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Post-truth politics
During this strange lull in the (endless) development of the federal climate bill, I’ve been mulling over a few political notions. First: voters don’t generally know much about politics or policy. They have things they do know a lot about (American Idol, baseball teams, accounting software, scrapbooking), but for most voters, politics and policy aren’t […]
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Is Obama’s offshore drilling plan winning any GOP votes?
The consensus, among People on the Internet anyway, is that Obama’s far-reaching offshore drilling expansion is a bid to win Republican support for clean-energy legislation. More offshore drilling is a major Republican energy priority, after all. So how are GOP leaders responding? House leaders John Boehner and Mike Pence attack the plan as a job-killing […]
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The Hill: GOP senators say they can work with Dems despite healthcare battle
Republican senators say they can work with Democrats, despite dire predictions that the healthcare fight would make cooperation impossible. Okay, this story from The Hill isn’t a big shock. But once again, John McCain proved how out of touch he is: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) warned that using reconciliation to block a GOP filibuster and pass […]
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Obama will open large sections of Southeast and Alaskan coasts to offshore drilling
Updated President Obama will open large swaths of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Alaskan coasts to offshore oil and natural gas drilling in a stunning concession to fossil-fuel companies, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and others are reporting. On Wednesday morning Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced an end to […]
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Pollution limits are essential for clean energy investments
This piece was co-written by Kate Gordon, vice president for energy policy at American Progress. A critical element of President Obama’s domestic agenda is transforming the United States to a low-carbon-pollution economy, which would spur recovery, create jobs, and generate long-term prosperity. The president also made clear in his State of the Union address this […]
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Lindsey ‘Green Economy’ Graham bashes the Clean Air Act
Cross-posted from the Wonk Room. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is leading the bipartisan effort with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to craft comprehensive climate legislation that can overcome a Senate filibuster. “The green economy is coming,” Graham said when he announced the partnership with Kerry and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) last November, explaining that he was […]
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The EPA weighs the hidden costs of carbon
This week, the Environmental Protection Agency will do more than set new fuel efficiency standards for cars. It will put a price on carbon. Within this historic climate change regulation is a powerful new way of thinking about greenhouse gas emissions: as costs that will borne by society. Burning oil in cars imposes a steep […]
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Has CBS found dumbest idea yet for an online poll?
Yeah, please vote here. Pointedly ignoring my plea for an end to online polls, CBS has come up with perhaps the dumbest idea yet. Let’s use the least scientific, most easily manipulated choosing scheme invented since eeny-meeny-miny-moe to pick what major piece of legislation president Obama should pursue next. Seriously. I can almost hear Walter Cronkite reading the […]
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Honey, I shrunk the GOP, Part 5: So much for the American Enterprise Institute being a "think" tank
Sure the American Enterprise Institute is stillcrazy with climate denial and delay after all these years. And sure it recently compared EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to Clint Eastwood and carbon polluters to criminals. But it always retained the semblance of a serious think tank. Heck, back in October, Steven F. Hayward, “the F.K. Weyerhaeuser fellow […]
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Quiz — Who said this?
Who said: “Continuous research by our best scientists is the key to American scientific leadership and true national security. This indispensable work may be made impossible by the creation of an atmosphere in which no man feels safe against the public airing of unfounded rumors, gossip, and vilification”? If you want a hint, the very […]
