For decades, Brazil has jealously safeguarded the right to decide the future of its national patrimony, the Amazon rain forest. It has responded to the plea of developing countries to stop the destruction of the rain forest with a defiant cry: "Hands off our Amazon!" Now, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has come up with a more practical response to those who want to save one of the most precious environmental resources on the planet: "Put your money where your mouth is!" ...more

September 3, 2008

Parts of the Endangered Species Act may soon be extinct. The Bush administration wants federal agencies to decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm endangered animals and plants. New regulations, which don't require the approval of Congress, would reduce the mandatory, independent reviews government scientists have been performing for 35 years, according to a draft first obtained by The Associated Press. ...more

August 12, 2008

Ted Johns of New Port Richey offers the unbelievable tale of "Schmeron" and "Schmaliburton." ...more

August 6, 2008

Get The Point? I am a Republican, and very conservative. In fact, I'm even more on the right than Rush Limbaugh! ...more

August 6, 2008

The scene: Corporate Cubicle, circa July 2008. Inside it sits a sad soul sporting goose bumps, chattering teeth and an expression usually found on the faces of Arctic explorers. Sort of frostbitten, but minus the frost. ...more

July 27, 2008

Regarding Michael Gerson's column "The Whale Oil Economy" (Other Views, July18): ...more

July 22, 2008

Green Not So Green I have a dilemma that I need the liberal global warming alarmists to help me with. If we go to "electric" cars, I foresee a conflict of interest. Do I demonstrate my "greenness" by having an electric-powered rollerskate, thereby increasing the demand of electricty, thereby increasing the amount of coal or nuclear power usage while thumbing my nose at the oil companies? ...more

July 18, 2008

Imagine how crushed I was when my granddaughter told me recently that she isn't interested in "all the stuff that happened in the past." She's only 10. I still hope to win her over. ...more

July 13, 2008

Randy Goggin of New Port Richey says John McCain's position on energy only marginally better than Barack Obama's. ...more

July 12, 2008

China, India and other energy-guzzling developing nations rejected key elements of a global warming strategy Wednesday that was embraced Tuesday by President Bush and leaders of wealthy nations. The United Nations' top climate official also dismissed the G-8 goals as insignificant. ...more

July 10, 2008