Tag Archives: ecology

Billboard Of The Day

Londoners woke up today to find that vandals had splashed oil and left their website address on six Olympic billboards posted by BP. Numerous other billboards in the transit system have been similarly defaced with smears of oil. Lots more photos at the first link.

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Environmentalists Want America To Fail

This bit of crackpottery is from some astroturf group out of Florida. I haven’t been able to figure out who’s really behind it yet, but I’m betting on Big Sugar or somebody similar.

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World Net Day: Earth Day Is A Secret Celebration Of Lenin’s Birthday

Seriously.

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Coal Companies Will Say Anything

The Sierra Club responds to those asinine “clean coal” ads.

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Dr. Suess Is Brainwashing Kids

“The Lorax is the quintessential Hollywood propaganda film. It’s all animation, it’s designed to look like it’s ideal for kids, and, of course, it’s designed to motivate your children and turn them into little eco-warriors. I know a lot of conservatives who are good stewards of the planet. I think Rick Santorum said recently that Obama’s focus is sort of …

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Extinct

Thanks to poaching for its horn.

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Carbon Emissions

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“Unprecedented” Arctic Ozone Hole

Which may cause reductions in the winter wheat crop. Story here.

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Real Christians Love Oil Wells

Last week a group of “leftist” Christian environmentalists, including gay activist Dan Choi, were arrested outside the White House in a protest over a proposed massive oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. But according to a spokesman for the Alliance For The Stewardship Of Creation, those protesters aren’t real Christians. “They profess to believe the Bible,” he points out. “Well, …

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Russia Approves Tunnel To Alaska

Fascinating. The Russian government has given the go-ahead on an ambitious new tunnel project that could connect Siberia with Alaska via an underground rail line. If completed, the $65 billion project will be the longest underwater tunnel in the world, besting the Chunnel between England and France by twice the distance. The planned course would stretch over 65 miles and …

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Crazy Eyes: As Your President I Will Abolish The EPA & Destroy Environment

Speaking to an audience of wealthy retirees at an “upscale Florida retirement community,” Michele Bachmann yesterday vowed to dismantle the “jobs killing” EPA and allow energy companies to ravage pristine federally-protected lands. With untapped oil reserves in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and off the nation’s coasts, shale oil in Western states, and rich natural gas and coal deposits, she …

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TONIGHT: Earth Hour 2011

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The Oil Is Leaking Again

After a few days of seeming success, the capping attempt appears to be failing. The federal government Monday allowed BP to keep the cap shut tight on its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well for another day despite news the well is leaking at the top and something is seeping from the sea floor nearby. The Obama administration’s point man …

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BP Dumps CEO Tony Heyward From Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup Team

Now that BP CEO Tony Heyward has rightfully become the punching bag of the worldwide press, the oil giant is booting him out of their cleanup operation. And very interestingly, the new guy is an American. A day after Tony Hayward, the chief executive of BP, was pummeled by members of a House committee over the company’s role in the …

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The Ever-Growing Oil Spill Estimates

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Ruh Roh!

“I will be their fierce advocate to make sure they are getting the compensation they need to get through what is going to be a difficult season.” – President Obama, promising Gulf coast business owners that he’ll make sure that BP pays up.

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Photo Of The Day – Alabama Wave

(Via – The Ecoterrorist)

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When BP Spills Coffee

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GOP Rep. John Boehner: The Taxpayers Should Help Pay For Oil Spill Cleanup

GOP House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner thinks YOU should have to help pay for the Gulf oil spill cleanup. Talking Points Memo’s Brian Beutler talked to Boehner: “I think the people responsible in the oil spill–BP and the federal government–should take full responsibility for what’s happening there,” Boehner said at his weekly press conference this morning. Boehner’s statement followed …

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Bankruptcy For BP?

BP’s stock price is plummeting and some are beginning to wonder if the company will be forced into bankruptcy. Shares in BP plunged again today in London after yet another sell-off in New York Wednesday, wiping out more than $82 billion in value from the London-based oil and natural gas firm. BP, No. 5 in sales worldwide on Forbes list …

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