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James Hansen to Obama: What would MLK do on climate?

By Staff Reports | January 18, 2013

Let us return for a moment to election night 2008. As I sat in our farm house in Pennsylvania, watching Barack Obama's victory speech, I turned my head aside so my wife would not see the tears in my eyes. I suspect that millions cried. It was a great day for America. We had great hopes for our new President. It is appropriate, it is right, in a period honoring Martin Luther … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: Barack Obama, climate change, Martin Luther King Jr.

Climate change: Obama needs to turn talk into action

By Lindsay Curren | December 5, 2012

Something's been troubling me ever since I listened to President Obama's first post-reëlection press conference. Perhaps as a result of Hurricane Sandy, the now two-term president was finally asked a question about global warming, a topic conveniently avoided by both sides throughout the seemingly interminable campaign. The question came from New York Times White House … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: Barack Obama, clean energy, climate change, conservation, economy, homesteading, local economy, relocalization

Obama must make climate top priority

By Staff Reports | November 8, 2012

Obama climate change poster

Normally we don't print news releases from environmental groups or anybody else verbatim. But this one from Friends of the Earth -- not your average DC Beltway green group -- is the best take we've seen so far on how the newly re-elected president of the world's biggest polluter can stop obstructing and start leading action on the world's biggest challenge. -- … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate, Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, climate, climate change, Climate Change Summit, Coal Oil, Friends of the Earth, Hurricane Sandy, Keystone Pipeline, Solutions To Climate Change

Women, energy, and voting

By Lindsay Curren | November 6, 2012

It was a pretty disappointing presidential campaign by the two major parties given that neither talked about my key issues — peak oil and global warming — with any passion or consistency. Both major parties seem content to avoid what are essentially the two toughest challenges today and going into the future. The issue behind all issues Yes, there's been plenty of red meat … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, clean energy, global climate disruption, global warming, peak oil

Vote Romney-Ryan to hasten collapse

By Erik Curren | November 2, 2012

Romneymobile in the final stretch

This election year, the total collapse of industrial civilization has gained a popularity not seen since the heyday of The Planet of the Apes franchise. All over the blogosphere, people who worry about climate change, peak oil, financial meltdown, debt slavery, species extinction, overpopulation and rampant commercialism along with the spread of military drones, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, climate change, collapse, Mitt Romney, peak oil, plutocracy, presidential election, Romney, Ryan

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