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Sundance: Stepping up and out
Utah middle schoolers send message to world |
Kate Sheppard |
24 Jan 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Almost two years ago, aerial artist John Quigley brought more than 500 community residents and several movie stars together to spell out the words 'Arctic Warning' way up in the Arctic Circle. The event was documented by Everything's Cool co-director Daniel B. Gold, and makes an appearance in the film. On Monday, Quigley arranged nearly 1,000 Utah middle schoolers to send a response to the Arctic and the rest of the world: 'Step it up -- go carbon neutral.'In an event ... |
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| Topics: grassroots activism, jackassery, Utah (all these topics) |
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'Eco-terrorism': On the scale of jackassery
It's pretty low-end |
David Roberts |
22 Jan 2006 |
Gristmill |
| I would hope it goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway: I do not condone the acts of the ALF or, to the extent it's extant, the ELF. Arson is a crime and should be prosecuted. Flooding, vandalism -- not cool. Graffiti, well, it's a menace. To deem one's cause more worthy than a living, breathing human being is the ultimate in jackassery. As yet, ELF has not gone there. But destroying people's stuff is also jackassery. A distinctly lower-order form of jackas ... |
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| Topics: eco-terrorism, jackassery (all these topics) |
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Jackassery
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David Roberts |
06 Aug 2005 |
Gristmill |
| John Tierney doesn't have the stones to come out and say that global warming will be a good thing, so instead he just dances around it with innuendo and anecdotes. |
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| Topics: jackassery (all these topics) |
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Politics & science, oil & water, cats & dogs
GAO to investigate whether Cooney's editing was illegal |
Emily Gertz |
30 Jun 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Chris Mooney has a good catch today: Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and Harry Reid (D-Nev.) have asked the GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, to determine whether recently-resigned Bush administration official Philip Cooney violated federal statutes against obstruction of Congress and false statements. Cooney, as you may recall, is the former oil industry lobbyist, turned chief of staff of the White House Council on Environmental Quality who edited research rep ... |
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| Topics: climate change mitigation, jackassery, politics, US House of Representatives (all these topics) |
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Whining Is Job One
Ford Battles Hybrid-Friendly Legislation, Destroys Electric Cars |
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24 Aug 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Whining Is Job One Ford Battles Hybrid-Friendly Legislation, Destroys Electric Cars Ford Motor Co. CEO Bill Ford's vocal attempts to position his company as eco-friendly are sounding a little hollow this week. As the California legislative session nears its end, Ford has ramped up lobbying efforts to kill a bill that would allow d ... |
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| Topics: Big Auto, business, California, cars, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, hybrids, jackassery, placemaking, politics (all these topics) |
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Things That Make You Go Hum-vee
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20 Dec 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Things That Make You Go Hum-vee Tax deductions granted by the federal government to small-business owners and the self-employed provide an incentive to purchase oversize, gas-guzzling vehicles like a General Motors Hummer, rather than small, more fuel-efficient cars like the hybrid Toyota Prius. An eligible buyer of a 2003 Hummer H2 could deduct $34,912 of the base price of the vehicle, for a tax savings ... |
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| Topics: cars, hybrids, jackassery, placemaking, politics (all these topics) |
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