Forcing a vote on a matter that may bind the United States' fate to fossil fuels for decades to come is the most irresponsible aspect of all in this debate.
The companies get to skirt the full environmental review Obama promised offshore drilling projects would have to face, and mostly due to political reasons.
The Gulf crisis has been made worse by the fact that BP's CEO Tony Hayward has been spewing tone-deaf gaffes about as fast as the Deepwater Horizon site has spewed oil.
This is huge news, as one study has shown that the United States could meet every last kilowatt of its power demands if offshore wind was properly utilized.
What are the culprits? Overgrazing, extracting too much water from aquifers, rerouting of water from its natural sources to population centers, and a warming climate.
Around the country, chemists have discovered that fish in the water downstream from water treatment plants absorb chemicals found in antidepressant drugs into their bodies.
And this despite the fact that such bagged salads often display claims of 'prewashed' or 'triple-washed' and attract customers who consider them cleaner and safer.
The status of the Senate clean energy reform bill may have fallen a bit out of focus as of late. But it's still very much alive -- and doing rather well, actually.
Her book is hardly out the gates, and it's already facing a torrent of criticism from mainstream news sources for including various untruths and flat out lies.
