Pennsylvania state senator Scott Wagner explains climate change this way: “I haven’t been in a science class in a long time, but the earth moves closer to the sun every year–you know the rotation of the earth,” Wagner said. “We’re moving closer to the sun.” He added, “We have more p[...]
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BREAKING NEWS: FBI INVESTIGATING TRUMP, TRUMP TWEETS
COMEY CONFIRMS: FBI INVESTIGATING TRUMP Meanwhile Trump is Tweeting and the GOP wants to Bring Benghazi Back NYTIMES: Representative Trey Gowdy, Republican of South Carolina and Mrs. Clinton’s Grand Benghazi Inquisitor, has turned into the Inspector Javert of intelligence leaks. And who is he bl[...]
Mad Dog Disagrees With Trump About Threat of Climate Change
Secretary of Defense James Mattis has asserted that climate change is real, and a threat to American interests abroad and the Pentagon’s assets everywhere, a position that appears at odds with the views of the president who appointed him and many in the administration in which he serves.[...]
UPDATE: Disaster in The Broughtons
For the last three years we have cruised north to the beautiful Broughton Archipelago near the north end of Vancouver Island. This AM I read of a disaster: Diesel spill at the Burdwood fish farm has contaminated most of the Broughton Archipelago including many traditional clam beaches, during the [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Snowden Outs Trump!
Snowden: “Russia successfully rigged US elections in favor of Trump” Former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden announced… Share WORLDNEWSDAILYREPORT.COM[...]
February 17th, 2017 - 1:05 am § in Environment, Politics
Traditional Republicans Push A CARBON TAX!
A group of prominent Republicans , including former Secretary of State James Baker and other members of the new “Climate Leadership Council,” pitched a tax on carbon dioxide to top White House aides Wednesday, selling the plan as an economic win that could drive job growth and yield env[...]
February 15th, 2017 - 7:05 am § in Environment, Misc.
More than 100 Nobel laureates have a message for Greenpeace: Quit the G.M.O.-bashing
GMOStop Bashing G.M.O. Foods, More Than 100 Nobel Laureates Say By NIRAJ CHOKSHI New York Times JUNE 30, 2016 Genetically modified organisms and foods are a safe way to meet the demands of a ballooning global population, the 109 laureates wrote in a letter posted online and officially unveile[...]
February 11th, 2017 - 2:38 pm § in Environment, Misc.
Puerto Rico: The Other America
In Puerto Rico, environmental injustice and racism inflame protests over coal ash Hilda Lloréns, University of Rhode Island Low-income residents in Puerto Rico are fighting disposal of toxic coal ash in their communities. They’re also campaigning to shift from coal energy – the source o[...]
Trump has selected Rick Perry to be Donald’s energy secretary,
(CBS) The former Texas governor sits on two corporate boards – one of them is Energy Transfer Partners – and that may present a confirmation issue. Energy Transfer Partners has a subsidiary known as Dakota Access LLC, which is attempting to build the Dakota Access Pipeline. That Dakota A[...]