Renewable Fuel Standard Should Be Based On Science – Not Special Interests
Biofuels aren’t all bad. I’m not a huge fan of corn ethanol, but scientists believe it can help cut back global warming emissions from vehicles. So fine, let’s put a few of our resources and dollars behind it.
But we certainly shouldn’t spend billions converting forests and grasslands to farmlands in order to grow crops for [...]
Bob Woodruff, Global Warming, Propaganda, and Frogs
Bob Woodruff is hosting a television show on ABC called “Earth 2100.” Environmentalists hope dire predictions and a healthy dose of drama spur corrective action. Maybe more people will reduce, reuse, and recycle.
Neocons who don’t *believe* in global warming are alarmed and complain that ABC is really just trying to scare the shit out of [...]
Five Things More Important than Pork Lung or Swine Flu or Whatever the Hell it’s Called
1. The Environment: A provision to allow oil drilling within three miles of our coast flew through the Florida House of Representatives. The Senate killed the bill, for now, but did *your* Representative vote for it? Find out now.
2. Country Music No Longer Sucks: You heard it here first. Phil Vassar wrote a song called [...]
Canoeing Down the Hillsborough River
I’m about to endorse something I’ve previously spoken against – outdoor activity.
Take a deep breath, collect yourself…and we’re back.
Dig if you will the picture of me in a canoe with my three boys, paddling down the Hillsborough River, and *not* bitching about the sun, bugs, or humidity.
I know. Mindblowing.
Power Shift ‘09 Lobby Day
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So This is What It’s Like to Work for a Living
Business is good, but my legs are sore. I’m in desperate need of a backrub. And a bubble bath.
Okay, focus. Eyes up here.
Where was I?
In this economy, I’m not turning away a single client. I also know better than to complain because record layoffs mean plenty of people out there would love to trade places [...]
Catherine Durkin Robinson
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she’s crafty
