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California Nightmare: Not Progressive Anymore

By Sherry Ackerman | May 30, 2016

California water management

If one more Californian tells me how "progressive" California is, I am going to scream. "Progressivism" is the term applied to a variety of responses to the economic and social problems that were introduced to America by industrialization. It began as a social movement and grew into a political one. Early Progressives rejected Social Darwinism, believing that the problems … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: California, fracking, GMOs

Peak oil pulled a fast one on me

By Allan Stromfeldt Christensen | January 7, 2015

I don't know about you, but I'll admit that I was completely caught off guard by the recent (and ongoing?) crash in oil prices. It'd be a stretch to say I'm embarrassed by my lack of foresight, although perhaps "dumb-ass" would be a bit deserving. For even though there were bloggers out there discussing the possible ramifications of low oil prices, its possibility still didn't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: fracking, oil prices, peak oil

Clean energy is just greenwashing now

By Erik Curren | October 13, 2014

nuclear plant and dark sky

Last week, I learned that clean energy in America is now dead -- killed off before it had much of a chance to get started. For me, clean energy was killed at a conference center in Roanoke, Virginia. But it could have happened just as well in your state too. Along with colleagues from the city council of Staunton, a community of 24,000 in the rural Shenandoah Valley, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: fracking, greenwashing, nuclear power, renewables, Terry McAuliffe

Maddow gives air time to Koch brothers fracking advocate

By Staff Reports | July 24, 2013

Editors note: This piece ran last year on Eric Francis's Planet Waves website and it remains an important touchstone concerning how the main stream media continues to act as the lapdog to Big Oil and Big Energy in general. After reading this piece, ask yourself, how much has changed in the major media relative to critical reporting on the facts concerning fossil fuels … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: communication, fracking, hydrofracking, natural gas, peak oil, plutocracy

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