Nevada’s Solar Power Future
Scandalmonger at Vote Gibbons Out posted a portion of a letter James Hansen, recipient of this year’s Desert Research Institutes’s Nevada Award, wrote to Governor Gibbons regarding his lack of leadership on state energy policy. Of course, leadership and Governor Gibbons are mutually exclusive entities:
“Although the fossil fuel industry pedals misinformation, claiming that renewable energies […]
Nevada and Common-sense Environmentalism
I’ve been thinking about since yesterday’s post on Dean Heller’s short-sighted idea of environmental policy. Orcinus has two great posts on “common-sense environmentalism,” or the importance of urban environmentalists and rural residents working together on environmental campaigns. Sarah Robinson writes about Mono Lake and Dave Neiwert writes about protecting old-growth forest in the Northwest. […]
Switching on Dean Heller’s Coal Powered Light
This profile of Dean Heller, my congressional representative and yours, is just embarrassing. Unfortunately, history shows that politicians like Heller continue to be elected and re-elected upon their ability to deliver catch phrases that sound good to their constituents rather than upon actual performance. It’s the Bush school of politics–as long as you […]
