by Bill Scher | May 27, 2016 | Blog, Climate
Donald Trump is so consistently inconsistent, the challenge is to remind folks that what he says one minute that may seem appealing is often contradicted in the next minute. When it comes to the climate, we don't have that problem. Trump has made it crystal clear he...
by Terrance Heath | May 4, 2016 | Blog, Climate, Conservatism, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
Today, President Obama is visiting Flint, Michigan for the first time since state officials revealed that the city’s water was contained with lead. The president was invited to Flint not by Michigan’s Republican governor, Rick Snyder, but by eight-year-old Mari...
by Bill Scher | Apr 22, 2016 | Blog, Climate
I noted on Wednesday that while the Paris climate agreement, to be signed by 155 nations Friday in honor of Earth Day, may be too little, it is not too late. The agreement creates a critical global commitment to combating climate change, sets the stage for an initial...
by Bill Scher | Apr 20, 2016 | Blog, Climate
The historic international Paris climate agreement will be formally signed by 155 nations on Earth Day this Friday, but scientific reports since the pact's forging in December that indicate a more urgent climate crisis are renewing the question of whether the...
by Burning Issues Video | Apr 19, 2016 | Burning Issues, Climate
[fve]https://youtu.be/aGR1KS_HpVw[/fve] Given the threat of global climate change, the United States should not have a two-faced energy policy – encouraging green energy at home and encouraging fossil fuel exports abroad. Kyle Ash, senior legislative representative at...
by Burning Issues Video | Apr 18, 2016 | Burning Issues, Climate
[fve]https://youtu.be/gUqFqDm3668[/fve] Hydraulic fracturing – "fracking" – to extract oil and gas deposits deep underground is rapidly becoming a global concern, says Jesse Coleman, a research investigator for Greenpeace, in this Burning Issues video segment. The...
