Category Archives: Environment
Science fiction or real? Biting/fighting ants invade FL, LA, TX and MS.
Hairy, crazy ants invade from Texas to Miss. by CBS News Oct. 1, 2011 In this Oct. 7, 2009 photo provided by the Mississippi State Entomological Museum, Nylanderia pubens (ants) and their larvae are seen in Starkville, Miss. Hairy crazy
Science fiction or real? Biting/fighting ants invade FL, LA, TX and MS.
Hairy, crazy ants invade from Texas to Miss. by CBS News Oct. 1, 2011 In this Oct. 7, 2009 photo provided by the Mississippi State Entomological Museum, Nylanderia pubens (ants) and their larvae are seen in Starkville, Miss. Hairy crazy
Plastic bags become environmentally safe. New California text books say so.
Somehow in our efforts to live out the American dream, we lost our perspective on conducting business humanely. Somewhere between making money, gaining power and influence, it’s become okay to put our environment, and thus ourselves, at risk of injury
Plastic bags become environmentally safe. New California text books say so.
Somehow in our efforts to live out the American dream, we lost our perspective on conducting business humanely. Somewhere between making money, gaining power and influence, it’s become okay to put our environment, and thus ourselves, at risk of injury
Millions of people face devastating losses and Cantor threatens to hold hurricane relief hostage?
Like birth, age, sickness and death, who can readily predict the weather? Over the last week or so, the East Coast was shook by an earthquake followed by a massive storm, Hurricane Irene. Our state was hit by Hurricane Irene,
Millions of people face devastating losses and Cantor threatens to hold hurricane relief hostage?
Like birth, age, sickness and death, who can readily predict the weather? Over the last week or so, the East Coast was shook by an earthquake followed by a massive storm, Hurricane Irene. Our state was hit by Hurricane Irene,
Ending ethanol subsidies could save taxpayers billions.
A vote could take place in the Senate today to finally end a major dirty ethanol subsidy. Senators Coburn (R-Okla.) and Feinstein (D-Calif.) have introduced a bipartisan amendment that would end a 30-year-old subsidy for corn ethanol by July 1
Ending ethanol subsidies could save taxpayers billions.
A vote could take place in the Senate today to finally end a major dirty ethanol subsidy. Senators Coburn (R-Okla.) and Feinstein (D-Calif.) have introduced a bipartisan amendment that would end a 30-year-old subsidy for corn ethanol by July 1
Global warming and climate change. Real or not?
I was talking to a good friend of mine, who is a devout and active Christian, about the hundreds of tornadoes and deaths in the South and Midwest this past April, and the unprecedented rising of the Mississippi and further
Global warming and climate change. Real or not?
I was talking to a good friend of mine, who is a devout and active Christian, about the hundreds of tornadoes and deaths in the South and Midwest this past April, and the unprecedented rising of the Mississippi and further
GOP’s answer to rising gas prices and job growth: Tax breaks and subsidies to oil companies.
Here’s one issue that Republicans are having a difficult time coming up with the right culture-war-dance to frighten the public into agreeing with them; government-issued, taxpayer oil subsidies and tax breaks. Oil companies, including Exxon, BP, Shell, Chevron, Total, ConocoPhillips, who earned $38 billion
GOP’s answer to rising gas prices and job growth: Tax breaks and subsidies to oil companies.
Here’s one issue that Republicans are having a difficult time coming up with the right culture-war-dance to frighten the public into agreeing with them; government-issued, taxpayer oil subsidies and tax breaks. Oil companies, including Exxon, BP, Shell, Chevron, Total, ConocoPhillips, who earned $38 billion
Radioactivity Found in Fish as Tepco Purges Nuclear Plant
One of my favorite foods is sushi. In warmer months, I have sushi several times a week; got a great sushi chef at the Whole Foods market where I live. Even more delectable is their calamari salad. My early evening
Radioactivity Found in Fish as Tepco Purges Nuclear Plant
One of my favorite foods is sushi. In warmer months, I have sushi several times a week; got a great sushi chef at the Whole Foods market where I live. Even more delectable is their calamari salad. My early evening
Today’s EnviroMo‑Buy Recycled Tissues
I asked myself what can I do today as one person that would make a difference in my environment, benefiting me and those around me. So, for $2 I bought a box of recycled tissues and saved: 582,000 trees 1,500,000
Today’s EnviroMo‑Buy Recycled Tissues
I asked myself what can I do today as one person that would make a difference in my environment, benefiting me and those around me. So, for $2 I bought a box of recycled tissues and saved: 582,000 trees 1,500,000
GOP Fed Budget Prop: Cut $100 Billion between Now and Sep 2011. On the Chopping Block, Democrats.
As the GOP releases its budget proposals, their goal is clear, eliminate any program, any federal department or agency, anything that even remotely resembles something that Democrats, especially President Obama, are either supporting or proposing. That’s not governing in a
GOP Fed Budget Prop: Cut $100 Billion between Now and Sep 2011. On the Chopping Block, Democrats.
As the GOP releases its budget proposals, their goal is clear, eliminate any program, any federal department or agency, anything that even remotely resembles something that Democrats, especially President Obama, are either supporting or proposing. That’s not governing in a
Causes of Middle East Unrest. Let’s Look West | Sheldon Motley
| by Sheldon Motley | While some of the old elite in Egypt will be pushed out and some of the necessary reforms will be put into place, practices and policies in the West that help create poverty and then
Causes of Middle East Unrest. Let’s Look West | Sheldon Motley
| by Sheldon Motley | While some of the old elite in Egypt will be pushed out and some of the necessary reforms will be put into place, practices and policies in the West that help create poverty and then
My Attention Span Is Not That Short
During his State of the Union address, the President once again reached out to the GOP, saying that, “we cannot do this without you.” In fact, throughout his speech, the President challenged us all to come together in oder to
My Attention Span Is Not That Short
During his State of the Union address, the President once again reached out to the GOP, saying that, “we cannot do this without you.” In fact, throughout his speech, the President challenged us all to come together in oder to
The 2011 State of the Union Address
Hope. Confidence. Leadership and smart governing. The 2011 State of the Union Address, posted with vodpod
The 2011 State of the Union Address
Hope. Confidence. Leadership and smart governing. The 2011 State of the Union Address, posted with vodpod
Obama: State of the Union to focus on jobs, deficits
It is not about culture-war labels, i.e., liberal, leftist, centrist, right or far right, or any other labels that are bantered about, imposing culture wars on us at every turn. It is and will always be about the economy! This
Obama: State of the Union to focus on jobs, deficits
It is not about culture-war labels, i.e., liberal, leftist, centrist, right or far right, or any other labels that are bantered about, imposing culture wars on us at every turn. It is and will always be about the economy! This
GOP’s Pledge to America Falls Short in 112th Congress
Despite their win of many new seats in Congress during the 2010 midterm elections, and their vows to respond to the “call of the people,” they have done nothing but put forth a bill to repeal a law that is
GOP’s Pledge to America Falls Short in 112th Congress
Despite their win of many new seats in Congress during the 2010 midterm elections, and their vows to respond to the “call of the people,” they have done nothing but put forth a bill to repeal a law that is
FDA Set to Approve GE Salmon Sale W/O Proper Labeling
Something’s fishy with GE salmon The Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may soon approve the sale of genetically engineered salmon, but something fishier is going on. It could put this salmon on the market without any special labeling. That means you might
FDA Set to Approve GE Salmon Sale W/O Proper Labeling
Something’s fishy with GE salmon The Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may soon approve the sale of genetically engineered salmon, but something fishier is going on. It could put this salmon on the market without any special labeling. That means you might
One Nation 10.2.10: More Than a March, It’s a Call to Unity
Cropping up everywhere across the country is a drum beat that is steadily on the rise. Amid the noise of right-wing rhetoric spewing forth hate, bigotry and even instigating violence by US Senate Candidate Sharon Engel (R-NV) and Fox News
One Nation 10.2.10: More Than a March, It’s a Call to Unity
Cropping up everywhere across the country is a drum beat that is steadily on the rise. Amid the noise of right-wing rhetoric spewing forth hate, bigotry and even instigating violence by US Senate Candidate Sharon Engel (R-NV) and Fox News
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