Fresh off the success of their recent protest on Wall Street and some well funded campaigns, MoveOn.org has released this video regarding the President Obama’s response to the Gulf oil spill. Off shore oil drilling is still on the table for the president but in this powerpoint styled video that picture of the dead fish […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Photo Credit: AP photo Israel had begun letting Apple’s iPads into the country starting Sunday. For 2 weeks their customs wasn’t allowing them into the country based on fears the iPad would interfere with other wireless devices. 20 confiscated iPads will finally be released. Most of us will be waiting a lot longer for our […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I wrote before The Source magazine (“The bible of Hip Hop music, culture and politics”) has put out a “green” issue that’s on stands now. I set out to find out what was so green about it. That involved me getting my hands dirty and actually buying the magazine. That’s right I bought it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Note: This post was written before the coal mine explosion in West Virginia. 25 coal miners have died after a huge explosion at a Massey Energy mine in Raleigh County in the worst mining disaster in the US in over 25 years. Read more about that at democracynow.org The African American Environmentalist Association was asked […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Photo Credit: “Return To The Batcave” by Jake Dobkin It was once called “The Lavender Lake”. Sounds like a nice place to go right? Nah, it wasn’t. The Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York was so named by the locals because it was so polluted with lavender tinged industrial waste. After decades of all kinds […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I didn’t go out yesterday but it rained in New York City. After a conversation with my mom, who got back from Haiti only a few days before the earthquake, I considered what it would be like if it rained in Haiti yesterday. I’ve spoken of my love of trees and what they mean to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Based on a ruling Friday by from the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans Hurricane Katrina victims may have standing to sue oil and coal companies for producing greenhouse gases, contributing to global warming and rising ocean temperatures, which in turn contributed to the ferocity of hurricanes. Does that sound like a lot? Does that sound […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
POWER UP WINDMILL OFFSET PKG: Package of 2 Offset Poster, 24 x 36 inches, Unsigned, Unnumbered, Thin Paper Stock You might remember Shepard Fairey as the acclaimed artist and designer who brought you the Obama HOPE Soviet style propaganda poster iconic image, has a new creation: “Clean Energy for America.” MoveOn.org is promoting this 24 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
