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This green doesn't want McCain back, thanks
In Politico, Darren Samuelsohn says "greens want their McCain back." I don't know if I qualify as a "green," but I can say with great vigor and certainty that I do not want my McCain back, or anyone's McCain for that matter. It's not clear how many greens are supposed to feel this way beyond Republicans for Environmental Protection (the only entity more desperate for a conservative date to the dance than John Kerry), but for those that do, listen carefully: he's just not that into you.
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Welcome to the real climate war: Big Oil versus the Terminator
The big news is the upset victory of Tea Partier Christine O'Donnell in Delaware. But the real war over climate change is being waged in the states.
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Ezra Klein makes lame case for industrial food
Are industrial farms the way forward? Washington Post pundit Ezra Klein thinks so. Shockingly, Tom Philpott disagrees.
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Now all GOP Senate candidates deny global warming
The one GOP Senate candidate who supported climate action was knocked out in Delaware's primary on Tuesday by Christine O'Donnell, a Tea Partier and "cap-and-tax" critic.
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Where do library books go when they die?
A creative way to recycle books that are ready to checkout for good.
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Feds target energy efficiency scofflaws
The Department of Energy is enforcing its own energy efficiency and water standards for products from light bulbs to shower heads, siting 27 companies
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Death by McDonald's [VIDEO]
A group of U.S. doctors has a morbid new ad aimed at taking a bite out of Americans' fatal attraction to fast food. Watch the short ad.
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Texas and three other states threaten to sue California over AB 32
Texas and three other states with attorneys general beholden to Dirty Oil have vowed to sue California as a last-ditch effort to kill AB 32.
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My Intentional Life: House Meetings Rule?
The My Intentional Life crew's whole building gathers for a monthly meeting to discuss chicken coops, beehives, and other creature comforts.
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Is it greener to be a homemaker than to have a job outside the home?
A letter writer argues that it's better for the planet if one partner in a household stays out of the workforce. But that's quite a stretch.
