Archive for the 'environment' Category
A (Semi-Serious) Reason Not To Vote For Obama
Posted on May 19, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, environment | Leave a Comment
Yuval Levin at The Corner passes along the first worthwhile piece of information I’ve ever read at The Corner:
“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” Obama said.
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In Which I Can’t Move On To A New Topic Quite Yet
Posted on May 12, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Radiohead, environment, music | 4 Comments
As you may or may not know, Radiohead was attempting to make this tour a bit more friendly to the environment than the typical ginormous rock tour. In light of last night’s fiasco in which several thousands of cars circled aimlessly around Virginia for upwards of three hours, spewing carbon (among other things) into our [...]
John McCain, Environmental Crusader
Posted on April 15, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, John McCain, environment, oil, taxes | Leave a Comment
John McCain’s latest idea for saving us from Bush’s economic disaster is one that will be especially appreciated by those concerned about climate change:
To help people weather the downturn immediately, McCain urged Congress to institute a ”gas-tax holiday” by suspending the 18.4 cent federal gas tax and 24.4 cent diesel tax from Memorial Day to [...]
I Assumed Their Whole Magazine Was Sponsored By Military Contractors
Posted on April 7, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under TNR, environment, the media | Leave a Comment
Spencer Ackerman notices, “TNR’s new environment blog is ‘powered by BP.’” Classy, TNR, classy.
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Suck It, Hippies
Posted on April 1, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under environment, hippies, immigration | Leave a Comment
We didn’t let your damned common sense about immigration laws stop us from building a giant wall to keep the Mexicans out, and we won’t let your tree-hugging environmental bullshit stop us, either.
It’s so great to be America.
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I Really Hope No Penguins Were Hurt
Posted on March 26, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Antarctica, Wilkins Ice Shelf, climate change, environment | Leave a Comment
I was really hoping this morning to find some good photos of that huge Antarctic ice shelf collapse. National Geographic has a nice series of four images dated from late February and early March that show the progression of the collapse, but I’m having trouble finding something that really captures the scale of the thing. [...]
