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Eco-terrorism: Energy Partners vs. Greenpeace (key points of complaint)

By Warren Martin -- September 18, 2017

“When environmental groups act to endanger the very environment they claim to be defending, what conclusion must be drawn in regards to their purpose? There goal is not transparency, truth, nor are these isolated incidents. It is a attempt to reverse the march of progress. As one environmental protestor recently stated at an Occupy rally, ‘Our very existence is bad for the planet.’ And another, ‘if you take humanity off this planet, the planet would explode with prosperity.’”

Energy Transfer Partners L.P. has sued Greenpeace International, Earth First!, Red Warrior Camp and numerous other parties accusing them of collaboration as a “Criminal Enterprise”. The suit states “the Enterprise” collaborated to incite terrorist acts, vandalism and the fabrication of false information in an effort to generate publicity for the purpose of raising money.…

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State Department Climate Pullback (remembering Tillerson’s 2013 views)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- September 14, 2017

How do you want to deal with that great social challenge? To what good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers in the process of those efforts when you don’t know exactly what your impacts are going to be? So we [at ExxonMobil] have taken a much more balanced view and we said let’s manage the things, we know how to do manage today.” – Rex Tillerson (2013)

“Rex Tillerson just took the State Department another step back from acting on climate change,” laments Samantha Page at ThinkProgress (Center for American Progress). “This is part of a streamlining that reduced a number of special envoy positions as redundant or outdated.”

In particular, the Climate Change Envoy is slated for termination. Writes Page:

According to the State Department’s website, the climate change envoy “is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing U.S.

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Beyond “Flood Zones:” Time to Personally Floodproof Homes and Businesses

By Barry Klein -- September 13, 2017

“We’ve had heavy back-to-back rainfalls before. So I don’t think it’s the new normal. When you talk about a 1 percent chance of happening [in a given year], it can happen. You can flip a coin and have it come up heads 10 times in a row. It’s just, statistically, it shouldn’t happen, but it can.”

Mike Talbot,  then Executive Director of the Harris County Flood Control District (2016)

“Floodproofing needs to be routine for Houston area property owners based on their individual perception of risk. Each property owner would consider their elevation in the landscape, distance from nearby bayous and channels that can overflow, and whether their home or business sits on concrete pads or pier-and-beam foundations.”

Barry Klein (below)

I live in a 100-year old house in Houston.…

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Worse Case Events and Human Progress: Julian Simon’s Insight Post-Harvey

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- September 7, 2017
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Politicizing Harvey in the Houston Chronicle

By Charles Battig -- September 6, 2017
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Energy & Environmental Newsletter: September 5, 2017

By -- September 5, 2017
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Pierre Desrochers: 2017 Julian Simon Award Remarks

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 31, 2017
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Jeffrey Sachs’s Hurricane Harvey Hate Speech (Houstonians, Texans should be offended)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 30, 2017
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Does CAP Support Ecoterrorism? (Corporate donors should know)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 29, 2017
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“Wind Energy Isn’t a Breeze” (Slate looks critically at industrial wind)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 28, 2017
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