Articles by Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard was previously Grist's political reporter. She now covers energy and the environment for The Huffington Post. Follow her on Twitter.
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Republican platform acknowledges climate change but spurns ‘no-growth’ radicalism
The Republican Party approved its 2008 platform yesterday, which it hailed in a press release as containing “the most aggressive and innovative energy policy in Republican Party history.” But the approved version differs significantly from earlier drafts in the climate and energy realm. This line, which appeared in an earlier draft, was dropped: “Increased atmospheric […]
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Palin asked folks to pray for natural-gas pipeline
The Huffington Post did some digging on the church that Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin spent most of her life attending. Apparently the church films and posts all of its services. In June, Palin gave a speech to the graduating class of commission students at her former church, Wasilla Assembly of God. In the video, […]
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Palin was for the bridge before she was against it
Remember the Bridge to Nowhere? Last week, in her VP acceptance speech, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told the crowd, “I told Congress, thanks but no thanks on that bridge to nowhere.” Turns out she was for the bridge before she was against it. The bridge (actually called the Gravina Island Bridge) was the mother of […]
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Scaled-back convention kicks off as protesters take to the streets
St. Paul is absolute madness, despite the fact that most of the official proceedings were canceled for today. Nearly 10,000 anti-war protesters marched peacefully on the convention earlier today, the largest rally scheduled for the Republican National Convention. But apparently there was some violence later in afternoon. Someone broke out the window of a police […]
