“When Eric Mann first encountered environmentalists, he saw them as a bunch of ‘arrogant, racist airheads.’ When Frances Beinecke first encountered environmentalists, she felt she’d found her cause. Nearly four decades later, both are tireless proponents of environmental sanity, but they work in very different ways.” (03/29/06)
“The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will kick off a legislative effort to address global warming next week. Considering the agenda and witnesses scheduled to testify at the committee’s so-called ‘Bipartisan Climate Conference,’ it appears that ‘the fix is in’ for greenhouse gas regulation.” (03/30/06)
“Plans for a Pentagon-led experiment that involves detonating 700 tons of explosives in the desert drew criticism from state leaders and a disarmament activist. The explosion scheduled for June 2 at the Nevada Test Site is part of an effort to design a weapon that can penetrate solid rock formations in which a country might […]
“In the winter sky over Antarctica, scientists have detected a vast cap of steadily warming air, in the first sign that record levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may be trapping heat above the ice sheets of the South Pole. The temperature of the winter air over Antarctica has been rising at a rate […]
“The price of oil topped $67 a barrel Thursday amid persistent supply disruptions in the Gulf of Mexico and Nigeria, a U.N. standoff with Iran over its nuclear program and growing demand in the U.S. despite rising energy costs. The market was also rattled by an announcement late Wednesday from Venezuela’s oil minister that ExxonMobil […]
“Much of New Orleans’ rebirth from Hurricane Katrina hinges on factors beyond the government’s control and could take up to a quarter-century to complete, the Bush administration’s Gulf Coast recovery chief said today. More immediately, as much as $5.9 billion more for work on levees might need to be approved to clear the way for […]
“‘Nothing is to prevent the State from replacing any Motel 6 with a Ritz-Carlton, any home with a shopping mall, or any farm with a factory.’ When former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote that line in her biting dissent from Kelo v. New London — the now-infamous and egregious case in which […]
“‘Privatization’ has been in the news ever since George W. Bush became president. His administration has radically reduced the size of government, turning over to private companies critical governmental functions involving prisons, schools, water, welfare, Medicare, and utilities as well as war-fighting, and is always pushing for more of the same. … Now, the long […]
“Colorado Treasurer Mark Hillman calls the deal under which the top cigarette manufacturers pay the states billions of dollars a year ‘a protection racket.’ In truth, it’s worse than that. The so-called Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), which resolved state lawsuits against the largest tobacco companies, is not a classic extortion scheme in which a business […]
“Last week we told you about Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon, the PETA-promoted ‘vegetarian’ celebrity who told a daytime talk-show audience that ‘everything’s better with bacon.’ Now the animal rights group is promoting hip-hop stars Phonte and Big Pooh as vegetarian ambassadors, using a video diary they shot two years ago during a brief experiment with […]
