Republicans

  • The word “conservation” and conservative are closely related, but there seems no room for conservationists in today’s radicalized Republican Party- So-called “conservative” Republican activists are bent on tearing down protections for the land, water, wildlife, and human safety from toxic elements. Below the New York Times blog interviews the head of the group Republicans for…

  • In the old Soviet Union, being a scientist was a dangerous thing unless discoveries upheld the Party’s ideology- Doubt GOP will be put scientists in a gulag. They will just be investigated and badgered out of a job. GOP plans attacks on the EPA and climate scientists. By Neela Banerjee. Los Angeles Times

  • Republicans boycotted the committee vote, so the Democrats passed the bill without them, 10 to 1- What the Democrats did is what you might expect, but in the past the Democrats have said, “Oh we need some bipartisanship,” when it is clear the minority at present wants nothing to do with bipartisanship. I guess no…

  • Some concessions to Robert Bennett (R-Utah) on oil and gas leases was needed- Here is the story. Senate GOP releases hold on Interior nominee. Politico. Salazar probably had to agree to look into offering tghe oil and gas leases next to the national parks that the courts and he had killed. Grrrrr. The New York…

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