Articles by Randy Rieland
Randy Rieland is a writer who lives in Washington, D.C., but tries to spend as many weekends as possible at his cottage in the Shenandoah Mountains of Virginia. He also actually remembers the first Earth Day. You can email him at randy.rieland[at]gmail[dot]com.
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Here's a switch: Gulf residents want feds involved in restoring their coastline
Remember all the ranting about the federal government's ineptitude with the BP oil spill? Now three out of four Gulf residents want the feds to be involved in restoring their wetlands and beaches. Go figure.
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Expert says 50 percent of spilled BP oil remains in Gulf
Scientist Ian MacDonald sure isn't buying the Obama administration's sunny spin that 75 percent of it is gone. He suspects a whole lot of goo is now buried out there.
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Right-wingers jump back into politics, throw millions into Republican campaigns
Tea partiers get all the attention, but the big money in Republican campaigns is coming from old-line right-wingers who are about as establishment as you can get. Plus, what future generations will hate us for and a flight that lasts five years.
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California ups the ante on renewable electricity standard
California has stepped up again. Yesterday it raised the bar for states setting targets for using renewable energy.
