Bank Of America’s Shirking Responsibility Statement

Last week, Bank of America released its 2010 Corporate Social Responsibility Report. It is more accurately described as “Bank of America’s 2010 Shirking Responsibility Report,” however. The document, titled “Opportunity in Motion,” is  87 pages of information about how the company conducts global business and holds itself accountable to “customers, employees, shareholders and communities,” according [...]

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Deep in the Heart of Dirty Energy and False Solutions

I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes. -Kinky Friedman They say everything is bigger in Texas. And in the race to drive our environment and climate off a steep cliff, my home state of Texas is speeding ahead in a big ass Mack fucking [...]

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Dispatches from Fantasy CCS-Land

I woke up this morning to the sight of a coal train rumbling below my window and the image of a shiny new ‘clean coal’ billboard fresh in my mind. I’m here in Pittsburgh for the 7th Annual Carbon Capture and Sequestration conference to present RAN’s perspective on CCS – which, for those anyone with [...]

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