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At a ‘grassroots’ rally organized by the American Petroleum Institute in Houston on Tuesday, activists bearing American flags were turned away. Oil company employees were bused in to the ‘Energy Citizens’ gathering to hear billionaire Drayton McLane Jr. attack President Barack Obama’s clean energy agenda as an economy-destroying energy tax.
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Oil Industry Bans Flags At Astroturf Rally
August 20th, 2009
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Climate Change: The Security Threat
August 8th, 2009
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But we should totally give in to oil company propaganda and the blogs they send on junkets (*cough* QandO *cough*).
Recent war games and intelligence studies conclude that over the next 20 to 30 years, vulnerable regions, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and South and Southeast Asia, will face the prospect of food shortages, water [...]
Dear Michael Barone: Shut Up
July 12th, 2009
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You were an idiot before (and a heck of a liar), but for saying something this stupid, just… shut up.
As for global warming, why assume that every affect will be negative? I grew up in Michigan and would have been grateful for some global warming as I waited in the dark for the school bus.
Really, [...]
Fox And The Oil Industry
June 29th, 2009
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Expect more of this for the next 4-8 years. Right wing group backed by oil/big business makes attack on the president, Fox amplifies it, like its an actual thing. As they showed when they cheerleaded the nation into war, facts and consequences simply don’t matter to them.-
Did I Miss Something
June 29th, 2009
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I concede that I only half paid attention to the news for the last 4 days, I was in San Angelo, TX visiting my friend and his family, but in all the brouhaha over the cap and trade bill that passed the House, I notice it hasn’t passed the senate yet. So, what’s the point? [...]
John Boehner Demonstrates The GOP Obstruction Plan
April 19th, 2009
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They won’t offer any alternative but they will oppose communist nazi marxist secret black muslim Obama’s plan to turn our precious bodily fluids into soylent green.
Also, John Boehner is a stupid person.
We Checked! #3
February 16th, 2009
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George Will thought he could make up research about climate research, but… we checked!
CTRL-Z: The Climate Edition
January 26th, 2009
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Fixin’ it.
President Barack Obama began reversing the climate policies of the Bush administration on Monday, clearing the way for new rules to force auto makers to produce more fuel-efficient and less polluting cars.
The president told the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider immediately a request by California to impose its own strict limits on vehicle carbon [...]
Obama Blinding America With Science
December 19th, 2008
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The smart so bright I gotta wear shades.
President-elect Barack Obama has selected two of the nation’s most prominent scientific advocates for a vigorous response to climate change to serve in his administration’s top ranks, according to sources, sending the strongest signal yet that he will reverse Bush administration policies on energy and global warming.
The appointments [...]
ABC’s Big Oil Protection Racket
October 10th, 2008
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ABC is refusing to run an ad from Al Gore’s “We” campaign that’s pretty innocuous when you compare it to the swill they run from the oil industry 24/7.
“Center For Immigration Studies”: Immigrant Farts Cause Global Warming
August 13th, 2008
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So, not only is the “Center for Immigration Studies” a racist white power group, they’re also refreshingly stupid.
How Conservatives Lie: Glenn Beck Edition
April 4th, 2008
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Glenn Beck has been trying to make a name for himself via books and his CNN show in bringing some kind of counter to Al Gore’s global warming advocacy. The problem is Gore is working with science and facts and Beck is using the tools conservatives always use: horse manure.
From a story Beck has written [...]
More Actual Science For The Deniers
March 26th, 2008
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The climate crisis continues.
Some 220 square miles of ice has collapsed in Antarctica and an ice shelf about the size of Connecticut is “hanging by a thread,” the British Antarctic Survey said Tuesday, blaming global warming.
“We are in for a lot more events like this,” said professor Ted Scambos, a glaciologist at the National Snow [...]
