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Former veep to speak at Power Vote webcast tonight
Power Vote 2008 is hosting a live webcast tonight featuring former Vice President Al Gore. He’ll be talking about his Repower America campaign, the economic and climate crises, and the need for voters to go to the polls on this issue this year. You can RSVP to watch the event over on the Alliance for […]
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‘Midnight regulation’ abounds after June 1 deadline
In less than a week, this country will have a new president … but the old administration will still be hard at work, potentially pushing through last minute regulations for three more months. That leaves plenty of time for more bad news for the environment and public health. This spring, the White House chief of […]
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Palin gives first big speech on ‘strategic energy independence’
Sarah Palin in Toledo, Ohio. Photo: Madalyn Ruggiero / AP For weeks now, GOP presidential candidate John McCain has been saying that in his administration, VP Sarah Palin would serve as energy czar, since she “knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America.” For the first time since […]
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China concedes its CO2 emissions have caught up to the U.S.
In what appears to be the first official acknowledgement of findings that China is emitting at least as much carbon dioxide annually as the United States (if not more), an official in charge of China’s climate policy released a report saying as much that also warned of a big financial toll from climate change. “Climate […]
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Independent panel finds FDA conclusions on BPA flawed
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s finding earlier this year that the chemical bisphenol A is safe for use in food containers and other products is “not supported by the available data and science,” according to an independent review panel tasked with examining the FDA’s conclusions. The review panel found that “The margins of safety […]
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McCain adviser challenges idea of regulating CO2 under the Clean Air Act
McCain senior policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin was on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday talking about the need for the next president to enact “comprehensive policies” to create jobs as well as a “real energy policy.” He also took on the recent assertion from Obama’s advisers that their candidate would regulate carbon dioxide as a […]
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The financial crisis is distracting us from … everything!
Prince Charles busted out with a strong message on Tuesday: This economic stuff is scary, but climate change is the real crisis. Word. But it turns out Chuck ain’t the only one using this device. Depending whom you ask, the real crisis being overshadowed by financial turmoil is: green building (“can’t wait”), clean energy (“can’t […]
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Newspapers call out climate and energy in prez endorsements
As of Tuesday, 222 daily newspapers had endorsed Barack Obama for president, and 93 had picked John McCain. Many papers mentioned climate and energy, those dark-horse Big Issues in this campaign, as a reason for backing or choosing not to back a candidate. The nation’s largest newspapers in terms of circulation are leaning heavily toward […]
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Update on 350.org’s campaign to recruit McCain and Obama
The next international gathering to discuss climate change is scheduled to take place in Poland in December. The folks at 350.org want America’s next president to pledge to attend those talks — a signal that the United States is back at the table when it comes to combating global warming. Here’s a video update on […]
