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Media discovers that “McCain and Obama have distinct priorities on energy.”
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Good policy and enduring political alliances are built around goals, not paths
In a thoroughly excellent interview with Streetsblog, Rockafeller Foundation managing director Nicholas Turner urges a pragmatic approach to transportation: … if you’re thinking about transportation … as being a tool that helps you get to a set of broader societal benefits, you want to be somewhat mode-neutral. My guess is that any attempt to move […]
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Democrat gets black mark from environmental lobby for backing of corn-based ethanol
This Guardian story was written by reporter Ed Pilkington. Grist is a member of the Guardian’s Environment Network. —– BROWNSVILLE, Neb. — Barack Obama has enjoyed near-universal backing from American environmentalists, with the Sierra Club, the country’s largest grass-roots environmental group, and Friends of the Earth both endorsing the Democratic nominee for president. But there […]
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Oregon guv outlines climate-change-fightin’ plans
Oregon’s governor on Monday unveiled an ambitious plan to attack climate change. Under Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s (D) vision, which will be taken up by the state legislature, homes and buildings will produce net-zero emissions by 2030; a $5,000 tax credit for all-electric cars will replace an existing $1,500 credit for hybrids; and energy efficiency will […]
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New York Times Magazine profile offers lessons from activist Wayne Pacelle
Sunday’s New York Times Magazine contains a profile of Wayne Pacelle, the head of the Humane Society. In it, you will find much grist for the mental mill. Consider strategic campaigns that bring new constituencies into the fold without alienating your base, the perils and advantages of incrementalism, and effective policy changes made in the […]
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Biden spreads love with coal flacks in Va.
Remember that whole debate a few weeks ago over whether Joe Biden hearts “clean coal”? Well, here’s some photographic evidence, from an Obama-Biden rally in Suffolk, Va., last week. Images are courtesy of the coal shills themselves, from their “Behind the Plug” blog, where they wrote, “With just nine days left in the campaign, we […]
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Thefts of nuclear material worldwide ‘disturbingly high’
The number of reports of stolen nuclear material worldwide last year was “disturbingly high,” according to Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency. All together, nearly 250 such thefts were reported last year, with the main concern that the nuclear material could end up in so-called “dirty bombs.”
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Climate treaties likely to be too little, too late to save world’s reefs, study says
The successor to the international Kyoto climate-change treaty will likely do too little, and emissions reductions will be too late to save the world’s coral reefs from the ravages of global warming, according to a cheery new study by U.S. researchers. Even if the world’s nations agree to meet the ambitious emissions targets favored by […]
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A roundup of greenish news from the presidential campaign trail
• Not shocking, considering how many “clean coal” ads we’ve seen this election season, but The Wall Street Journal looks at what Big Coal is doing to make sure its industry is on the candidates’ minds this year. The coal-mining industry as a whole has given $2,640,226 to candidates this election cycle, but that’s just […]
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McCain administration might bring moderates with green cred to Washington
Who might stock McCain’s eco-cabinet? Contrary to published reports, the presidential election won’t happen until Nov. 4. Those hundreds of thousands of robo-calls, the blizzard of TV ads, or other unforeseen events could propel a Republican team to the White House, leaving President-elect John McCain to assemble a Cabinet to run the […]
