Comments Tricia G has made

  • I was so very disappointed at the news of Van Jones' resignation. I thought he was quite a plus for the country and its future direction. What a smart visionary. I think he should have hung in there and ignored the attacks. But maybe the administration wanted him out as too much of a distraction. But I'm afraid it will simply embolden the attackers to find new targets.

    On Green jobs adviser Van Jones resigns White House position posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago 5 Responses

  • Randy, as I have observed for some months now, has really nailed it with his comments. He's nailed our mostly hopeless elected people, some of whom are quite clueless. It was jaw-dropping for me to read Sen. McCaskill's acknowledgment that action on GW is urgent but that she was unwilling to do so. Incomprehensible!

    On McCaskill says House climate bill will sink in Senate posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago 21 Responses

  • I have little hope about doing the "right" thing. From High Country News a while ago, in a long article about the Colorado River and its water issues, was a quote from Eric Kuhn. He runs the Colorado River Water Conservation District, which represents 15 counties on Colorado's Western Slope. "In the South Platte, we intentionally chose political expedience over good science," he said. "We knew better, but people chose to make the wrong decision because it was the political path of least resistance."

    On Economic impacts of carbon pricing posted 6 months ago 11 Responses

  • comments on impacts

    Should be shared with Sierra Club, local if you know anyone, and as far up the food chain as possible. I know/work with Sierra Club in Arizona and I know they're examining the BLM EIS stuff on siting CSP. I can hope they'll glean the same good info and provide good comments, but I'll share all your work, stopgreenpath. I've done these kinds of reads and comments in the past and I know what a lot of work they are. Thanks for doing it!On We campaign continues to shoot itself, and climate movement, in the foot posted 1 year, 3 months ago 30 Responses

  • Conspiracy - or just system dysfunction?

    More blinding insights into the whole system dysfunction. I've worked on a local issue for more than a decade with The Nature Conservancy, which I've concluded is about as mainstream and corporate as an organization can be and still call itself environmental. Very frustrating. They clearly spend LOTS of time and money trying to exert influence from within the system. And I think the corporate-driven system allows them just enough tether and just enough successes to keep them in thrall. Is that more conspiracy?

    As usual, Wolverine is spot on with his analysis. Center for Biological Diversity does not bother with lobbying because they know it's a waste of time. They only sit down when they have some power, which for them comes from winning lawsuits. Negotiating without power is pretty pointless. On Has EDF spun out of environmentalism? posted 1 year, 4 months ago 19 Responses

  • So who's still good?

    The Center for Biological Diversity needs to go into that limited company, I think.
    And I just went to EDF's website to express my shock and disappointment about Krupp's comment on drilling. And there I found this link on the front page, about "no to drilling". How ironic.
    http://action.environmentaldefense.org/campaign/nooffshor ...On Has EDF spun out of environmentalism? posted 1 year, 4 months ago 19 Responses

  • Head in the Sand

    Wow. Isn't this just the classic definition of head in the sand behavior? If I can't see it, it doesn't exist.On White House refuses to open email about regulating greenhouse gases posted 1 year, 5 months ago 6 Responses

  • green cars

    Disappointed that my VERY green car didn't make it - my Honda Insight. But maybe that's because it isn't really mainstream and now Honda has even discontinued it.  But hey - 60 mpg on its lifetime!! All the statistics you had make me wonder what I'm going to do for my next car. It's all a comedown.On 15 Green Cars posted 2 years, 2 months ago 27 Responses

  • baiji

    Actually, the first statement is correct, about being an extinct aquatic mammal. In science, "aquatic" refers to freshwater habitat, whereas "marine" is used for ocean. So the Steller's sea cow would presumably have been a marine mammal, whereas the baiji was an aquatic mammal.On A moment of silence posted 2 years, 11 months ago 15 Responses