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The Democratic Convention kicks off, its greenness in the eye of the beholder
The Democrats' platform is less green than it was four years ago -- but they have lots of composting and recycling bins at the convention center.
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Romney attributes climate change to humans — but won’t make humans do anything about it
Mitt Romney says there's no point in curbing emissions given China's greenhouse gas output and theoretical impact on manufacturing jobs.
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Conservative pundit David Brooks: What if Obama made climate his top priority?
New York Times columnist David Brooks suggests Obama put climate at his campaign's center. Is he for real? And what if the president took his advice?
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Massive bailout of energy company prompts predictable response
Here's a good overview of the state of energy politics in America today.
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Obama talks up oil and gas drilling
In an interview with Time, Obama pushes not just wind and efficiency but oil, natural gas, and ever-elusive notion of "clean coal."
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As Romney and Ryan lie with abandon, how should journalists navigate post-truth politics?
Journalists like to be even-handed, but when one side lies with no compunction, that's not so easy.
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Alicia Silverstone thinks the true injustice is that Pussy Riot isn’t getting vegan cuisine
It’s, like, so totally uncool that Russian punksters Pussy Riot are in jail for singing a song that suggested that their president, scary asshole Vladimir Putin, is a scary asshole. And if this uncoolness were a vegan terrine, actress/vegan activist Alicia Silverstone would like to point out that the thickest layer, the layer that’s maybe […]
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Six empty chairs that say more about the environment than Barack Obama
Last night, Clint Eastwood had a lively conversation with an empty chair that he apparently thought was Barack Obama. Grist List does not endorse candidates, but we know a lot about chairs for some reason, and frankly some of the chairs we’ve met have an environmental record that rivals the president’s. Obama should pick one […]
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Governor Romney’s 2004 climate plan: Solyndra-style investment in renewables
Back in the day, as governor of Massachusetts, Romney proposed greenhouse-gas cuts, government investment in cleantech companies, better auto fuel economy, and lots of other good stuff.
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Lawmaker: We’ll keep the wind tax credit if you give us Keystone
This is perhaps the worst proposed deal in recent Capitol Hill history.
