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How food prices can fuel revolutions like Egypt’s
The current unrest in Egypt is too complex to blame on spiking global food prices alone, but food insecurity does lead to political insecurity.
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Why Seattle will stay dry when your city floods
Seattle is better prepared for a climate-changed future than most U.S. cities. You can thank Ron Sims.
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Paul LePage, new Maine guv, takes aim at the environment
This week, Paul LePage made the leap from abrasive style to corrosive substance, proposing a dramatic rollback of Maine's environmental protections.
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California congressman: Highways are constitutionally mandated, bike paths not a federal concern
Rep. Duncan Hunter says, "I don't think biking should fall under the federal purview of what the Transportation Committee is there for."
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For the last time: no, clean energy is not a substitute for climate change
I was going to let this go after my last post, but it keeps coming up in email and on Twitter: "Obama talked about clean energy. Isn't that equivalent to and/or a substitute for talking about climate change?" And the Inventioneers are writing characteristically smug posts congratulating themselves for winning the future. So it looks like I need to take one more run at this.
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How to get the boob tube to tell the truth about climate change
What if there were a group that worked with TV & movie writers to insure that info about climate in pop culture was frequent and accurate? This group could be it.
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What oil subsidies is Obama targeting?
The president has proposed eliminating subsidies to the oil industry. Here are some that he should focus on bringing to an end:
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Obama's State of the Union energy proposals are … thrilling? bipartisan? misleading?
A roundup of reactions to the innovation and energy goals set by Obama in his State of the Union address.
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Obama's 80 percent clean energy goal: Who's he kidding?
President Obama's stated goals for clean energy and high speed rail in the State of the Union address are unrealistic in a backward-looking nation.
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Obama was wrong not to mention climate change in his State of the Union
Fresh off the hottest year on record, Obama's 2011 State of the Union said ... nothing about climate change. This is a failure on Obama's part.
