Author - Bob Cesca

Environment

One Ring to Kill Them All

If you've been watching the live video from the gusher, you'll have noticed the brand new yellow ring they inserted into the plume, apparently to more evenly inject the Corexit dispersant into the...

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Environment

Leave BP Alone!

First, they said the president ought to get down there and hold BP accountable. Now they're suggesting the president is "demonizing" BP. Fox News and the wingnut talkers are siding with BP. Good...

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Environment

These Are the Stakes

Here's something that should motivate all liberals and Democrats to make sure the Republicans don't take back Congress in November. Robert Gibbs via Twitter: Who would the GOP put in charge of...

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Jobs

Bite Me, Senators

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate, including 21 Democrats, voted to continue paying Big Oil's $35 billion annual welfare check -- in the midst of the biggest environmental disaster in American history. And...

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Wingnuts

'Not Enough'

A commenter on Balloon Juice offers this spot-on analysis of critics of the Obama administration: I think the frustration that supporters of the president have (at least it is for me) is that his...

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Environment

Promises, Promises

Jon Stewart takes us through the history of clean energy pledges from the last eight presidents. But you know, if there had been enough public support for these changes -- if we had been willing to...

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Quote

Crazy Quote of the Day

"It is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shakedown, in this case a $20 billion shakedown." Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) The...

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Environment

Big Oil Welfare Ahoy

The Senate voted to preserve corporate welfare for Big Oil yesterday. Yesterday, the Senate voted down an amendment to its tax extenders bill, proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), that would have...

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