Posts Tagged ‘USA politics’

• GOP Voted Over 100 Times to Stop Environmental Protection This Year

  The GOP is notorious for their reputation on denying climate change and other environmental issues even though the evidence continues to pile up that these are very real concerns. The Tea Party movement in the GOP continues to make this …

• Watch: Obama scales back goals for America after visiting Denny’s

  Obama will abandon complex policies on emissions, clean coal and refocus on achievable goals like applying deodorant daily, learning what to say when you burp. Don’t worry! It’s just some good’ol satire. Or is it?

• Sarah Palin can’t name a single man-made cause to climate change

  Photo credit: masonvotes Sarah Palin, Republican candidate for the Vice Presidency and running mate with John McCain, ignores basic climate science by claiming that climate change is not man-made and that weather patterns are to be blamed instead. And during …

• A Picture is Worth… Why Offshore Drilling Won’t Help

  The image below shows why offshore drilling won’t help to lower energy or gas prices in USA. The data comes from the US Energy Information Administration. The EIA doesn’t expect any oil production from offshore drilling until around the year …

• Al Gore Fights Big Oil with New TV Ad

  Al Gore and the We Campaign is fighting big oil and their “drill, drill” message with a new TV ad. The new TV ad will be aired on national cable TV, and if they raise enough money they will also …

• More on Sarah Palin’s awful environmental record

  Jacob from the blog Force Change tells us that Sarah Palin supports mining in Bristol Bay, which could threaten salmon, bears, and caribou. He lists three other major anti-green policies from Sarah Palin and comes to the conclusion that her …

• Sarah Palin’s awful environmental record

  The photo shows Sarah Palin and John McCain during a political rally. Photo: Buddhakiwi. Last week the Republican presidential contender John McCain announced his choice for running mate and Vice President. John McCain selected a rather unknown 44 year-old women …

• The League of Conservation Voters Hails Joe Biden

  The Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama has chosen Joe Biden as his running mate and Vice President. But how green is really Joe Biden? Well, it seems he is green enough for the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) to applaud …

• Science Programme Launched by Bush Himself Says Humans Cause Climate Change

  The US Climate Change Science Program was created by the climate change denying Bush administration back in late 2002 “to review the validity of climate-change science before making policy decisions.” The science program was criticized by environmentalists for being used …

• Obama responds to McCain: “It’s like these guys take pride in being ignorant”

  The Republican presidential contender John McCain yesterday tried to make fun of Barack Obama at a biker rally with his hard-core voters saying Obama’s new energy plan was all about inflating your tires. At the biker rally John McCain said …