Monsanto now blogging at DailyKos
This will be a short diary, but I figured I'd give everyone a brief heads-up. In response to Jill Richardson's rec list diary yesterday entitled Monsanto Gives New Movie "Food Inc" Two Thumbs Down,...
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DK Greenroots: The Dirtiest Business in the World
The production of crude oil from Canada's tar sands is arguably the dirtiest business in the world. While most people have heard of Canada's tar sands, what I hope to accomplish with this diary is to...
View ArticleLet's call their bluff. Bring on the filibuster!
Hello? Harry Reid? Rahm Emmanuel? Barack Obama?I won't flatter myself into thinking that you're actually reading this, but your messaging is tone-deaf and you appear to have all the instincts of...
View ArticleThis week in toxic waste
This is a new concept I had, so let's give it a go. Maybe I'll do this weekly if my fellow environmentalists here think it is important to keep some of these stories in the spotlight.Our lead...
View ArticleHaiti (Updated X 5): Up to 3 Million Affected, Hundreds of Thousands Feared Dead
From the Telegraph in the UK:The presidential palace, Haiti's grandest building, was substantially destroyed and its incumbent, Rene Preval, described the scene in his capital as "unimaginable".His...
View ArticleAtlantic garbage patch discovered
Our oceans are in a sorry state, and they just can't seem to catch a break. Floating pieces of plastic, some of them large, others just specks or chunks the size of an eraser, have been accumulating...
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Did BP executives lie to Congress?
It certainly looks that way, and no one in the traditional media has said a word about it.First, have a look at section 7.1 of the Initial Exploration Plan Mississippi Canyon Block 252 for lease OCS-G...
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Tar balls are landing in Key West. UPDATED X 2
Tar balls are landing in Key West.Oil Spill: Tar balls reported on Key West shoresKey West, Florida -- About 20 tar balls have washed ashore in Key West, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday night.They...
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Gulf Gusher Information Resources
Crossposted at Earth AlternativesI'll go out on a limb here and ask you to recommend this diary, since it took 16 hours for me to research and format. I posted it earlier today and it was...
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Corporate Tar Sands Boycott Gathers Steam
Some good news for a change:More major U.S. corporations join boycott of Alberta oil sands fuelsEDMONTON - Another four major U.S. companies are joining the move to either avoid or completely boycott...
View ArticleVideo: Trump praises Hillary Clinton, calls her a "terrific woman" and thinks...
I lurk often here but haven’t commented regularly for years and haven’t seen this posted here yet.Anyhow, it looks like Donald had a change of heart since 2008 as he is positively gushing about Hillary...
View ArticleState polling analysis: Comey flipped the election from Clinton to Trump
Let’s compare 538.com state polling averages for a number of key states on October 28th (the day of the Comey press conference) and November 7th (just prior to the election) to test the hypothesis that...
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