Articles by Brad Johnson
Brad Johnson is the political director of Climate Hawks Vote.
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Joe Klein compares Van Jones to ‘white supremacist,’ ‘Nazi’
Cross-posted from Wonk Room. Joe Klein, the prominent Time Magazine liberal columnist, has embraced the right-wing assault on Van Jones, the White House green jobs advisor who resigned this weekend. Stung by a successful boycott for calling the president a “racist,” Glenn Beck led a campaign against Van Jones as a “self avowed communist” who […]
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Van Jones seeks a ‘healing for our politics’
Cross-posted from Wonk Room. White House green jobs advisor Van Jones is under attack from Fox News as an “avowed radical revolutionary communist” and from ABC News as a “truther” with a “history of incendiary and provocative remarks.” In an attempt to assassinate the character of Van Jones, the right-wing media are distorting his past […]
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Duke Energy quits scandal-ridden American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
Cross-posted from Wonk Room. Electric utility giant Duke Energy has quit the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) because of the coal group’s unethical opposition to President Obama’s clean energy reform agenda. For the last few years, Duke has been one of the most prominent industry voices calling for the regulation of industrial global […]
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Department Of Energy eviscerates right-wing Spanish ‘green jobs’ study
Cross-posted from Wonk Room. A Spanish paper that claimed support for green jobs “may destroy two jobs for every one created” has been debunked by an official publication of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The paper’s conclusions — led by Exxon-funded libertarian Gabriel Calzada — have been cited by GOP leaders, Fox News, right-wing […]
