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Key votes in California this November
On Nov. 2, Californians will have a chance to reiterate and renew their commitment to a clean energy future.
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Investing in metro areas is the key to sustainable growth
If our country stops fetishizing real estate and consumption, and gets back to incubating and executing innovation -- something that happens best in metro areas -- the future could look a lot brighter.
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Tuning out California's Prop 23 with a song
The fight to keep California's global-warming law intact takes a turn for the musical. Here's a little ditty clean-energy advocates are hoping California voters will be whistling on their way to the polls.
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New Jersey's Gov. Christie kills ARC Tunnel project dead
After two weeks of "reconsideration," Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) has once again killed the nation's largest public transit project, a rail tunnel under the Hudson River that was pegged to cost $8.7 billion and create thousands of jobs. This time, it seems certain it will stay dead.
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Senate ag committee chair is opening up. Who's in line?
Blanche Lincoln, chair of the Senate agriculture committee, is headed for defeat. You won't catch me shedding tears over her exit, but who will replace her in this key role? A Big Ag politician, or one who might support Farm Bill reform?
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood talks about livable communities
Secretary of the Department of Transportation Ray LaHood would like to build the infrastructure that would let you leave your car at home. We had a chance to talk with him the other day about what exactly "livable communities" are -- and if Republican legislators will ever vote to fund them.
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Energy lobbyists throwing money at new best buddies in Congress
Big Oil lobbyists aren't waiting until next week's midterm elections to court the House's new power brokers.
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On attacking climate and energy in 'chunks'
President Obama is going to address climate change in "chunks" rather than in one comprehensive bill. Everyone seems to agree on that much. But what does that mean, exactly?
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Environmentalists Need to Reclaim Economics
My book entitled, What Environmentalists Need to Know About Economics, comes out this week. The aim is simple: to show in a concise and clear manner why economic reasoning and analysis is crucial for solving the world’s major environmental problems. But there is a subtext: environmentalists have often been wary of economics and dismissed economic […]
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Thumb on the scale in the comparison of fuel taxes and efficiency standards?
A new review of the literature by Resources for the Future suggests that gas taxes motivate drivers to use less gasoline far more cheaply than auto efficiency standards like CAFE. There are a number of reasons to be suspicious of this conclusion.
