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World could be fossil-fuel free by 2090, study says
The world could wean itself off fossil fuels entirely by 2090 with trillions of dollars worth of investments in renewable energy and a concerted worldwide push, according to a study by Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council.
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Grassley calls McCain out for inconsistency on subsidies
I don’t know if everyone else will find this as hilarious as I do, but here’s a story about Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) criticizing McCain’s energy positions as “inconsistent.” You see, McCain opposes ethanol subsidies because he thinks subsidies distort markets. But he supports massive subsidies for nuclear. So, is Grassley’s point that McCain should […]
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NYC City Council gives OK for Bloomberg to run for third term
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) — who’s pushed an aggressive green agenda — will be able to run for a third four-year term next year, thanks to a City Council vote last week that changed NYC’s term-limits law.
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A counterpoint on energy independence and Proposition 7
This is a response to this post about California’s Proposition 7 by Adam Browning. —– Al Gore has outdone himself. Think what you will of him, you can’t say he doesn’t have a vision. On July 17, he called for the nation to embark on a man-on-the-moon effort to achieve 100 percent “renewable and other […]
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If you lead a candidate to books, can you make him read?
Kurt Schrader, an Oregon state senator, veterinarian, Willamette Valley farmer, and Democratic candidate for Congress is now considered the favorite to win Oregon’s 5th District — the only competitive district in Oregon for either party. If he wins as predicted, he will beat a self-funded multimillionaire Republican who lost the same race in 2006 — […]
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Saturday Night Live revives Will Farrell as Bush
Saturday Night Live revives Will Farrell as Bush for an endorsement:
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Al Gore stumps for climate action at Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire fundraiser
Nobel laureate and former vice president Al Gore swept into Seattle Friday afternoon to lend a little climate starpower to Washington Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire. At a sold out fundraiser in the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Hotel, Gore waxed prophetic about the common thread between the climate and economic crises, the American addiction to […]
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The frightful thinking behind a Palin presidential nomination in four years
One of the top (online) pundits in the country, The Atlantic‘s Marc Ambinder, thinks a McCain loss would make Sarah Palin the top contender for a Big Oil-fueled presidential run in 2012. ThinkProgress’s uber-pundit Matthew Yglesias agrees. Since the notion should be pretty scary to those concerned about clean energy and climate, and since Halloween […]
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LCV targets McCain’s record on renewable energy
The League of Conservation Voters released a web video on Friday targeting John McCain’s votes against renewable energy and efficiency, set to the tune of Simply Red’s 1989 hit “If You Don’t Know Me By Now.” LCV has endorsed Barack Obama, citing his plan for a new-energy economy: And in case you, like us, are […]
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We need a price-floor on fossil fuels
As oil prices tumble — now hovering around $65 per barrel — there is growing concern that some of the momentum that was building for renewable energy may be waning. This situation highlights one of the key constraints that we face in moving to a low-carbon society: uncertainty in fossil-fuel prices depresses investments in alternative […]
