Goal For The Green

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Six Months Later!

Oct-24-2010 By Barbara Zak

Few places on our small planet have suffered more repeated disasters in the past decade, resulting in loss of life and destruction of property, than the United States Gulf Coast. Katrina was bad. For many areas, Ivan was even worse. The BP blowout, resulted from insatiable GREED,  and hunger for carbon-based fuels.    These things are among the true causes, and reasons for the blowout. For me, it’s still a challenge, to attempt to wrap my brain around the size and complexity, of what has transpired since April 20, 2010, at the Macondo, Deep Water Horizon site.  I don’t live in the area, but I do know,  that the event  has altered life, in that particular area, irrevocably, and for many years to come.

Well, now it’s been  six months,since the Deepwater Horizon exploded, and it’s safe to say that the BP spill, will not be remembered, as making any kind Read the rest of this entry »

Where Are Those “Green” Jobs?

Aug-21-2010 By Barbara Zak
A National Institutes of Energy
Image by Third Way via Flickr

During those early days, of the Obama administration, environmentalists believed, they had found the message to carry them to victory.  The stage was set, on what promised to be a grueling debate, over energy and climate policy. The topic was, and still is this: At a time of soaring unemployment, (which is still the case), a climate bill, would create thousands, or millions of new “clean energy, or green” jobs.  So, where are these jobs?  You may have noticed signs, along the road, in your area, stating, where your tax dollars are going.  Funny, thing is, the money was spent on the signs, not on fixing the ROADS.  So much, for our stimulus dollars at work,  but NOT, our people being EMPLOYED!

Climate activists spent 18 months, and millions of dollars, Read the rest of this entry »

Glacier National Park is Melting!

Apr-10-2010 By Barbara Zak
Garden Wall in Glacier National Park
Image via Wikipedia

Perhaps ,you are someone who thinks Global Warming or Climate Change is just a fallacy, aimed at getting us to take notice, and change our habits. Well, you are right it is meant for us to take notice, because it is a real fact. Read the rest of this entry »