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Fiction Becomes Reality as Department of Homeland Security Preps Launch of ‘Green Police’

April 12th, 2012 · 5 Comments

As I read through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security‘s February 2012 document, Environmental Justice Strategy, I was reminded of a post I had published around the time of the National Football League’s 2010 Super Bowl.  It included one spot lifted from a series of tongue-in-cheek Audi commercials in which members of the “Green Police” [...]

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Shakedown in the Rain Forest Nears End in Court

September 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

Though a hearing to determine the enforceability of a $96 million ruling in favor of Chevron will take place in New York City in November, I fully expect that my days of reporting on this story of bribery, corruption and kangaroo courting will come to an end soon.  That in mind, it seems appropriate to [...]

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EPA Regulatory Outreach Going Too Far

August 1st, 2011 · No Comments

If the Environmental Protection Agency succeeds in advancing new ozone standards, places like Yellowstone National Park — where naturally occurring ozone levels can exceed the standard — won’t be able to meet the new requirements.  And that’s not the half of it when it comes to EPA’s regulatory overreach! Two recently-released studies show that the [...]

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Environmental Extremists Have Bad Couple of Days (Update)

July 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment

It’s been a bad couple of days for environmental extremism wackos:  First, news surfaced about New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hole In Global Warming Alarmism; next, news surfaced about a scientist under investigation for “integrity issues” related to his observations about polar bears allegedly drowning in the Arctic Ocean; and, finally, President Barack Obama’s nominee [...]

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Prince Charles Exposed in Film as ‘Eco-Hypocrite’

May 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

Filmmakers Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer are at their best again, this time releasing their latest effort to expose the truth about celebrity eco-hypocrisy. PRINCE CHARLES HYPOCRITE is, according to a news release, a short film which claims the heir to the British throne is a hypocrite because he thinks people should “live with less” [...]

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Recommended Reading: ‘The Third’ by Abel Keogh

April 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Three days ago, I began reading my review copy of “The Third” by Abel Keogh.  At first not harboring high expectations for the 263-page fiction novel, I soon found myself absorbed by the story about a couple and their two young children living in the Pacific Northwest of the former United States of America 50 [...]

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Company That Earned Millions from Gulf Cleanup Tangled in Suit That Could Cost Chevron $113B (Update)

January 21st, 2011 · 5 Comments

What do the BP Deepwater Horizon “disaster” of 2010, the $113 billion lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar have in common?  Stratus Consulting Inc. of Boulder, Colo., was involved in the first two and, possibly, the third. BP DEEPWATER HORIZON President Barack Obama talked as if he was ready to lock [...]

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