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...] about Seneca Lake Saved From Fracked Gas Storage Facility

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@[email protected] 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...] about Trump Declares War On The FBI

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...] about Conservatism’s Dark Side

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...] about The Rise of Off-Shore Wind Power

...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...] about Trump Tax Plan Benefits Trump & His Wealthy Friends