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Robert Kennedy Jr. …
… has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. Wonder how Clinton feels about Cape Wind?
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Pesticide use on crops drops in California, but fumigant use up
Agricultural pesticide use dropped by 10 million pounds in California last year — a bit of progress offset by an increased use of fumigants by strawberry growers. In addition, application of commercial pesticides for uses such as landscaping and mosquito control increased. California “works hard to promote least-toxic pest management” says Mary-Ann Warmerdam of the […]
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New briefing finds improvement but new challenges for climate reporting
A short new briefing (PDF) from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) says that media coverage of climate change has improved, but still shows several flaws: • There are many criticisms of how the media has covered climate change to date, but many signs of improvement too. For journalists new to the topic, […]
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A multi-million dollar ad campaign tries to convince Americans that coal still rules
Today’s Progress Report from CAP has a great rundown on the clean coal industry and the presidential debates. I’ve put the whole thing under the fold. Read it and weep: Viewers tuning into Wednesday’s CNN/YouTube Republican debate probably saw commercials for "clean coal." They may have also seen an ad for the debate in that […]
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Laissez unfair
In his typically succinct way, Atrios captures something essential about energy policy, modern-day conservatism, and Rudy Giuliani: Jim Cramer is interviewing Rudy. I don’t have the sound on, but the captions are funny. First one. “Giuliani: The US Should Increase Its Coal Supply Through Government Subsidies” About 4 minutes later: “Giuliani: Business And Government Are […]
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Organic bourbon
The New York Times says that bourbon is having its day in the sun, with small-batch, high-end distillers popping up all over the place. They’re shooting for the young connoisseur crowd, the same folks buying specialty cheeses, specialty breads, specialty coffee, specialty chocolates, etc. You know what would really attract that hip young crowd? An […]
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More than a quarter of U.S. bird species are endangered
It’s not a good time to be a bird in the U.S. The Watch List 2007, published by the National Audubon Society and American Bird Conservancy, finds that 178 bird species in the continental U.S. and 39 in Hawaii are vulnerable to extinction. That’s almost all of Hawaii’s non-migratory native birds and more than a […]
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The question for China and India is not whether to make the transition away from coal, but how soon
In part one I made the point that if China and India develop along the same path as the West, we’re all doomed. This fact is becoming increasingly clear to everyone. One way or another, whoever foots the bill, they’ll have to change, and that means shifting to a more expensive-in-the-short-term source of electricity, of […]
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Another distraction debunked
Fertilizing the ocean with iron looks to be just so much ... fertilizer.
