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  • The League of Conservation Voters: Do We Need These Policies to Benefit Big Oil

    Big Oil does not represent the average American citizen very well. They represent the large international oil companies who have little loyalty to the United States, but who have enough money to influence our politics to pass laws and provide subsidies in their favor. To protect the enviroment, The League of Conservation Voters rates the… Read more

  • The Economic Recovery in the Past Five Years: Then and Now

    We have heard so much bad economic news that most people believe it, even though it is not true.The economy has recovered to the point that the economic stimulus is being ended. The chart in the article displays the economic indicators showing the last five years of progress. Read more

  • More on ALEC: Beware the influence of ALEC in Oklahoma

    The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has a great influence on many states’ politics, but many have heard little about the organization. ALEC hides its membership and its funding sources, and it operates as an educational organization to escape lobbying restrictions. Many of ALEC’s “model laws” claim to promote freedom, fairness, and reform, but the… Read more

  • Bits and Pieces: Blogging Tips from an Amateur

    This article has some advice from the authors experiences to help new bloggers set up a site and get started. Read more

  • Oklahoma SB 1456: It’s Not Really a Sun Tax

    Although Oklahoma SB 1456 was billed as a Sun Tax, it was not really a tax. And, though it was meant to discourage private investments in renewable energy, it may turn out to be the vehicle which will encourage those investments. Read more

  • Bits and Pieces: ALEC at Work in the Oklahoma Legislature

    Brian Bingman, president pro tem of the Oklahoma Senate, states in a readers forum article how proud he is of what the legislature has been able to accomplish. Many of those “accomplishments” benefit ALEC’s corporate members and the Legislative members campaign donations, but in the end they will hurt Oklahoma and its citizens. Read more

  • Bits and Pieces: Oklahoma Must Increase the State Renewable Energy Standards

    The fifth IPCC report says that the most important thing we can do to mitigate global warming is to switch to renewable energy as quickly as possible. To speed this along, states need to adopt or increase their Renewable Portfolio Standards, which specifies the percentage of energy they must produce from renewable sources. Read more

  • Bits and Pieces: Two Misguided Attacks on Wind Turbines and Electric Cars

    The Tulsa World recently published two back-to-back articles discouraging investment in renewable energy for poor reasons, as described in this article. One decried bird mortality from wind turbines while the other pointed out that electric cars wouldn’t help, so why try? Read more

  • Evidence Linking Global Warming and Extreme Weather

    Skeptics who wish to argue that climate scientists cannot prove the link between global warming and extreme weather, do not understand the role of probabilities. As Kevin Trenberth says, “All weather events are affected by climate change because the environment in which they occur is warmer and moister than it used to be…. ” Read more

  • The 2013 Environmental Hall of Fame/Shame Winners

    The 2013 Environmental Hall of Fame/Shame contest was carried out on three websites and the votes were combined to determine those who had the most impact on the environment, good or ill. This article announces the 2013 Environmental Hall of Fame and Hall of Shame winners and their prizes. Read more