Archive | Broken News RSS feed for this section
Citing Oil Spill as Deciding Blow, Environment Concedes Defeat
In a tearful press conference on Thursday, the environment said it would finally have to concede defeat at the hands of humanity.
Continue reading...Whales of the World Launch “Krill Baby Krill” Campaign
10. May 2010
In an apparent effort to jump on the oil spill pun bandwagon, a coalition of the world's baleen whales has launched a lobbying and advertising campaign sporting the slogan "Krill Baby Krill!"
Continue reading...Earth Day Swears It’s Turning “A Young 36″
5. April 2010
In spite of widespread publicity on Earth Day's impending 40th birthday, the worldwide celebration of all things environmentally friendly insisted it is only turning 36 years old on April 22.
Continue reading...Breaking: Passage of Health Care Reform Doesn’t Mean Shit for Climate Bill
22. March 2010
In a historic vote on Sunday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a sweeping reform of the health care system in this country. Almost immediately, pundits began hypothesizing on the effect that this progressive success will have on another of President Obama's goals, a comprehensive climate and energy bill. The consensus is that no one has any fucking idea.
Continue reading...Nuclear Waste to be Stored at Disney’s Big Thunder Mountain
17. March 2010
The Department of Energy withdrew its decades-old application to turn Yucca Mountain in Nevada into a permanent nuclear waste storage facility, but quickly replaced it with a new site: Big Thunder Mountain at Disneyland.
Continue reading...Maldives Orders a “Shit-Ton” of Sandbags
22. February 2010
An international purchase agreement revealed yesterday that the low-lying island nation of the Maldives has ordered an extremely large number of sandbags from multiple companies in the United States and Europe. A representative of the Maldives government responded to an e-mail question of what the bags are for as follows: "We are expecting a bit of flooding."
Continue reading...Senator McConnell Goes Into Real Lions’ Den, Doesn’t Come Out
30. January 2010
In an effort to match President Obama's show of bipartisanship when he spoke to and fielded questions from Republican House leaders on Friday, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R—Ken.) took a symbolic and apparently fatal approach.
Continue reading...Poll: Majority, But Not Supermajority, Wants to Save the Planet
26. January 2010
A new poll of more than 5,000 people from around the country found that only a majority actually care about protecting the environment. Without the required supermajority, though, it will be impossible to move forward on all planet-saving measures.
Continue reading...Cape Wind Stalled By Tribe’s Spiritual Need For Cheap Craps Tables
19. January 2010
The latest hiccup in a decade-long battle over the Cape Wind project comes from the Mashpee Wampanoag nation, who claim that the 130 turbines that would be built in Nantucket Sound would hinder their ancient tradition of greeting the sunrise while lying naked on piles of casino profits.
Continue reading...Avatar Fans Form Environmental Group to Find “Private Pandora”
15. January 2010
James Cameron’s new hit Avatar is inspiring a new environmental interest group known as “The Avatarian Society” to seek out their own private Pandora. The group hopes to find a secret, unspoiled area so that they might live in the way of the Na’vi– the indigenous people who live harmoniously with nature in Cameron’s film. [...]
Continue reading...- Kimberly-Clark Saves Trees with Kittens in a Box
- Coal: Cheap, Abundant, Cheap
- Impact of the Copenhagen Accord: Fake Quotes From Real People
- Super Bowl XLIV: A TreeHumper Scientific Survey
- Climate Progress Blogger's Head Finally Explodes Thanks to Your Stupidity
- Poll: Majority, But Not Supermajority, Wants to Save the Planet
- Oil Spill, Seagal or Van Damme? A Terminology Quiz
- Huge Impact Man: My Year-Long Attempt to Fuck Shit Up
- CopenFucked: Horrendous Wordplay Sinks Climate Deal
- Going Greenish in 2010: 10 Environmental New Year's Resolutions
- Gerovital: It is a proven scientific fact that only super fat...
- Brenton Sermania: Fed up with getting low numbers of useless traffic...
- Harriett Benedetti: hi, I found some great posts you might be liked to...
- crazy dogs: You really should find out these dogs! They're hum...
- Doug Poissonnier: Hi dude, I'm just into the internet to find some i...
- paulo_one: Climate Bill is Dead, Long Live the – Ah, F**k ...
- Blake Rogers: going green is always the best thing to do. it hel...
- Virgil Chapmon: I really hope that BP will be able to completely s...
- hyperlocavore: Citing Oil Spill as Deciding Blow, Environment ...
- ecopolitologist: Citing Oil Spill as Deciding Blow, Environment ...
@TreeHumper
on Facebook
24. June 2010
5 Comments