For Those Who Would Do Away With the EPA (And Other Government Agencies): Apricots

There those (mostly libertarians and Repuglycans) who believe that it is not the government job's to regulate business and things like health care, the environmnent, etc. So, for them, this is what happens to apricots when your field happens to be next to a new garbage dump.


Again, they are (supposed to be) apricots.

Halliburton, Disaster Maker

As if their disastrous involvement in the "war against terrah" wasn't enough, Halliburton is also involved in the "war against Terra", given their possible involvement in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, in the wake of a similar explosion off the coast of Australia last year. But hey, let's continue giving them government contracts.

Spill, Baby, Spill!

This one goes out to the idiotic and pernicious "Baby Drillers", like Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, John McCain, Sean Hannity, Steve "Douchy" Doocy and all the idiots that ever uttered the Repuglycan mantra with a smirk on their face.


(video via mediamatters.org)

Unfortunately, as Stephen Colbert pointed out with classic wit in last night's episode of the report, others have gotten on board the offshore drilling juggernaut of idiocy.

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Understanding Climate Change

In honor of Earth Day, I have dug up a few interesting sources on the impact of energy use and the planet that supports our life. Take a gander.

• The Greenhouse Effect for Kids (from the EPA website)
• Energy Explained (from the US Department of Energy)
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• De Smog Blog
• Climate Crisis, a fascinating look at the way certain nations are threatened by climate change, by the sadly about to disappear "Now on PBS". (The last episode of this brilliant investigative journalism series is scheduled to air next Friday).