THE ENVIRONMENT:  A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

After three flat years, carbon emissions globally climbed 1.7% in 2017.  Bad as that is, we can say with certainty that the course the Trump administration has set us on has the potential to hasten us towards an environmental Day of Judgement.

ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT:  Lance is Not Recyclable

Creating hell on earth seems to be the goal of the current Republican Administration.  Putting the EPA under Scott Pruitt is akin to putting a tobacco company executive in the role of Surgeon General.  Amongst other iniquities, he has eliminated more than 30 environmental protection rules. AND he signed on for a 31% reduction in the EPA budget, generously scaled back to a mere $528 million cut by Congress.