Today from Margaret Swedish: Dear Blog Readers, I will be on the road over these next several weeks, part of that time doing a writing retreat in the Kentucky woods. This will give me more time to ponder things like global warming, climate change, the new reality that is descending upon this society with peak [...]
Today form Margaret Swedish: Yesterday, a federal appeals court blocked efforts by the Bush administration to loosen tighter emission standards for coal-fired power plants, saying that the changes violated the Clean Air Act. The court sided with 14 states that filed suit complaining that attempts to loosen standards set by Congress under the act were illegal [...]
Today from Margaret Swedish: As the dawning of our energy crisis and the threat and reality of global warming begin to reach the level of our daily consciousness, many people are scrambling for any cleaner source of electricity to power our homes, computers, offices, etc. Coal will not be the answer because of the devastating [...]
From Margaret Swedish today: The White House released this morning the Bush administration’s new National Security Strategy (NSS). It is much the same as the old strategy, except for somewhat more rhetorical acknowledgement of the importance of international diplomacy as one way to promote freedom, democracy, and US interests around the world. It also addresses some issues [...]