My blogging pal Lou Grinzo from The Cost Of Energy emailed me as he was leaving for his family’s Christmas gathering. He wished me happy holidays and voiced some really nice appreciation for Diamond-Cut Life’s “conspicuously human take” on climate change issues. Lou’s phrase that particularly leapt out at me, though, was in reference to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'coal'
Alison Cassandra Barcelona
December 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · energy, global warming and climate change
Tags: Cassandra·coal·collapse·economy·Jared Diamond·Lou Grinzo·mythology·oil·sacrifice
Capitol Climate Action A Success
March 4th, 2009 · No Comments · sustainability
The largest act of civil disobedience against climate change in U.S. history took place in the nation’s Capitol in frigid, snowy weather on March 2. More than 2,000 people marched, and many risked arrest by blocking all four entrances to the coal-fired Capitol Power Plant. Time magazine gave it serious coverage among other mainstream [...]
Tags: activism·climate change·coal·coal plants·global warming·social justice
Another VP Candidate Wedded to Fossil Fuels
August 29th, 2008 · 6 Comments · energy, politics
I’m getting a sense of deja vu: a Republican candidate for president, protective of wealthy interests, choosing a running mate who is wedded to fossil fuel interests. John McCain’s choice of Alaska’s Governor Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential candidate is parallel to George Bush’s choice, eight years ago, of Dick Cheney to be [...]
Tags: Alaska·bipartisan politics·climate change·coal·Dick Cheney·energy conservation·ethics·global warming·Governor Palin·John McCain·oil
