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Urgent Petition to save Cabo Pulmo National Marine Pa...
By rainbowhawk on July 9, 2010 | No Comments
Howdy Folks Here in Baja California Sur, Mexico we are facing the possible destruction of one of only 4 full reef systems in North America, the Cabo Pulmo National Marine Park and World Heritage Bio Reserve (UNESCO/United Nations program) and one which is vital for sustaining the balance of marine a... -
Gulf spill helps revive left-for-dead energy legislat...
By Escape The Illusion on June 13, 2010 | 4 Comments
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau. Reporting from Washington — Passing a major energy bill seemed virtually impossible a few weeks ago, but Democrats, bolstered by public anger over the gulf oil spill, are pushing for legislation with renewed hope of success. A new energy bill could be sh... -
Republican Who Gets It on Clean Energy Could Derail H...By Escape The Illusion on April 26, 2010 | No Comments
Senator Graham (R-SC) told reporters Saturday that he was outraged at the idea that now immigration reform might be voted on before the climate and energy bill and is no longer unveiling it Monday as promised. He has been working for weeks with Senators Kerry (D-MA) and Lieberman (I-CT) on making t... -
Confessions of a Former Oil Industry ConsultantBy Escape The Illusion on April 23, 2010 | No Comments
Jeremy Leggett has undergone quite a few large career changes, from oil industry consultant to Greenpeace scientist to solar power entrepreneur. A geologist by training, he worked with the oil industry until his studies brought him face-to-face with the growing evidence of climate change. In an indu... -
Who Really Gets Hurt When GOP’s Bunning Blocks ...By Escape The Illusion on March 2, 2010 | 1 Comment
The Department of Transportation furloughed nearly 2,000 employees without pay Monday as the government began to feel the impact of Republican Sen. Jim Bunning’s one-man blockage of legislation that would keep a host of federal programs operating. Bunning’s “hold” also affec... -
Totally Corrupt TV: Corporate Lobbyists Pose as Disin...By Escape The Illusion on February 19, 2010 | 1 Comment
Covert corporate influence-peddling is taking over cable news. President Obama spent most of December 4 touring Allentown, Pennsylvania, meeting with local workers and discussing the economic crisis. A few hours later, the state’s former governor, Tom Ridge, was on MSNBC’s Hardball With... -
Endangered Species on the Grill: The US’s Shock...By Escape The Illusion on February 15, 2010 | No Comments
Millions of fork-twirling gourmands — many of them in the U.S. — are eating endangered wildlife trafficked by international criminal networks. Can shellfish cry? Ask the 4,756 abalone bagged by smugglers and confiscated in a single recent raid on a house in Cape Town, South Africa. It... -
Earth’s Oceans: Our Largest Plastic LandfillsBy Escape The Illusion on January 11, 2010 | 2 Comments
Travel through any city, or inhabited rural area, in just about any country. There’s one thing, above all, that you’ll be sure to find: garbage. We are an incredibly untidy species. Garbage disposal is a problem everywhere in our Insta-Life society. There are things we simply can’t throw away ... -
While U.S. debates gay marriage, Uganda considers dea...By Escape The Illusion on January 8, 2010 | 2 Comments
KAMPALA, Uganda – Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords could be imprisoned for renting to homosexuals. Gay rights activists say the... -
Listening to a LiarBy Escape The Illusion on December 9, 2009 | 2 Comments
The most important thing about what anyone says are not the words themselves but the credibility of the person who says them. The words of convicted swindler Bernie Madoff were apparently quite convincing to many people who were regarded as knowledgeable and sophisticated. If you go by words, you c...
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