The Environment

Gov. Jan Brewer punches a reporter?

Gov. Jan Brewer punches a reporter?

The story is nearly a week old, but Gov. Jan Brewer’s response to a local reporter’s question about global warming has the internet buzzing. Last Friday, local Arizona station KTVK aired a story and a video clip with  Gov. Brewer’s saying that she did not believe that humans were to blame for climate change.  At the end […]

Belief in Climate Change ‘is an Insult to God’

Belief in Climate Change ‘is an Insult to God’

It’s no great surprise that the Tea Party includes Christians possessing extreme right-wing political beliefs. Within the Tea Party, there are “soldiers for God” who are going out and attempting to overthrow conventional wisdom and science as representatives of God. One such individual is Cal Beisner of the Cornwall Alliance who is the religious right’s favorite anti-climate […]

October: an important month for awareness

October: an important month for awareness

October is an incredibly important month for causes with the nation focusing on Breast Cancer Awareness, Domestic Violence Awareness and National Energy Action. Last Monday, the White House was illuminated pink to mark the first day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month wiht President Obama issuing a Presidential Proclamation, noting in part: “This month, we stand with the […]

Anti-Science Tea Party backed Rep. Sandy Adams bites the dust

Anti-Science Tea Party backed Rep. Sandy Adams bites the dust

With recent gains by Tea Party supported candidates in Republican primaries nationwide, the recent loss by Rep. Sandy Adams is a welcome event. With America experiencing its greatest economic challenges since the Great Depression on most fronts,  Rep.  Adams of the House Science and Technology Committee has been busy with jobs bills, right?   Wrong. Surely she has been busy pushing legislation […]

The GOP Threat to the Environment

The GOP Threat to the Environment

The environment has not been talked about much so far during the election campaigns. The difference between the Democrats and Republicans could not be more distinct with the Republicans wanting to cut the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to rollback or weaken protections like the Clean Air and Clean Water Act. Mitt Romney has called the […]