skip to main | skip to sidebar

The Political Environment

A forum, news site and archive begun in February, 2007 about politics and the environment in Wisconsin. And elsewhere.

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Pollution President gives world the finger

The air is nice and clean at the White House and Trump Tower, though rising seas near Mar-a-Lago might someday tell this scandal-plagued billionaire dilettante
Donald Trump official portrait.jpg
that governing merely for the minority who voted for him and an even smaller minority polling says want the Paris Climate Accord dumped was a bad decision.
Trump to pull U.S. from historic Paris climate agreement, breaking ranks with more than 190 countries

Posted by James Rowen at 2:24 PM

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
View mobile version
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Fall sunset past the Hoan Bridge

Fall sunset past the Hoan Bridge

Lake Michigan gale

Lake Michigan gale
On the Milwaukee lakefront

Milwaukee's streetcar, "The Hop," is running.

Milwaukee's streetcar, "The Hop," is running.
Waukesha County, Republican pols failed to kill it.

The Calatrava Addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum

The Calatrava Addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum
Sunset on the lakefront, summer 2018

Milwaukee River empties into Lake Michigan

Milwaukee River empties into Lake Michigan

Wisconsin wind farm, east of Waupun

Wisconsin wind farm, east of Waupun
86 turbines overcame Walker's blockade

Skylight illumination in Milwaukee City Hall

Skylight illumination in Milwaukee City Hall
The historic 19th-century building has stone floors, copper decoration, and iron work by the famous artisan Cyril Kolnic. Stop in and walk around.

What water, wetland protection is all about

"A little fill here and there may seem to be nothing to become excited about. But one fill, though comparatively inconsequential, may lead to another, and another, and before long a great body may be eaten away until it may no longer exist. Our navigable waters are a precious natural heritage, once gone, they disappear forever," wrote the Wisconsin Supreme Court in its 1960 opinion resolving Hixon v. PSC and buttressing The Public Trust Doctrine, Article IX of the Wisconsin State Constitution.

Lake Michigan in winter

Lake Michigan in winter
Milwaukee skyline

James Rowen's Bio

James Rowen is an independent writer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He worked as the senior Mayoral staffer in Madison and Milwaukee and for newspapers in both cities. This blog began on 2/2/ 2007.

Blog Archive

  • ►  2023 (1)
    • ►  April (1)
  • ►  2022 (1)
    • ►  April (1)
  • ►  2021 (238)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (3)
    • ►  September (3)
    • ►  August (20)
    • ►  July (32)
    • ►  June (31)
    • ►  May (23)
    • ►  April (26)
    • ►  March (31)
    • ►  February (36)
    • ►  January (31)
  • ►  2020 (474)
    • ►  December (19)
    • ►  November (42)
    • ►  October (69)
    • ►  September (36)
    • ►  August (32)
    • ►  July (46)
    • ►  June (40)
    • ►  May (30)
    • ►  April (32)
    • ►  March (58)
    • ►  February (32)
    • ►  January (38)
  • ►  2019 (719)
    • ►  December (41)
    • ►  November (62)
    • ►  October (52)
    • ►  September (65)
    • ►  August (64)
    • ►  July (58)
    • ►  June (53)
    • ►  May (57)
    • ►  April (63)
    • ►  March (60)
    • ►  February (55)
    • ►  January (89)
  • ►  2018 (1010)
    • ►  December (87)
    • ►  November (78)
    • ►  October (82)
    • ►  September (90)
    • ►  August (100)
    • ►  July (94)
    • ►  June (77)
    • ►  May (84)
    • ►  April (87)
    • ►  March (80)
    • ►  February (83)
    • ►  January (68)
  • ▼  2017 (1131)
    • ►  December (61)
    • ►  November (78)
    • ►  October (81)
    • ►  September (102)
    • ►  August (107)
    • ►  July (93)
    • ▼  June (102)
      • GOP swoons before trucking lobby, road budget woes...
      • On water, MI GOP Atty. General shames WI GOP offic...
      • GOP bill would cut Medicaid by 35%, but...
      • Walker's WI disregards environmental law, people's...
      • More official tilt for proposed Lake Michigan-hugg...
      • Congressional bodies rejecting some Trump budget c...
      • Crazy golf course owner keeps posting false 'decor'
      • There's only 1 question for Ron Johnson this holid...
      • Court says no Federal $$ for WI highway project bu...
      • In Johnson TweetSpeak, 'improving' means no more w...
      • GOP bidding begins for Zika babies, nursing home, ...
      • GOP congested from WI Capitol to US Capitol
      • Ron Johnson wants freedom from extending a helping...
      • Milwaukee reposts climate change site taken down b...
      • House bill win - beats by 2 mil 'wimpy' Senate's 2...
      • WI expert explains Medicaid cuts Ron Johnson said ...
      • Why Ron Johnson will attack 'health' bill uninsure...
      • Ron Johnson, R-Ignorance, blames, punishes those w...
      • Ron Johnson: your 'health' bill quickly cuts disea...
      • Past clues to Ron Johnson's health 'care' bill stance
      • Trump's EPA chief enters Great Lakes Twilight Zone
      • Add media stonewalling to WI DNR's science, public...
      • After Cambria mill blast & deaths, reject Trump's ...
      • Updating Wisconsin budget deadline fail
      • Walker keeps escaping responsibility for Lincoln H...
      • White House real estate mogul embraces charnel hou...
      • WI wants to OK killing groundhogs 24/7/365 - - eve...
      • Wisconsin Supreme Court strengthens GOP secrecy em...
      • More material about state park, related preservati...
      • Senate Republicans release unhealthy tax cut bill
      • Kohler golf course comment deadline is 6/23
      • Comment deadline 6/23 on Kohler golf plan's state ...
      • Golf course plan which includes state park land ta...
      • Of rulers and princes and sons
      • Brown water, black water state AGs blend their 'ex...
      • Round-up of key recent posts about Wisconsin's dam...
      • WI groups fight Walker's DNR. Again.
      • Incivility; words or deeds?
      • Reminder that WI GOP gerrymander was hatched in se...
      • Divorcing the public, WI DNR flips off State Fair
      • Damage deepens at Walker/Stepp's anti-science WI DNR
      • Quickie land grab for golf course, sprawl, has 6/1...
      • WI ignores lessons of self-inflicted MI water trag...
      • On Russian 'asylum,' Team Trump will claim pre-exi...
      • Foxconn wants ginormous 1,000-acre site, a la Tesl...
      • Growth industry raises bar in Trump era
      • Sheboygan considers golf course sweetheart annexat...
      • Gableman departure bookends ugly WI decade
      • GOP-led WI aims to trigger disastrous Constitution...
      • Wash Post says Trump is Mueller probe target
      • WI Foxconn plant, election-talk? Remember it stiff...
      • WI #1 Political Fact: Walker's dependence on Trump
      • Jeff Sessions just validated that failing, fake Th...
      • A weak Trump thrives on weak staffers
      • FitzWalkerStan becomes FitzFantasyLand
      • Thank Ryan, Walker, Priebus, et al, for our sick G...
      • Walker's college degree deficiency ironically fits...
      • GOP members of congress won't censure Sessions, as...
      • WI lakeshore counties under dirty air alert, but...
      • WI wolf 'hunt' means chase-dogs, leg traps, then g...
      • WI mixed message: Come for Lake Superior birding, ...
      • Why I still like news in print
      • Complete DNR fail; Massive fecal pollution in Kewa...
      • WisDOT assigned road-kill deer removal. Good idea?
      • Trump's 'Chinese hoax' linked to heat-related mass...
      • Walker-Trump photo June 13, only 10k
      • Trump promises sworn testimony, tapes information
      • Sturgeon Bay waterfront rights could sneak into st...
      • Spread of Invasive mussels to Lake Mendota a very ...
      • Which GOP pols embrace Trump during 6/13 visit?
      • Trump's leading defender is...the Pride of Janesville
      • Cruel WI bear hunt costs many dogs, big dollars
      • WI GOP science: 6,000 yr.-old planet not warming
      • Trump White House fatally channels Nixon
      • Not a travel ban, but Walker's thinking Illinois t...
      • WI GOP lawmakers in budget stall, agree on a woodc...
      • Walker anchoring '18 re-election on bashing the poor
      • WI GOP fracture over budget not Kansas yet, but...
      • US EPA's anti-environment chief spews fake coal jo...
      • Ratings-obsessed TV reality host to lose ratings w...
      • Hardly anyone wants job with Trump - except Sherif...
      • Trump switches from obstruction to distraction
      • So which WI programs get drained for road work?
      • Little official WI urgency about diseased deer
      • What's missing from the Tommy Thompson transportat...
      • Major climate study refutes EPA's Pruitt. Ron John...
      • Wisconsin Republicans should take responsibility f...
      • If a petition vs. Trump UK visit were reposted...
      • Fantastic image from Manchester benefit concert
      • How Trump insulted London, attack victims
      • City of Chicago posts Trump-deleted gov't climate ...
      • Our stupid President further sinks his Supreme Cou...
      • Monarch habitat event Sunday on MKE County Grounds
      • Desperate Walker on 48-hour jobs mission - - to Japan
      • WI DNR issues dirty alert it could have posted ear...
      • Data show Walker's WI could be headed for recession
      • Clean water for everyone should be #1 Wisconsin pr...
      • Select crowd at Trump's climate killing WH event t...
      • World laughs as Trump finds climate change denying...
      • WI Pollution Gov. to get Pollution Presidency fund...
    • ►  May (119)
    • ►  April (77)
    • ►  March (105)
    • ►  February (100)
    • ►  January (106)
  • ►  2016 (938)
    • ►  December (114)
    • ►  November (125)
    • ►  October (133)
    • ►  September (74)
    • ►  August (74)
    • ►  July (73)
    • ►  June (65)
    • ►  May (63)
    • ►  April (60)
    • ►  March (72)
    • ►  February (49)
    • ►  January (36)
  • ►  2015 (1521)
    • ►  December (37)
    • ►  November (53)
    • ►  October (81)
    • ►  September (84)
    • ►  August (161)
    • ►  July (160)
    • ►  June (152)
    • ►  May (141)
    • ►  April (121)
    • ►  March (165)
    • ►  February (186)
    • ►  January (180)
  • ►  2014 (1802)
    • ►  December (168)
    • ►  November (162)
    • ►  October (184)
    • ►  September (170)
    • ►  August (188)
    • ►  July (149)
    • ►  June (154)
    • ►  May (120)
    • ►  April (113)
    • ►  March (107)
    • ►  February (143)
    • ►  January (144)
  • ►  2013 (1617)
    • ►  December (141)
    • ►  November (133)
    • ►  October (173)
    • ►  September (119)
    • ►  August (157)
    • ►  July (165)
    • ►  June (105)
    • ►  May (135)
    • ►  April (118)
    • ►  March (113)
    • ►  February (110)
    • ►  January (148)
  • ►  2012 (2117)
    • ►  December (133)
    • ►  November (135)
    • ►  October (167)
    • ►  September (219)
    • ►  August (189)
    • ►  July (143)
    • ►  June (164)
    • ►  May (212)
    • ►  April (172)
    • ►  March (199)
    • ►  February (201)
    • ►  January (183)
  • ►  2011 (2459)
    • ►  December (195)
    • ►  November (189)
    • ►  October (195)
    • ►  September (183)
    • ►  August (181)
    • ►  July (200)
    • ►  June (205)
    • ►  May (170)
    • ►  April (224)
    • ►  March (322)
    • ►  February (228)
    • ►  January (167)
  • ►  2010 (2117)
    • ►  December (156)
    • ►  November (148)
    • ►  October (173)
    • ►  September (174)
    • ►  August (193)
    • ►  July (219)
    • ►  June (218)
    • ►  May (216)
    • ►  April (139)
    • ►  March (216)
    • ►  February (170)
    • ►  January (95)
  • ►  2009 (1458)
    • ►  December (110)
    • ►  November (64)
    • ►  October (89)
    • ►  September (116)
    • ►  August (130)
    • ►  July (137)
    • ►  June (141)
    • ►  May (99)
    • ►  April (126)
    • ►  March (149)
    • ►  February (124)
    • ►  January (173)
  • ►  2008 (1569)
    • ►  December (146)
    • ►  November (69)
    • ►  October (131)
    • ►  September (149)
    • ►  August (141)
    • ►  July (140)
    • ►  June (139)
    • ►  May (127)
    • ►  April (128)
    • ►  March (158)
    • ►  February (119)
    • ►  January (122)
  • ►  2007 (1054)
    • ►  December (97)
    • ►  November (121)
    • ►  October (74)
    • ►  September (111)
    • ►  August (101)
    • ►  July (111)
    • ►  June (114)
    • ►  May (107)
    • ►  April (80)
    • ►  March (84)
    • ►  February (54)
 

Followers

Recommended Blogs

  • Bill Christofferson Xoff Blog
  • Bill Sell - Socrates Children
  • Blogging Blue
  • Caffeinated Politics
  • Citizens Allied for Sane Highways (CASH)
  • Climate Chronicle
  • Compassionate Badger
  • Compost Guy
  • Congresspedia/Wiki/Sunlight Blogs
  • Dale Olen Blog
  • Dave Dempsey Blog
  • edible nation
  • Energetich20
  • Eye On Wisconsin
  • Fighting Bob/Ed Garvey Blog
  • Furthermore Blog
  • Grassroots Northshore
  • Gristmill
  • Haas414
  • Hearts and Minds/ Clyde Winter
  • Illusory Tenant
  • Immigration Orange
  • In Effect
  • James Howard Kuntsler
  • James Rowen's Blog at UppityWis.org
  • James Rowen's Daily Kos Diary
  • Jay Bullock/Folkbum
  • Madison Peak Oil
  • Michigan Liberal
  • Mid Coast/Michael Rosen
  • Milwaukee Rising (Formerly Storyhill.net)
  • Mobile's Take
  • Noah Hall/Great Lakes Law Blog
  • One Wisconsin Now
  • Paul Soglin/Waxing America
  • Plaisted Writes
  • Progressive Majority Power Blog
  • Pundit Nation
  • River Rat - - River Alliance of Wisconsin
  • Roger Bybee's Bread and Roses
  • Sky Blue Waters
  • Sprawled Out
  • Stuart Carlson Cartoons
  • Sustainable Walworth
  • The Daily Yonder
  • The Overhead Wire
  • The Sconz
  • The SEIU Blog
  • Third Coast Digest
  • Tim Cuprisin at OnMilwaukee.com
  • Tree Hugger
  • Uppity Wisconsin
  • Urban Wilderness
  • Watchdog Milwaukee
  • Water and Watersheds Oregon State University
  • Water Blogged in Waukesha
  • Water Crunch/SE United States
  • Whallah!
  • WI Public Health POlicy Blog
  • Wingnut Prophet

google analytics

Powered By Blogger