They Might Be Giants
Posted in Clean Technology, Climate Change Solutions, Energy Efficiency on Aug 31st, 2009
And they get it.
Monthly Archive for August, 2009
Conservative Fundamentalism is Destroying Canada*
Posted in Canada, Climate Change Solutions, Politics, Social Justice, USA on Aug 26th, 2009
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper claims that he’s all for saving the environment, but his government has been actively working against a comprehensive international climate change agreement since he’s been in office (see stories here, here, here, and here). Harper and his environment ministers, this time in the guise of Jim Prentice, have consistently argued [...]
API’s Astroturfing Campaign Draws Greenpeace’s Ire
Posted in Activism, Astroturfing, Media, Politics on Aug 20th, 2009
God bless Greenpeace. Faced with a multimillion dollar media juggernaut devised by the American Petroleum Institute (API), Greenpeace countered with simplicity and honesty: A grassroots campaign that speaks the truth to power, and turns up the heat on oil executives. To cut to the chase, last week Greenpeace came to possess an API memo that [...]
Bonner & Associates + ACCCE: More Forgeries Found
Posted in Astroturfing, Media, Old King Coal, Politics, USA on Aug 18th, 2009
All I can think of is that old line from Get Smart, the classic television series. If only he had used his powers for niceness instead of evil. This story is about the hardest working man (or woman) in DC. It’s none other than that single employee at Bonner & Associates who was deemed too [...]
American Petroleum Institute
Posted in Astroturfing, Greenwashing, Politics, Social Justice on Aug 17th, 2009
The American Petroleum Instititute has more than 400 members, so I can’t list them all. But feel free to write and boycott any you find below. You can also do your own research by f0llowing this member’s page at API. Why do I feel so strongly? In a nutshell, the API is mounting an unethical [...]
Housekeeping: The Migraines
Posted in Housekeeping on Aug 16th, 2009
I’ve only been half engaged on One Blue Marble this last month because of migraines. In a nutshell, I suffered from daily migraines for 13 years until a neurologist helped determine the cause and a good treatment plan. So I put together two good years, but that all came crashing down in May after the [...]
Renewing Nova Scotia
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Energy Efficiency, Old King Coal, Renewable Energy on Aug 11th, 2009
Every week, as part of my job, I read hundreds of articles that show where the clean technology and renewable energy industries are heading. And every week, Canada lurches off in the opposite direction. Every week, billions of dollars flow through the European Union, Obama’s America, China, South Korea, India, Japan — in fact, every [...]