R.I.P. Bob! Robert H. Boyle, a Watchdog of the Hudson River, Dies at 88 By SAM ROBERTSMAY 22, 2017 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Photo Robert H. Boyle, at his home in 2000, was a crusading conservationist and a founder of the widely replicated group Riverkeeper. Credit Richard L. Harbus for The New York Times Robert H. Boyle, a Brooklyn-born sportswriter and angler who became the unofficial guardian of the Hudson River as a crusading … [Read more...]
Dream Home Or Death House?
How would you like to move into a new home in a new development and learn later that you are living in an active (or abandoned) oil or gas field...the proverbial "ticking time bomb"? Danger Below? New Properties Hide Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells May 30, 20165:12 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition Stephanie Joyce In 2007, Rick Kinder was working for a contractor, building a house in southern Colorado. The workers had just finished putting in all the doors, … [Read more...]
Seneca Lake Saved From Fracked Gas Storage Facility
It took several years, but the community came together and fought the madness that the corporations and some elected local officials embraced for personal gain... Huge Victory in Seneca Lake: After Years of Protest, Gas Storage Project Abandoned By Nika Knight, Common Dreams May 12, 2017 After a years-long popular resistance against a proposed fracked gas storage project in Seneca Lake, N.Y., the people have emerged victorious. The Arlington Storage Company announced … [Read more...]
Bernie’s Stolen Primary: How The DNC Rigged The Process
Hillary has emerged from the woods and is back on the political stage again, and we progressives can only hope & pray that she is not dumb enough to consider another run in 2020... A Democrat Finally Admits DNC Rigged Primaries for Clinton Rep. Ro Khanna is the first Democrat in office to acknowledge the truth By Michael Sainato • 05/12/17 11:20am The Democratic Party has perpetually denied that the Democratic National Committee (DNC), former Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, … [Read more...]
Trump Declares War On The FBI
Firing James Comey was Trump's dumbest move...until he admitted during the Lester Holt NBC Interview it was because of the investigation into the Trump campaign's Russian ties.. Why the FBI might wage “war” on Trump — and how they would actually do it Updated by Zack Beauchamp@zackbeauchampzack@vox.com May 11, 2017, 4:00pm EDT It’s not often that you hear members of the FBI threatening to go to war with the president. But that’s where we are after Donald Trump’s firing of FBI … [Read more...]
Conservatism’s Dark Side
Conservatives have been hiding behind a facade that gives the appearance of "normalcy", but inherit in their ideology is an anti-social persona that embraces the notion of a "white, Christian America" in which their warped authoritarian world-view demands conformity and obedience, which explains Trump's high favorability ratings among Republican voters... Rick Perlstein: Trump Has Exposed the Dark Underbelly of American Conservatism How historians missed the angry, violent, racist side … [Read more...]
The Rise of Off-Shore Wind Power
Putting wind generators on farms is not optimal...unless you design for "high-altitude" wind power generation (the wind is always blowing at 2,000 ft.) , and off-shore wind is the next best place to get "reliable" power from the wind. In fact, if we used our coastal waters for wind power generation along with high altitude wind farms in inland areas, we would not need to burn coal, oil, natural gas, or use nuclear power to maintain base load on the grid ever again. America's … [Read more...]
Trump Tax Plan Benefits Trump & His Wealthy Friends
...which is why the lying sleazebag doesn't want us to see his tax returns... 'A Land Grab by the Ruling Elites': Trump's Tax Plan Derided for Benefiting the Rich In addition to providing handouts to the ruling class, the plan will blow up the deficit by an estimated $3-7 trillion. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now! April 27, 2017 The White House has outlined a plan to give the nation’s millionaires and billionaires a massive tax break while adding trillions … [Read more...]
Trumpism…History Will NOT Be Kind
Trump is such a vile asshole that no one will ever come close to rivaling the shame and disgrace he has brought to the Office of the President... The Trump Administration After 100 Days: A Second-Rate Salesman Surrounded by Con Men and Losers After 100 days, we can say this about Donald Trump and his team: History will not be kind. By Gary Legum / Salon April 28, 2017 Donald Trump Billboard Photo Credit: Thomas Hawk/Flickr … [Read more...]
Putin’s Puppet’s Pay Day
Exxon Seeks U.S. Waiver to Resume Russia Oil Venture Exxon Mobil applied to Treasury for exemption to resume venture with Rosneft forged in 2012 by Exxon's Rex Tillerson In June 2012, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (center), watched by Rosneft Chief Executive Igor Sechin, shook hands with Rex Tillerson, who was then Exxon Mobil chief executive and is now U.S. secretary of state, at a signing ceremony at a Rosneft refinery in the Black Sea town of … [Read more...]
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