Category Archives: Climate Change

Climate Change Is Really Political

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Paul Deaton

If one didn’t think the U.S. discussion of climate change was political, think again. U.S. Rep. David McKinley (R-West Virginia), added an amendment to a House appropriations bill to fund the Department of Energy and the U.S. Army Corps of … Continue reading →

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Climate Change Research In My Basement

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Dave Bradley

Based on some research I have been conducting in my basement over the years, most recently Monday. That was the worst storm I ever saw …… We have lived in the same house for a long time. When we moved … Continue reading →

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Erase The Keystone XL

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Paul Deaton

Dear Climate March supporters, The Keystone Pipeline is a powerful symbol of the urgent necessity for climate action. On July 19, the Great March for Climate Action crosses the proposed path of the pipeline outside Bradshaw, Nebraska. We are working … Continue reading →

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Hope For A Turning Point On The Climate Crisis

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Paul Deaton

(Editor’s Note: Al Gore’s article in the June 18 issue of Rolling Stone is hopeful about the climate crisis in a way we have not heard lately. As members of Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership Corps, we see the former vice … Continue reading →

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Great March For Climate Action: Join The 'Keystone Summer'

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Paul Deaton
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EPA Clean Power Rulemaking

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Paul Deaton

“The United States has a moral responsibility to act on climate,” said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy on Monday, June 2. Her agency proposed what they described as “a commonsense plan to cut carbon pollution from power plants.” New rules would … Continue reading →

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Bruce Braley: Climate Disruption Is Real

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Paul Deaton

Bruce Braley Statement on Carbon Reduction Plan Thursday, June 5, 2014 Washington, D.C.– Rep. Bruce Braley (IA-01) today released the following statement after the announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency of a preliminary plan to reduce carbon emissions. “In the … Continue reading →

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Face Of The #ClimateChange Marchers

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Paul Deaton

The Great March for Climate Action is in Colorado as they make their way to Washington D.C. this fall. This recent video from the march provides a snapshot of who the marchers are. To learn more, click here. To donate, … Continue reading →

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Obstruction Of Climate Change Mitigation in Coal Country

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Paul Deaton

Leadership on what matters most for our future will come from outside the United States. It’s not that Americans are bad people— for the most part, we aren’t. However, many of us have mistaken the advancement of bad ideas as … Continue reading →

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Climate Change Open To Debate Only On TV

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Trish Nelson

So true! NPR does this all the time too.  If there is a single tea partier and a hundred progressives at a rally or a protest or any event, they give equal coverage to both “sides.”  

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