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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.
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Obama finally pitched an energy tent big enough to attract Republicans
George Will, the conservative columnist who predicted Obama would try to "stroke every erogenous zone in the electorate" with his State of the Union speech, must be smoking a cigarette in bed by now.
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Building lots of infrastructure sounds great. Paying for it won't be easy
Obama isn't backing down from his push to make high-speed rail part of his legacy. But with transportation infrastructure, funding remains an issue.
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Obama's energy gambit: a call for less coal
None of the targets Obama offered in his State of the Union -- 80 percent clean energy, 80 percent access to high-speed rail, a million electric cars -- have any policy force. They are offered as signaling devices, attempts to frame political debates to come. In that context, I thought what he did on energy was quite a bit more interesting and significant than it's being given credit for.
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What's behind Newt Gingrich's proposal to abolish the EPA?
Everyone on the internets is busy mocking Newt Gingrich's call to abolish the EPA. And that is as it should be -- I would never ask anyone to stop mocking Newt Gingrich. Rarely has the universe mixed pomposity and dimwittery into such an exquisitely mockworthy package. I do want to note, however, that what Gingrich is trying to pull off is not just old-fashioned Republican-style "leave corporate polluters alooooone!" Don't get me wrong: Newt wants to remove constraints on polluters! But he knows (unlike his buddies in Congress) that such a baldly retrograde position will not be popular with the public, which actually likes clean air. So he needs some kind of alternative. That's why he's proposing to replace the EPA with something called the Environmental Solutions Agency.
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Obama's regulatory reform will focus on fairness
Obama's executive order adds "human dignity" and "fairness" to the list of considerations.
