpower” by expanding its share of the fossil fuel market. Howard rejects not only the … Continue reading →

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letter writing sunday #12

Posted on July 16, 2006 by vegankid

I used to live in the Southern Appalachian mountains. While there, i became aware of the struggles going on in coal country. It was while involved in these struggles that i learned of the true hystory of the term Redneck. … Continue reading →

Posted in Armchair Activist, Environmental issues | 7 Comments

Can an animal rights activist accept medical treatment invented through animal testing?

Posted on July 11, 2006 by Stentor

In the comments to a recent post, Jenn asks: And I’m still curious to know how many animal rights activsts refuse medical treatment for themselves or someone they love based on its history in animal experimentation? I have no idea … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental issues | 37 Comments

If a tree burns in the woods and there's nobody to hear it …

Posted on July 9, 2006 by Stentor

Let’s go back to writing about something I actually know something about. The headlines say climate change causes wildfires. And indeed, a new study (pdf) found a strong correlation between the increase during the 1980s in the number and length … Continue reading →

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Blaming Bush for Natural Disasters

Posted on July 6, 2006 by Stentor

John McGrath makes an offhand remark citing Hurricane Katrina as evidence that Bush’s climate change policies have led to disaster (analogous to the way his WMD policy led to the disaster in Iraq). I agree that Bush’s policies on climate … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental issues, Katrina | 8 Comments