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Harvard professor has it right: U.S. climate push requires intense grassroots support around ‘cap-and-dividend’ bill
Theda Skocpol hits the nail on the head: We need cap-and-dividend, a wonky-sounding policy that nonetheless gets regular people excited.
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu to resign
The move, widely expected, means there are vacancies at the top of all three major agencies that deal with energy and environmental issues.
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Republicans are very satisfied with the quality of the environment
But they're not as satisfied as Democrats are with the military. Because Gallup's latest poll is a gauge of bias more than anything.
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Will 2013 be the year of ag-gag bills?
Animal advocates expect Big Ag will fight even harder against whistleblowers this year.
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Colbert skewers the climate fatalism caucus
The Colbert Report had a wicked segment on climate change this week. Watch it.
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to ride off into the sunset
At first greens and urbanists were skeptical of the Republican from Illinois, but now they're sorry to see him go.
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Texas is thinking about giving its oil and gas inspectors guns
Nothing helps resolve tense, volatile situations like firearms.
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Beijing’s recurring air pollution grounds flights, puts kids in the hospital
It seems clear that the problem isn't going away any time soon.
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Missing the point of the cap-and-trade defeat
We already have a popular grassroots movement demanding climate action: Beyond Coal. And D.C. environmentalists could learn a lot from it.
