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A guide to 2008 environmental ballot measures
In addition to electing George W. Bush’s successor, voters in 11 states will decide the fate of a diverse range of environment-related ballot measures on Nov. 4. Here’s a quick rundown of these measures and links to where you can find more information about them: California Proposition 2, or the Standards for Confining Farm Animals, […]
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BLM proposes opening wilderness-y areas in Utah to oil and gas drilling
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has proposed opening up relatively pristine natural areas in eastern Utah to oil and gas drilling, including Nine-Mile Canyon and Desolation Canyon, despite the agency’s own determination in 1999 that the areas have “wilderness character” and thus are good candidates for wilderness designation. “BLM is condemning these lands to […]
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Nevadans miffed by McCain’s glib comment about nuclear safety
The Las Vegas Sun editorial board isn’t too pleased by John McCain’s “safe, environmental, blah blah blah” comment: Republican presidential candidate John McCain has said he would support the use of Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, as the dump site for the nation’s high-level nuclear waste. That is one of many reasons […]
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Obama talks up electrical grid improvements on cable tv — seriously, I have video evidence
On Thursday night, Barack Obama appeared on the (highly rated) Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. Continuing his comprehensive effort to say things that make me really happy, he had a long exchange with Maddow about … the electrical grid. Seriously! He says, “we’re going to have to have a smart grid — if we want […]
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Groups warn of possible EPA moves to weaken standards for radioactive releases
A group of 60 environmental and public health organizations sent a letter [PDF] to Environmental Protection Agency administrator Stephen Johnson expressing concern that the agency “is considering a series of actions aimed at dismantling and dramatically weakening decades of EPA policies for protection of the public from ionizing radiation” in the remaining weeks of the […]
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Boxer says she’ll let a President Obama lead on greenhouse gas bill
OK. The chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee didn’t quite say that, at least not directly. But E&E News PM reports ($ub. req’d): Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) expects to take her cues on climate in the 111th Congress from the next president. The chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee […]
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What pollsters can learn from climate modelers
Pollster.com has an interesting piece on the confusing disparity among all of the polls taken for this election. In particular, “likely voter model design depends significantly on judgments that pollsters make about how to model the likelihood that any voter sampled will actually turn out and vote in the election.” The author, Clark A. Miller, […]
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I guess they call them ‘talking points’ for a reason
Hey, remember how eerily similar the talking points on energy (and everything else) were at the three presidential debates? Well, 23/6 puts them all side-by-side. Energy portion is at 1:53.
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Michele Bachmann lowered gas prices
The latest wackadoo claim from the gift that keeps on giving, Michelle Bachmann: Bonus crazy! Bachmann claims that oil pipelines cause wildlife to flourish: (Thanks LL!)
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Canada P.M. reshuffles cabinet, lumps environment and economy together
Recently reelected Conservative Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper reshuffled his cabinet Thursday, lumping the economy, environment, and energy security together into an environment ministry headed by former Industry Minister Jim Prentice. Harper also declared, “We want to work with the Americans on regulatory systems relating to greenhouse-gas emissions in order that we can work toward […]