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Steve Horn commented on the blog post Keystone XL East? Enbridge’s Line 9 Tar Sands Pipeline
I think because tar sands crude is more corrosive and prone to spilling, as oppose to the sweet crude oil now coming from Africa and the Middle East and heading up to the Canadian market vis-a-vis the New England based pipeline infrastructure. I’m not a scientist though, so I could be wrong. That seems like the logic behind Friends of the Earth’s ecological grievances, though, if I had to guess.
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Steve Horn and
OhioGringo are now friends
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Steve Horn wrote a new diary post: Pennies to Clean Energy, Billions to Big Oil — Mainstream Media Missing the Real Story on Solyndra
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing yesterday on the ongoing and growing scandal in the wake of the bankruptcy of Solyndra Corporation. Solyndra, a solar panel manufacturer that recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after laying off over 1,000 workers, is facing a barrage of attacks by both politicians and the media. The GOP and its right [...] -
Steve Horn wrote a new diary post: Vitter-Johnson FARE Act: “Shock Doctrine” Attacks On Renewable Energy
Cross-Post from DeSmogBlog In her famous book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism , author and activist Naomi Klein quotes the Godfather of free market capitalism, Milton Friedman , whom she credits with mainstreaming the “shock doctrine.” Friedman stated:
“Only a crisis — actual or perceived — produces real changes. When the crisis occurs, the actions that are taken [...]
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Steve Horn wrote a new diary post: Seamless Transition: Pentagon Spokesman Geoff Morrell Moves to BP America
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog Last week, BP America hired former Department of Defense spokesman, Geoff Morrell , as its head of communications. The move sheds light on the central tenet of American national security policy dating back to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s not-so-well-known, but crucial 1945 meeting with then King of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud . That is, what Hampshire College Professor of [...] -
Steve Horn wrote a new diary post: Solyndra Solar Panel Corporation Scandal Ablaze – ThinkProgress Sets Record Straight
A Cross-Post From DeSmogBlog The ongoing scandal continues to blaze at Solyndra. Solyndra Corporation , a San Francisco Bay area solar panel start-up company, is under fire in the immediate aftermath of its August 31 filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and laying off over 1,000 workers, which is roughly one-fourth of those who were employed by Solyndra at the time. [...]
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Steve Horn became a registered member
