Obama said the administration’s “HOMESTAR” program would reward people who buy energy-saving equipment with an on-the-spot rebate of $1,000 or more. He cast the idea as one that would save people money on utility bills, boost the economy and reduce American dependence on oil.
The plan would take the approval of Congress.
via Cash For Caulkers Rebates: [...]
This article from Maria Minno brings to mind many warnings about the push to vaccinate against the flu from our correspondent Ted LaCombe:
The finger is being pointed directly at the World Health Organisation, which stands accused of announcing ‘a false pandemic’; in June last year.
Critics now claim that the drug companies manipulated the WHO into [...]
In an unusual state foray into nuclear regulation, the Vermont Senate voted 26 to 4 Wednesday to block operation of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant after 2012, citing radioactive leaks, misstatements in testimony by plant officials and other problems.
via Vermont Senate Votes to Close Nuclear Plant – NYTimes.com.
Photo: Thomas B. Dunklin
Thanks to correspondent Terri Hansen for this story on an historic and long-awaited decision to undue one of man’s failed attempts to control nature:
The world’s largest river restoration and dam removal effort kicked off in a spirit of celebration inside the grand rotunda of Oregon’s Capitol Feb. 18.
The agreements could be a [...]
Here is a fine example of the impact of corporate interests on public opinion. The people interviewed here soon reveal that they really very little knowledge about politics and the policies that shape the nation. All they can do is repeat the soundbites they’ve heard. Watch: New Left Media
Our government is not broken; it’s been bought out from under us, and on the right and the left and smack across the vast middle, more and more Americans doubt representative democracy can survive the corruption of money.
via Bill Moyers: What Are We Bid for American Justice?.
As Vermont seethes with radioactive contamination and the Democratic Party crumbles, Barack Obama has plunged into the atomic abyss.
In the face of fierce green opposition and withering scorn from both liberal and conservative budget hawks, Obama has done what George W. Bush could not—pledge billions of taxpayer dollars for a relapse of [...]
Count me among those who are gravely disappointed in Obama’s support for nuclear power: It is too costly, producing $1 million in profit for plant owners EACH DAY (and we should subsidize this?); nuclear power plants consistently leak radiation; we have no way to safely dispose of radioactive waste produced in the power cycle; and [...]
So businesses are complaining that the US EPA wants them to stop polluting Florida water. The time has come for businesses to stop jeopardizing our natural resources, health and safety in the name of their industrial profits. Water is a finite resource, and most of it has already been contaminated – our drinking water is [...]
Within days the public learned that radioactive contamination of Vermont Yankee test wells were at 70,000 picocuries — more than three times the official “safe” level.
Elizabeth Courtney, executive director of the Vermont Natural Resources Council, said last week: “The contamination has rapidly increased. And the underground plume appears to be spreading. This is [...]
