Comments Brad Johnson has made
What's the logic?
Does Dingell really think it's a good idea to rally support from industry lobbyists in the current political environment?
On House Dems taking sides in Dingell/Waxman battle over posted 1 year ago 3 ResponsesPity
Just because LCV endorsed Chris Shays doesn't make him a green candidate. His record of supporting the Bush-Cheney agenda means that he is far to the right of his constituents on environmental policy.
Endorsing an incumbent with a 54% LCV rating against a progressive, environmentalist challenger in a liberal district is shameful.
On A look at House races with hot eco-angles posted 1 year ago 2 ResponsesSununu, really?
Really, Sununu? The guy is a Norquistian conservative libertarian.
Sununu filibustered renewable tax credits not once, but twice in key votes that failed by a single vote. (McCain could have overcome the filibuster both times if he so desired.)
Sununu is far to the right of his NH constituents, increasingly so as the years go by.
I hate to slam a fellow MIT grad, but Sununu is no Snowe-Chafee (or even a Collins).
On LCV endorses Republican Susan Collins in Maine Senate race posted 1 year, 1 month ago 3 ResponsesAlito and Roberts
Collins called the extreme anti-environment zealot Sarah Palin a "great choice."
Worse, Collins voted to confirm Alito and Roberts, who tried to prevent the EPA from regulating carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas.
Among many, many other anti-environment positions they have taken and will continue to do so in the coming decades.
On LCV endorses Republican Susan Collins in Maine Senate race posted 1 year, 1 month ago 3 ResponsesThe real lesson
Is that EDF has a ridiculous amount of money.
On Joseph Romm's critique of EDF's contest is misguided posted 1 year, 1 month ago 2 ResponsesAnother correction
Also, it's Reality Mobile, not Mobil. It's not exactly an oil industry company, but is part of the military-industrial complex.
On Gingrich's 'grassroots' drilling campaign is funded by Big Oil, report says posted 1 year, 4 months ago 8 ResponsesAnother correction
Robert W. "Woody" Johnson IV, who donated $50K, is not the Robert W. Johnson who was an Exxon attorney. Instead he is the owner of NY Jets and a top Bush pioneer.
On Gingrich's 'grassroots' drilling campaign is funded by Big Oil, report says posted 1 year, 4 months ago 8 Responses
Correction
Wilkinson in fact donated $25,000, not $250,000.
See here.
On Gingrich's 'grassroots' drilling campaign is funded by Big Oil, report says posted 1 year, 4 months ago 8 ResponsesHonesty
L-W's 2020 target (and those of essentially all the other bills out there) would bring net US emissions into the range of 1990 levels, under optimistic accounting. That bill (and other bills out there) only has look back provisions that would kick in around 2019.
To achieve CO2-equiv stabilization around 450 ppm, the 2020 target needs to be 25-40% below 1990 levels.
I'm befuddled how you do the math to consider the L-W 2020 target "strong" and "aggressive."
I'm sorry, but it just doesn't add up.
On Short-term targets key to long-term stabilization posted 1 year, 5 months ago 4 ResponsesPlease
Provide evidence for the claim that the Clean Air Act is bad for the environment.
On The challenges of reconciling science and policy posted 1 year, 5 months ago 32 ResponsesDifference in the cost provisions
There wasn't any language about a specific price threshhold in the original bill.
On Barbara Boxer circulates an outline of her amendment to Lieberman-Warner posted 1 year, 6 months ago 4 ResponsesAli Velshi confused coal with soap.
On Tuesday, Ali Velshi got so excited about clean coal that he confused coal with soap.
There are, in fact, no such ads, because even the coal industry isn't willing to be that misleading about coal. Velshi seems to be confusing coal propaganda with the classic Ivory Soap slogan, "99 and 44/100% pure."
On The eternal cycle of liquid coal reincarnation posted 1 year, 6 months ago 2 Responses
What matters
What matters is what comes first. And we have an industry that's pretending global warming doesn't even exist, and is promoting a completely catastrophic future.
Doesn't say much in favor of their judgment.
On American Petroleum Institute ad promotes climate catastrophe posted 1 year, 7 months ago 5 ResponsesA Vicious Circle
David:
Activists the world over tend to prey on one another, probably because when one activist attacks another he/she gets a response. When you attack a coal executive, he ignores you. It's more satisfying to be paid attention to.
Isn't that what you're doing here, attacking other activists (for attacking other activists)?
You write:
I'm entirely open to the possibility that EDF says that, but can you point to an example?
I'm entirely open to the possibility that detractors of Lieberman-Warner say supporters are "earth f*cking, corporate bootlicking sellouts," but can you point to an example?
On Enough with the internecine warfare over Lieberman-Warner posted 1 year, 7 months ago 10 ResponsesThe effect of .25 points
From today's news:
The biggest declines on Wednesday came in the commodity markets, where prices of precious metals, crude oil and food products all fell back. Crude oil settled at $104.48 a barrel, down 5 percent.
On On oil and the dollar, Bush and McCain acknowledge their own cluelessness posted 1 year, 8 months ago 8 ResponsesMany investors had anticipated a cut of a full percentage point by the Fed on Tuesday, which would have sent down the value of the dollar. As a hedge against inflation, they plowed their funds into the commodities markets, which are measured in dollars and are likely to go up as the dollar falls.
But the Fed surprised investors with a three-quarter point cut, a slightly less aggressive move. Instead of dropping, the dollar climbed against the euro -- the European currency dropped to $1.5606 on Wednesday -- and investors scrambled to get out of their bets on commodity prices.
As a result, the June contract for gold plunged nearly 6 percent to $949.70 a troy ounce, well below the record highs it reached earlier in the week. Silver and wheat both dropped 8 percent.