Congress is heading back home for the August recess this week. Apparently our Senators need to rest after they failed to take up both a clean energy and climate bill and an oil spill bill. Legislative inaction must be more tiring than I … [Read more...]
We failed the people who cleaned up 9/11. Will we fail the people cleaning up the Gulf?
In the aftermath of 9/11, we saw thousands of workers develop devastating respiratory conditions and other illnesses as a result of exposure to toxic dust that filled the air in the days and weeks after the twin towers fell. To this day, … [Read more...]
How government can regain its capacity to manage the oil spill
Why is this? Have we, in fact, become a “hollow state” in which public agencies have little ability left to do anything other than rubber stamp corporate activities, many of which seem irresponsible if not … [Read more...]
Beyond reason.
Riddle me this: In what universe can the monumental and historic environmental disaster in the gulf make you more likely to support off shore drilling? In a GOP universe. Public Policy Polling: 28% of Republicans said the recent oil spill … [Read more...]
National Tragedy Demands Real Response
Shared national experiences are pretty powerful things. Although one can't really compare a terrorist attack on our nation to a mechanical failure that causes catastrophic loss, the experience of communal mourning is still … [Read more...]
Watching BP
Will BP try to raise the price of gas in order to recoup the cost of the mess they created? It seems they could be trying. In an earlier post about abusive corporate practices, I noted that the price of gas at our local BP … [Read more...]