Is T. Boone selling you shinola, or something else?
I grew up in Houston, Texas. Maybe that made me more susceptible than most to the romanticized idea of being a Texas oil man. At the age of 18, the same summer I graduated high school, I went to work...
View ArticleJesus was a community organizer.
Originally posted @ http://wwww.apollogonzales.com/...I’m pretty new to the world of organizing. In fact, the only time I can remember doing anything remotely like "community organizing" was during...
View ArticleNetroots Nation & NRDC Action Fund (Free Passes)
At the end of Netroots Nation 2008 the organizers stood at the podium and asked who in the audience would be willing to help sponsor attendees for the 2009 conference. I'd was high on the energy of the...
View ArticleThe Bones on Coal River Mountain
I'm a technician and a strategist. It is rare that I set that skill set aside and dust off my quill to enter the space that so many othersoccupy so elegantly and so passionately. This week, I feel...
View ArticleDispatches from Cop15: Over the Atlantic
It is 1 a.m., and for the first time in my life I have crossed the Atlantic. I am traveling at 625mph, fast approaching the island that my wife is named for. Somewhere below, Ireland like my wife and...
View ArticleDeepwater Dispatches (Part 1)
The first thing you forget when you leave the Gulf Coast, where I grew up, is the humidity. It is also the first thing you are reminded of when you come home. When I got the call that I was to pack up...
View ArticleDeepwater Dispatches: The Worst Possible Time
I think it goes without saying that there is never a good time for an oil spill. Certainly, the "drill baby drill" crowd would agree with me on that. Yesterday, sheltered from the pounding rain in his...
View ArticleH.R. 1 Meat Axe 1-3
H.R. 1, or the Continuing Resolution, contains $100 billion in spending cuts, many which will harm or eliminate Federal agencies' ability to regulate or enforce properly. There is a lot in those 359...
View ArticleSenate Oil and Gas Tax Hearing [LIVE BLOG]
Here at NRDC we're watching Oil execs from Chevron, Shell, ConocoPhilips, BP and Exxon testify before the Committee on Finance. We're live blogging and live tweeting. We've got 3 experts in the room...
View ArticleTRAIN Act on Collision Course with Environment
[This diary was originally posted by my colleague Ellis Pepper @ NRDC Switchboard]Tomorrow, the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Water and Power will hold a markup on the...
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