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  • Congressman John Sullivan's Town Hall Meeting

    Congressman John Sullivan (R-OK) held a town hall meeting in Sand Springs, Oklahoma where he discussed the budget, Social Security, banking reform, energy issues, EPA regulations, jobs, and the stimulus program. The article explains Congressman Sullivan’s positions, gives comments and questions asked by the audience, and compares the authors views to Congressman Sullivan’s. Read more

  • Dr. Heidi Cullen: The Weather of the Future

    Dr. Heidi Cullen, noted climatologist and author of The Weather of the Future, explains how we are changing our climate and how climate change is making our current weather more extreme. She explained that we will not like the weather of the future as it will become increasingly extreme if we do not reduce our… Read more

  • Global Warming in Pictures

    This article gives the basic data in pictures showing how man’s carbon emissions are affecting the Earth. Read more

  • Climate Change: Extreme Weather and Wildfires

    In 1998 the US refused to ratify the Kyoto Treaty which would have limited the release of CO2 into the atmosphere. The increasing CO2 may be leading to extreme weather, crop failures, droughts and wildfires. The recent heat waves, droughts, and wildfires in Oklahoma should bring home to us what our failure to ratify the… Read more

  • The EPA vs. Oklahoma Power Companies

    The EPA has been charged with reducing the pollutants released into the environment, but they are meeting opposition from power companies, politicians, and people who want cheap energy, though other people’s health and the environment may suffer the consequences . Read more

  • The Problem with Coal and Politicians

    Coal fired power plants are the greatest source of carbon emissions, particulates, mercury, and acidic gases. The EPA has been charged with reducing the pollutants released into the environment, but they are meeting opposition from power companies, politicians, and people who want cheap energy, though others and the environment may suffer the consequences. Read more

  • Should the EPA Limit Carbon Emissions?

    The U.S. Republican leaders are blocking climate legislation, leaving the EPA in the position of having to regulate carbon emissions. Many Republicans in Congress are unhappy with the EPA and are now claiming the EPA regulation of CO2 is a “power grab”. Read more

  • George Will: The Earth Doesn't Care What We Do to It

    George Will likes the fact that the Earth doesn’t care what we do about the Environment. But he overlooks a few small inconvenient things – such as man’s possible extinction. Read more

  • Have Republicans Abandoned Conservative Values?

    Conservation has always been a core Republican value but recently the Republican leadership has abandoned the idea. Read more

  • The Republican Flip/Flop on Cap-and-Trade

    Republicans who once endorsed cap-and-trade have flip flopped on their support, putting the economy and the environment at risk. Republican leaders flopped by trying to mislead voters on the cost and need to flip back to cooperating on the cap-and-trade bill. Read more