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July 22, 2008

500 Years of Fossil Fuel Furor

By Terry Winckler  /  Headquarters Office

Long before global warming came along, fossil fuels were bad for humankind, sez Michael Stermer, a professor and author who laid out his theories this week for the Los Angeles Times. Stermer blames non-renewable fossil fuels for the world’s unending political/economic turmoil of the last 500 years. "Our civilization is fast approaching a tipping point," …

July 1, 2008

Heroics and Visions at Earthjustice Forum

By Terry Winckler

Hundreds of people at an Earthjustice energy forum gave a standing ovation to Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius last week in Denver after hearing her tale of fighting off Big Coal so that Kansas could have a clean energy future. Both Gov. Sebelius and Earthjustice presented their visions of what a national clean energy agenda might …

June 24, 2008

Bill and I, Part II

By Terry Winckler

Bill is a long-haul truck driver, plying his trade on the highways of middle America. In my last post about him, I told how he called Earthjustice from his truck, attacking environmentalists for bringing him, and America, to the point of economic ruin. He ranted in my ear for 5 minutes about me being stupid …

June 21, 2008

Bill and I

By Terry Winckler

The voice mail caller accused me of being a Communist, anti-American, out-of-touch, and stupid. Worst of all, he spat out, I was an environmentalist. Bill was furious, like hundreds of callers to Earthjustice in the last two months. Driven to call us by rabid, right-wing radio hosts and bloggers, most folks just wanted to rant …

June 17, 2008

Colorado, Kansas Governors at Earthjustice Event

By Terry Winckler

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr., has just announced that he will join Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius at "Out of Kansas – A Clean Energy Agenda," a clean energy forum sponsored by Earthjustice on June 26 in Denver. Open at no charge to the public, the program is at the Denver Athletic Club, 1325 Glenarm Place.  …