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The Climate Post: In an energy-scarce world, is energy efficiency finally king?
If our energy usage has reached a saturation point, will gains in efficiency save us?
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Should we get rid of all energy subsidies?
Should the U.S. get rid of all energy subsidies? In a new piece for Washington Monthly, Jeffrey Leonard argues that we should. Is that a good idea?
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Abolish the EPA's ability to limit pollution?
We need to resist any efforts by Congress Republicans to block the EPA's ability to protect our health through the Clean Air Act.
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The 'War on Cars': A brief history of a rhetorical device
Back in October, I started noticing the accusation that Seattle is waging a "war on cars" was popping up an awful lot in the local press, and in suspicious ways. Where did this inflammatory language come from?
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Is Obama's EPA trying to implement 'backdoor cap-and-trade'? Um, no.
Conservatives say that by using EPA to regulate CO2, Obama is short-circuiting democracy and implementing "backdoor cap-and-trade." That's a myth.
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Do roads pay for themselves? Well, no
A new report from the U.S. Public Interest Reseach Group debunks the myth of the self-financed highway system. Will Congress be convinced by the facts?
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The climate bill in six acts
The last two years saw the protracted death of climate change legislation. Here, in an exclusive new comic, we tell the sordid tale.
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Why Cancun trumped Copenhagen: warmer relations on rising temperatures
During weeks of discussions in Cancun that wrapped up on Dec. 12, the world's governments achieved consensus on a set of substantive steps forward.
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New year, new idea for climate: the American Clean Energy party
Last year, the U.S. failed to act on climate, and the victory of dozens of Tea Party Republicans in November eliminated any prospect for serious action for at least the next three years. Barring future technological or political miracles, we have now blown by the chance we had to stabilize the planet at 450 parts ppm of CO2. Yet it is not "too late" for action. How can we build a powerful clean energy majority in Washington, a stronger majority than the one that didn't get the job done in 2010?
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Wednesday is the vote for Senate reform — call your senator!
On Wednesday, the Senate will decide whether to reform the filibuster. I never say this, but: Call your senator!
