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Bits and Pieces: ALEC at Work in the Oklahoma Legislature
Read More →: Bits and Pieces: ALEC at Work in the Oklahoma LegislatureBrian 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…
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Bits and Pieces: Oklahoma Must Increase the State Renewable Energy Standards
Read More →: Bits and Pieces: Oklahoma Must Increase the State Renewable Energy StandardsThe 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…
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Bits and Pieces: Two Misguided Attacks on Wind Turbines and Electric Cars
Read More →: Bits and Pieces: Two Misguided Attacks on Wind Turbines and Electric CarsThe 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…
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Evidence Linking Global Warming and Extreme Weather
Read More →: Evidence Linking Global Warming and Extreme WeatherSkeptics 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…
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The 2013 Environmental Hall of Fame/Shame Winners
Read More →: The 2013 Environmental Hall of Fame/Shame WinnersThe 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…
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Oklahoma: Where We Subsidize Air Pollution and Earthquakes
Read More →: Oklahoma: Where We Subsidize Air Pollution and EarthquakesThe Oklahoma legislature is subsidizing Oklahoma’s high sulfur coal and requiring that it be burned in Oklahoma’s power plants, even though it generates more particulates and aerosols. Evidence is increasing…
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OK SB 1440, Blowing Away Wind Development in Eastern Oklahoma
Read More →: OK SB 1440, Blowing Away Wind Development in Eastern OklahomaSenate Bill 1440, putting a moratorium on investment in wind energy East of I- 35 has passed, in the Oklahoma Senate. The bill puts a moratorium for three years on…
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McCutcheon vs FEC: Destroying Democracy $1 Million at a Time
Read More →: McCutcheon vs FEC: Destroying Democracy $1 Million at a TimeMr. Steve Fair rationalizes the McCutcheon vs FEC ruling by the Supreme Court, claiming it is correct. His solution to having money run politics is to blame the voters for…
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Alternate Universe Discovered at Oklahoma Capitol
Read More →: Alternate Universe Discovered at Oklahoma CapitolRecent research now suggests that multiple universes may have been formed during the Big Bang. The author has discovered evidence that an alternate universes may exist here in Oklahoma. You…
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Poll: Vote for the 2013 Hall of Fame/Shame Awards
Read More →: Poll: Vote for the 2013 Hall of Fame/Shame AwardsVoting is now open for the 2013 Hall of Fame and Hall of Shame Awards to determine those who have most affected the environment through their actions. A list of…
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Climate Change: What We Know
Read More →: Climate Change: What We KnowThe science Skeptics dispute almost every discovery by climate scientists, and the facts are often lost in the disputes. This is a guest article and a video from Rachel Marten,…
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Where Do Our Tax Dollars Go?
Read More →: Where Do Our Tax Dollars Go?This article explains where our tax dollars go. It also points out what expenses could be reduced without undermining our national security or reducing programs which help people in need.
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Legislating Away Climate Change
Read More →: Legislating Away Climate ChangeThe 113th United States Congress has been busy making sure that money is not spent on climate research and that the research is not used to make rational decisions. Here…
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The Climate Change Denial Machine: The Psychology of Denial
Read More →: The Climate Change Denial Machine: The Psychology of DenialThis article describes the Climate Change Denial Machine and its components. It examines the associated psychology of denial and suggests how to recognize it and deal with it.
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More on ALEC
Read More →: More on ALECThe American Legislative Exchange Council is an organization that claims to provide model legislation for our state and national legislatures. Actually, is a secretive organization that lets corporate and special…
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Settled Science: Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Krauthammer
Read More →: Settled Science: Dr. Jekyll or Mr. KrauthammerThis article examines Charles Krauthammer’s claims that climate science and mammogram recommendations are based on science that is “not settled”. It questions what it is that conservatives like him wish…
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The Beauty and Power of Wind Energy
Read More →: The Beauty and Power of Wind EnergyThe cost of wind power is falling, making it competitive with conventional sources of energy. Most of the criticisms of wind turbine, except for intermittency and storage, are without merit.…
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Nominate Your Candidates for the 2013 Environmental Hall of Fame/Shame Awards
Read More →: Nominate Your Candidates for the 2013 Environmental Hall of Fame/Shame AwardsEach year, this site takes a poll to see who is the most deserving to receive recognition in the Environmental Hall of Fame (or Shame). Nominations are now open for…
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Wind Energy and Bird Mortality
Read More →: Wind Energy and Bird MortalityOne of the main concerns raised about the use of wind turbines is their effect on bird mortality. Though they sometimes do kill birds, the number killed by wind turbines…
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Aristotle, the Pope, and Income Inequality
Read More →: Aristotle, the Pope, and Income InequalityAristotle argued that a stable democracy required a strong middle class. The Pope, in his recently published Exhortation, argues against the ideology hurting the poor and destroying the middle class.…
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