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There is no one correct climate policy
One of the most important lessons from the implosion of cap-and-trade is that monocrops are as dangerous in policy as they are in nature. It's time to get over the notion that climate/energy efforts need to "revolve around" any single policy strategy. More importantly, we need to leapfrog the noxious notion that different policy approaches are at war with one another. We need them all.
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Think tanks say dump cap-and-trade, pump billions into clean energy
A bi-partisan team of think tankers says good riddance to cap-and-trade. Instead, they say we should pump boatloads of money into clean energy.
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Heartland grows new crop of anti-climate governor candidates
In Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming, four Democratic governors who have supported clean energy may be replaced by Republicans who have expressed fealty to big oil. The Republican candidates -- Terry Branstad in Iowa, Sen. Sam Brownback in Kansas, Rep. Mary Fallin in Oklahoma, and Matt Mead in Wyoming -- hold commanding leads in the polls over their Democratic opponents.
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Deadly deception: How some industry lobbyists peddle deception to block clean air protections
As industry lobbyists attack standards to cut deadly toxic air pollution from industrial boilers, they are resorting to obfuscation and deception.
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China antes up, bets, and bluffs in the new world oil game
Future historians may well agree that the 21st century Silk Road first opened for business on Dec. 14, 2009. That was the day a crucial stretch of pipeline officially went into operation linking the fabulously energy-rich state of Turkmenistan to Xinjiang Province in China's far west.
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Anatomy of a Senate climate bill death
Ryan Lizza's recent New Yorker piece provides an interesting insider view of the rise and fall of climate legislation in the Senate. But Lizza gives short shrift to the real reasons Senate passage of climate legislation was impossible in 2010: the deep recession, unified and uncompromising opposition in the Senate, and big spending by oil, coal, and other energy interests. Let's take a close look at these factors.
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The incredible shrinking Manchin
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is running for the Senate and running scared from the Tea Party. In his latest ad he shoots cap-and-trade legislation. With a rifle. Here's why he's flailing to the right and why he's wrong about everything.
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Stupid goes viral: Climate Zombies of Oregon, Hawaii, Minnesota, and northern Rocky Mountains
I finish up all states west of the Rockies, throw in Minnesota, and find not one, but two Republican incumbents who admit the reality of climate change
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Wisconsin governor's race: Barrett vs. Walker
Milwaukee's mayor and county executive face off this fall, bringing very different visions for rebuilding Wisconsin's economy.
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Telling the truth about climate change is good politics
The GOP has united in rejecting climate science. Dems should tell the truth about climate change, without apology. It's smart long-term politics.
