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The problem wasn’t the green groups: What Skocpol gets wrong about the climate bill fight
Who's to blame for the failure of the climate bill in 2009 and 2010? Hint: the people who opposed it, ignored it, or undersold it.
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Climate change explained in words even Glenn Beck could understand
Here's climate change using only the 1,000 most common English words (which include "change" but not "climate").
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Bo Obama and his doggy pals want you to go solar
Look at him wearing that hat, and sitting politely, and promoting clean and renewable energy! My dog can't even roll over.
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New York’s Sandy-flooded South Ferry subway station is still a useless mess
New photos suggest that it's not going to be ready for use for at least another year, and repairs are expected to run $600 million or more.
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Antarctica takes out its frustration on the children of the 1%
A melting Antarctica sends a gigantic 30-foot wave at a luxury cruise ship full of chi-chi high schoolers, shattering windows and causing general terror.
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Fiddling on the roof: Can $10 million in prize money spark a solar revolution?
The Department of Energy is offering a fat check to anyone who can cut the cost of installing solar panels. If Germany can do it, surely we can too.
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Why the climate bill failed: It’s not that simple
Theda Skocpol's report on the death of cap-and-trade says enviros "placed all their chips" on the inside game. The reality was far more complex -- and drawing the wrong lessons now would be tragic.
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If you want to pass climate legislation, fix U.S. politics
Cap-and-trade failed because U.S. politics is broken, among other reasons. Restoring democracy must be part of the road forward for climate hawks.
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Marcellus, N.Y., namesake of the Marcellus shale formation, bans fracking
A unanimous town board vote means that the namesake for the shale formation will never allow it to be fracked.
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Another urgent need for infrastructure spending: Levees
Many of the nation's levees are in bad shape, says the Army Corps of Engineers. But Republicans don't like to fund disaster prevention.
