Tag: global warming

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This was a priceless moment during today’s hearings on Global Warming. Of course Inhofe is the one who constantly denies global warming. During the opening of today’s hearings, you could quickly tell the Republicans were planning to dodge the actual issue by raising parliamentary procedures. Oh how mature of them. The typical GOP response – […]

No I don’t mean the Green Party. Instead Edwards is working to have his campaign offset their carbon footprint during their travels: As part of his efforts to combat global warming, Senator John Edwards announced today that he will make his campaign “carbon neutral.” Edwards believes global warming is one of the great challenges facing […]

There was a lot of talk this week about Al Gore’s utility bill. When a right wing smear machine released a statement that Gore’s utility bill was $30,000 last year, the typical vultures jumped on it. Their support of the claims was nothing more than a picture: This picture was spread around the right wing […]

The UN report on climate change has come out and says global warming is now “unstoppable”. So who do we thank for getting to this point? Here is a starter: Scientists and economists have been offered $10,000 each by a lobby group funded by one of the world’s largest oil companies to undermine a major […]

John Edwards: Two years after his hopes for a Democratic takeover of the White House were narrowly dashed, former vice presidential nominee John Edwards said Thursday that he is making another run at the presidency. Edwards – who is calling for cuts in poverty, global warming and troops in Iraq – scheduled his kickoff in […]

This follows a typical line in Republican thinking – ignore the facts and they don’t exist: The Bush administration is clamping down on scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey, the latest agency subjected to controls on research that might go against official policy. New rules require screening of all facts and interpretations by agency scientists […]

Why does Bush hate American farmers? They clear brush just like him!: The United States Congress risks a presidential veto if it approves a multibillion-dollar disaster aid package for farmers and ranchers, the White House said on Tuesday, ahead of a Senate vote on the question. Farm-state senators, along with nearly three dozen farm and […]

In my town, Montclair, N.J., we had a once-in-a-generation wind, hail and rain storm last week, uprooting 120-year-old oaks all over our neighborhood. One of those monsters crushed the car of the pitcher on the summer softball team I coach. A neighbor told me it was the worst weather event he’s seen in 52 years […]

OYE has a new place to recruit: As Gore promotes global-warming movie, a Hillary Rodham Clinton adviser taunts, “Run, Al, run!!” … College Republicans ridicule the movie with Global Warming Beach Parties Considering a vast majority of Americans do believe in global warming, this could be a good thing. These parties need to be highly […]