Opinion
Environmentalists (Remember Them?) Are Protesting Too
With the loudest resurgence in leftist activism in years coalescing around economic issues, it was appropriate to see this article—"Where Did Global Warming Go?"—in the New York Times
on Sunday. The story documents how the once-pressing green movement has stalled in the Obama years while European countries along with China, India, and Brazil have outpaced the US by passing tough rules to reel in carbon emissions.
On the local level—as Occupy Westlake has energized the activist community—we just saw the cause celebre of the green left, stopping the tunnel, flop. And my spider senses tell me the city's greenie $60 car tab fee (which would help bolster transit) is going to go down in November because liberals who would usually vote for it are, for once, convinced by the argument that it's a regressive tax [pullquote]The Woody Guthrie left is finally trumping the Bono left.[/pullquote]
Yep. The Woody Guthrie left is finally trumping the Bono left.
Or maybe not. I've got to hand it to a group called Environment Washington, which has seized the class-conscious moment by combining the two issues. Zooming in on the deficit reduction committee and co-chair US Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), the group is calling for an end to tax subsidies—to big oil.
A press release today states:
Well played.
The group is going to be protesting at the Beacon Hill BP gas station on Wednesday morning.
On the local level—as Occupy Westlake has energized the activist community—we just saw the cause celebre of the green left, stopping the tunnel, flop. And my spider senses tell me the city's greenie $60 car tab fee (which would help bolster transit) is going to go down in November because liberals who would usually vote for it are, for once, convinced by the argument that it's a regressive tax [pullquote]The Woody Guthrie left is finally trumping the Bono left.[/pullquote]
Yep. The Woody Guthrie left is finally trumping the Bono left.
Or maybe not. I've got to hand it to a group called Environment Washington, which has seized the class-conscious moment by combining the two issues. Zooming in on the deficit reduction committee and co-chair US Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), the group is calling for an end to tax subsidies—to big oil.
A press release today states:
As a key member of the Congressional Super Committee, Senator Murray is in a powerful position to stop wasteful subsidies to oil companies, a polluting industry that enjoys huge profits.
Well played.
The group is going to be protesting at the Beacon Hill BP gas station on Wednesday morning.
