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Power Vote plans to mobilize 1 million young adults to vote on climate change
The Energy Action Coalition officially launched Power Vote yesterday, a nationwide effort to mobilize a million young people to vote on the issue of climate change in November. The nonpartisan campaign aims to put curbing emissions, leading in clean energy, and creating green jobs on the presidential agenda this election, focusing on the “Millennial Generation” […]
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Sarah Palin’s record on climate change
Sarah Palin, U.S. vice presidential candidate, may be an influential actor in Congressional efforts to pass climate change legislation. Photo Courtesy State of Alaska. When comparing the U.S. presidential candidates’ green credentials, both contenders support greater action to address climate change through a cap on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. While Republican candidate John McCain’s […]
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Obama thinks the American people don’t want diversions and manipulations … but why?
Obama responds to the trumped-up “lipstick on a pig” controversy, whereby the media dutifully reported the McCain campaign’s hilarious assertion that Obama was calling Palin a pig: [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.1011972&w=425&h=350&fv=launch%3D26640762%26width%3D400%26height%3D320] Yes, the McCain campaign would love to have this kind of thing continue right through November. Obama thinks the American people would rather discuss solutions to […]
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Alaska natural-gas pipeline is far from a done deal
Photo: triciaward In her speech at the Republican National Convention last week, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin touted her role in moving forward a plan for a natural-gas pipeline from Alaska’s North Slope to the Lower 48. The GOP veep candidate declared, “That pipeline, when the last section is laid and its valves are opened, will […]
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She knows ‘more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America’
This is an amazing video (via). A reporter (of course a local Maine reporter — no campaign reporter would be so rude as to ask difficult questions) finally asks McCain about the many vulnerabilities of Sarah Palin, and his answers must be seen to be believed. Most amusingly: The reporter asks directly about her national […]
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Sex and drug scandal at Interior could affect the offshore-drilling debate in Congress
Yesterday’s revelation that 13 Interior Department employees who handle oil royalties are under investigation for allegedly engaging in illicit sex with and accepting gifts from employees of oil companies may affect the debate over drilling currently underway in Congress. An Inspector General’s report describes a “culture of substance abuse and promiscuity” at the agency, which […]
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EPA to update health-hazard reporting standards for U.S. beaches
The U.S. EPA has agreed to update its 22-year-old criteria for reporting beach-related health hazards to the public thanks to a new settlement with the Natural Resources Defense Council. Right now, the EPA’s criteria for assessing ocean-water and beach health are based on the likelihood of beachgoers contracting gastrointestinal illnesses, but apparently that’s just one […]
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New Scientist assesses McCain and Obama on science issues
The latest issue of New Scientist features a special report on the 2008 election, exploring the “most pressing science issues facing John McCain and Barack Obama in the run up to the November ballot.” The key issue? According to the experts interviewed for the piece, it’s simply having someone in the White House who is […]
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Energy set to ignite the Hill for the next three weeks
With only about three weeks left before Congress adjourns for election season, energy is the hot topic on the Hill. Here’s where things stand: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and other Democratic leaders in the House have outlined a new energy plan that proposes allowing drilling 100 miles off the Atlantic coast and Florida’s Gulf coast. […]
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Interior Department employees under investigation for sex, drugs, and bribe scandal
Thirteen government officials are under investigation for allegedly engaging in illicit sex with and accepting a number of gifts from employees of energy companies, according to federal investigators. The probe involves Interior Department employees in the Denver and Washington offices, who handle billions of dollars in oil royalties. At the Denver Minerals Management Service, the […]
