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McCain’s running mate has offered mixed message on climate change
Sarah Palin, in her Sept. 11, 2008, interview with ABC News: “Show me where I have ever said that there’s absolute proof that nothing that man has ever conducted or engaged in has had any effect, or no effect, on climate change.” Palin, in a Newsmax interview last month: “A changing environment will affect Alaska […]
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Obama mentions green programs in 9/11 public-service forum
In separate sit-down interviews at the ServiceNation presidential forum at Columbia University on Thursday, presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama spoke extensively about volunteerism and community service in commemoration of the 2001 World Trade Center attacks. However, of the two presidential hopefuls, Obama was the only one to mention energy policy or green-themed volunteer […]
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Palin parries with Charles Gibson on climate change
“Show me where I have ever said that there’s absolute proof that nothing that man has ever conducted or engaged in has had any effect, or no effect, on climate change.” Photo: Trica Ward In her first substantial interview with a news journalist since being picked as John McCain’s vice presidential candidate two weeks ago, […]
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House Democrats unveil their energy package
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday unveiled an official version of the “Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act,” the House Democrats’ version of energy legislation slated for consideration next week. The bill would allow drilling 100 miles off the Atlantic coast and Florida’s Gulf coast; the buffer zone could be reduced to […]
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A 9/11 SAT quiz
Hurricane Katrina is to global warming as 9/11 is to ________.
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Some Palin energy expertise
ABC has released some excerpts of its interview with Sarah Palin, which will air tonight and tomorrow night. Asked if it would be worth it to go to war with Russia over the invasion of Georgia: [Putin’s] mission, if it is to control energy supplies, also, coming from and through Russia, that’s a dangerous position […]
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Weighing the costs and benefits of increased offshore drilling
The following is a guest essay from Michael A. Livermore, Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Regulation at New York University School of Law and author, with Dean Richard Revesz, of Retaking Rationality: How Cost-Benefit Analysis Can Better Protect the Environment and Our Health. —– What is the cost of cheap gas? […]
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Kingsnorth six acquitted in U.K. for coal-plant protest and vandalism
Good news from the U.K.: The Kingsnorth Six were acquitted by a Crown Court jury. They were members of a group of 23 Greenpeace volunteers who had attempted to shut down the Kingsnorth coal-fired power plant, specifically the six were the ones painting the smokestack with “Gordon Bin It” when interrupted by the police. Their […]
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SpeechWars
Via Treehugger, SpeechWars is indeed addictive. Enter any word and you can see how many times Obama and McCain have used it in their speeches over the last four years: The results are not always intuitive. Then again, some are:
