Elliott Negin

FIELD NOTES / Cold Load ~ A report from the Ercotastrophe zone

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Vietnam: Getting In / Getting Out

The Rent Horse Kid

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Dec 9, 2018
9 min

Will Koch Pull the Plug on Electric Cars?

When multibillionaire industrialist Charles Koch perceives a potential threat to his fossil fuel empire, he doesn’t mess around. To...

Judge Should Not Have Deferred to Congress, Executive Branch in Fossil-Fuel Climate Case

Elliott Negin

Jun 27, 2018
5 min

Judge Should Not Have Deferred to Congress, Executive Branch in Fossil-Fuel Climate Case

On Monday, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by San Francisco and Oakland against the five biggest privately owned oil companies for...

EPA Chief Pruitt Even Violates His Own Principles

Elliott Negin

May 3, 2018
6 min

EPA Chief Pruitt Even Violates His Own Principles

With Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s job now hanging in the balance, it is a good time to recall that, just...

From National Parks to the EPA, Trump Administration Stiff-Arms Science Advisers

Elliott Negin

Jan 19, 2018
3 min

From National Parks to the EPA, Trump Administration Stiff-Arms Science Advisers

The Trump administration’s testy relationship with science reminds me of that old saying: Advice is least heeded when most needed....

Trump Vows To Kill 50 Years Of Federal Health And Safety Protections

Elliott Negin

Dec 21, 2017
5 min

Trump Vows To Kill 50 Years Of Federal Health And Safety Protections

President Trump wants to set the regulatory clock back to 1960, and last week he acted it out for the cameras. Wielding a pair of golden...

Hyping U.S. Missile Defense Capabilities Could Have Grave Consequences

Elliot Negin

Nov 30, 2017
6 min

Hyping U.S. Missile Defense Capabilities Could Have Grave Consequences

In response to North Korea’s latest ballistic missile test, which flew higher and farther than any of its previous launches, President...

Coal is Going Down, Even Without The Clean Power Plan

Elliott Negin

Oct 12, 2017
5 min

Coal is Going Down, Even Without The Clean Power Plan

Last Monday, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced he will repeal the Obama administration’s regulation to...

Will New Scientific Breakthroughs Pave The Way For More Climate-Related Lawsuits?

Elliott Negin

Sep 16, 2017
4 min

Will New Scientific Breakthroughs Pave The Way For More Climate-Related Lawsuits?

What can you do when the president of the United States says climate change is a hoax and Congress is gridlocked by fossil fuel...

Energy Department Scientists Barred From Attending Nuclear Power Conference

Elliott Negin

Aug 18, 2017
6 min

Energy Department Scientists Barred From Attending Nuclear Power Conference

Edwin Lyman, a physicist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, was one of 30 U.S.-based scientists scheduled to speak at the quadrennial...

Trump Should Build A Wall, But Not On The Mexican Border

Elliott Negin

Jul 12, 2017
8 min

Trump Should Build A Wall, But Not On The Mexican Border

After President Trump met with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto last Friday at the G20 summit in Germany, a reporter asked him if...

Can Trump’s Koch-Funded Appointees Stall Clean Energy Momentum?

Elliott Negin

May 19, 2017
5 min

Can Trump’s Koch-Funded Appointees Stall Clean Energy Momentum?

When The Washington Post reported earlier this month that President Trump appointed Daniel Simmons to run the Office of Energy Efficiency...

Gutting EPA’s Budget And Staff Would Endanger The Health Of Millions Of Americans

Elliott Negin

Mar 8, 2017
9 min

Gutting EPA’s Budget And Staff Would Endanger The Health Of Millions Of Americans

During his nationally televised speech before Congress on Tuesday night, President Trump vowed to “promote clean air and clean water.” Is...

EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt Would Trash Air And Water Safeguards

Elliott Negin

Jan 3, 2017
4 min

EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt Would Trash Air And Water Safeguards

Nominating Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to run the Environmental Protection Agency gives lie to Donald Trump’s claim that he is...

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Long Distance Call, is a weekly contemplation on the most dire threat to our Republic in our lifetime. He means to keep it up until Inauguration Day.

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Micael Priest

A Short Film

by Bob Simmons

Micael Priest's work was one of the hallmarks of a special time in Austin. He made the art that drew the crowds to hear the music that made a city. He made us all a little richer just by strokes of a pen

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to see the Film

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The RAT File

Jeffrey Nightbyrd Shero

Short films and stories about the political & social turmoil in the 60's as seen thru the New York underground newspaper RAT

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The RAT File

Jeffrey Nightbyrd Shero

Short films and stories about the political & social turmoil in the 60's as seen thru the New York underground newspaper RAT

Music from

Todd Samusson

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