Articles by Christina Larson
Christina Larson is a contributing editor at Foreign Policy magazine and a Schwartz fellow at the New America Foundation. Her reporting has brought her throughout China, as well Southeast Asia, and her writing has appeared in The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, The New Republic, The Washington Monthly, and Yale Environment 360 among other publications.
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Recount city
The Webb v. Allen Senate race in Virginia, a nailbiter all night -- with Democrat Jim Webb drawing a tiny lead over Republican George Allen as the last precincts were counted -- looks to be headed for a recount. Which party controls the Senate will likely hinge upon the race's outcome, and we might not know a final answer for another month. Joy.
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Endangered Rep. tones down committee website
It seems Richard Pombo has decided that using the House Resources Committee website as a dumping ground for anti-environmental talking points may be something of a liability. Or maybe he just thought the new techno design was nifty. You can still read about ANWR and the future of American energy, but some of the more propaganda-ish pages have come down.
I don't know if endangered species can truly "adapt" when their habitats are threatened, but they may try to shed skin.
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Not green
Virginia's George Allen, better known for other offenses, also has Senate's worst lifetime voting record (PDF) on green affairs, as measured by the League of Conservation Voters. Watch out for that tree.
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Energy independence is hot campaign topic
Tomorrow is election day. Get yourself to a polling booth.
In Washington, the buzz right now is that Democrats will win a slight majority in the House and fall slightly short of a majority in the Senate.
I don't have a crystal ball, but whatever the outcome, it now looks possible that a number of freshmen in next year's Congress will have been elected, in part, on a platform of energy independence/alternative energy. Of course, elevating a political issue and solving a problem are different matters. There are many ways to imagine best intentions turning into pork-laden boondoggles (read: more ethanol subsidies). But first you have to get people to pay attention -- and to believe a different future is possible. That seems to be happening this election cycle.
Candidates in competitive races, from Jon Tester to Harold Ford, Claire McCaskill to Maria Cantwell, are running ads on the theme of alternative energy. Windmills appear in at least 17 spots.
