So, I subscribe to the Anderson Cooper 360 blog. Even though is doesn’t appear that Andy (in the fantasy-friendship we have in my brain I get to call him Andy) writes most of the posts, I read it anyway because … well, it’s Andy, or at least Andy-related. I haven’t found much there to blog […]
After that chicken post, this one might cause you to start thinking I’m just out to ruin everyone’s dinner. Not the case, but I coudn’t read this Guardian Unlimited article about the real costs of cheap beef. The cost is higher than you might think.
Until 1990 Brazil produced only enough beef to feed itself. Since […]
Say what you will about the French. Sometimes I gotta admire their style. I came across this a day or so ago, and I know I’m probably bad for finding it amusing, but I’d love to see the faces of some of the SUV drivers confronting scenes like this.
If the French marauders known as The […]
Does anyone remember what happened when Carter did this.
President George W. Bush said on Monday that about 1.8 million barrels per day in Texas and Louisiana refining capacity shut by recent hurricanes will be back on line soon, but urged American motorists to conserve gasoline wherever possible.
The 1.8 million bpd refining capacity will return […]
What you’re looking at is an oil spill on the Mississippi River.
A “major oil spill” has been spotted near two storage tanks southeast of New Orleans, the state Department of Environmental Quality said Friday.
The spill was first spotted Thursday during a flyover, department spokeswoman Jean Kelly told MSNBC.com, “but we still don’t have access to […]
Nope. No global warming here.
The collapse of a huge ice shelf in Antarctica in 2002 has no precedent in the past 11,000 years, a study that points the finger at global warming says.
Measuring some 3,250 square kilometres in area and 220 metres thick, the Larsen B iceshelf broke away from the […]