Hawaii: 76-24 Obama
Here are the results from Hawaii, via hawaiidemocrats.org:*** With 100% of all precincts reporting:Congressional District One: total votes: 15,550Barack Obama 11,536 74.19% Hillary Clinton...
View ArticleA primer on electronic waste in China (w/poll)
What follows is old school.It is a paper I wrote this past semester about electronic waste in China, exploring an important environmental issue that most people never think about because it is so far...
View ArticleFriday Night limerick thread
Hey all,Well, it's Friday night and I thought I'd inject a little humor into the dialogue. I encourage you to share your own limericks in the comments section. Here is one to get us started:I truly...
View ArticleRain Forest Destruction and Oil Palm Plantations: What You Should Know
If you are looking for a non-candidate diary, this is for you. I am finishing up my degree in Geography this semester and have decided to share some of the research I have done over the...
View ArticleEarth Day Special: Quebec's Boreal Forest
Happy Earth Day! I thought it would be appropriate to continue my series of environmental diaries today by posting an essay I wrote about boreal forests in Quebec. As is the case with...
View ArticleDo the Right Thing, Senator.
Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin Sometimes it takes courage and moral conviction to do the...
View ArticleThe High Price of Snark (w/poll)
My friends,First of all, thank you for joining me here today at the John McCain Climate Change Fundraising Forum.I want to thank the sponsors of this event, particularly the kind people at Exxon-Mobil...
View ArticleStraight Talk Express Crashes (literally!)
This story was diaried last night by Trepanator but got lost in the early morning shuffle.From the Miami Herald:Politics is tough. So is driving in Miami. Just ask Sen. John McCain's tour bus...
View ArticleFollow the money: A few inconvenient truths
I don't write diaries very often, but I hope you will take the time to read this because it is important.Like many Kossacks, I have been following the unfolding economic mess with a mix of anger and...
View ArticleWhat do these countries have in common?
Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles,...
View ArticleMonsanto 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,...
View ArticleDK 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...
View ArticleDid 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...
View ArticleTar 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...
View ArticleGulf 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...
View ArticleCorporate 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...
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