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Entries Tagged ‘Green’

Scarier Than Santorum?

…well, sort of. The difference is one is getting a lot of votes all over the country in a presidential bid, the other is a sitting US Senator. Go read at LGF…and if you watch the videos, ensure you wear some sort of face protection. I damn near broke my nose facepalming. Rachel Maddow’s interview [...]

He Just Lost My Vote, Again

It was bad the way he handled Occupy Denver, but this takes the cake. Hi, this is Governor John Hickenlooper.  In 2008, Colorado passed tough oil and gas rules.  Since then we have not had one instance of groundwater contamination associated with drilling and hydraulic fracturing. And we plan to keep it that way.  That’s [...]

Frustration Mounts

I posted this image on my facebook page yesterday (in violation of SOPA/PIPA…and a double violation posting it here) originally in jest, then I got kind of a wake up call. OK, not really a wake up call, I knew people thought like this, but coming from one of my FB friends who I had [...]

Falling Behind, Part (I Forgot)

Solar in the Asia Pacific Region Booms: China’s 2011 Installs May Surpass America’s for the First Time With European solar markets in decline, the industry is looking to the next hot solar region. Even with political troubles in the U.S., companies still see America as a good long-term bet. (And let’s remember, Europe’s slowdown doesn’t [...]

Struggling Oil Industry Releases Q3 Numbers

Here’s the big news from the nation’s struggling oil companies. Certainly this will be an excuse to continue subsidizing these desperately poor corporations… Chevron Announces $7.8 Billion in Q3 Profits, 2011 Profits for Big-Five Oil Companies Hit a Staggering $101 Billion | ThinkProgress As Oil Companies Announce $24 Billion in Profits, Rep. Stearns Says, “When [...]