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McCain ‘is not serious about clean energy and he has increasingly walked away from climate issue’
Andy Revkin has written a very fair-minded New York Times piece, "On Global Warming, McCain and Obama Agree: Urgent Action Is Needed." He notes: Both candidates say that human-caused climate change is real and urgent, and that they would sharply diverge from President Bush’s course by proposing legislation requiring sharp cuts in greenhouse gas emissions […]
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Idle thought of the day
I sure hope Californians are smart enough to vote yes on Prop 1A so they can get some SUPERTRAIN up in this b*tch.
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A roundup of environmental news from the presidential race
• The Wall Street Journal spazzes out about Obama adviser Jason Grumet’s assertion that a President Obama would fight climate change under the Clean Air Act if Congress doesn’t move to address the issue within 18 months. Obama, the paper fears, would wield the EPA’s “so-called ‘endangerment finding’ on carbon … as a political bludgeon” […]
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Republican foot soldiers prepare to push for reduced public participation in dirty energy projects
If you want to know what the far right is up to, you should check in with the Heritage Foundation periodically. A post this week offers a preview of what they’ll be pushing for on the energy front in coming years: rules and laws to fast track energy projects, or to put it another way, […]
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Minn. Rep. Bachmann lists climate policy as among her ‘concerns’ about Barack Obama
On a local news program today, Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann was asked about her statement on Friday that she is “very concerned” that Barack Obama “may have anti-American views.” Bachmann denied saying it. “I feel his views are concerning. I’m calling on the media to investigate them. I’m not saying that his views are […]
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Big Oil and enviros agree: Surging prices were nail in coffin for offshore-drilling ban
The 110th Congress achieved some notable victories for the environmental community. The Democratic majorities secured the first major increase in automobile fuel-economy standards in nearly three decades, along with tougher efficiency rules for household appliances. They extended tax credits for solar and other renewable energy sources. Serious discussion of climate legislation got underway in the […]
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Obama’s pushing a clean energy agenda with swing-voter-pleasing rhetoric
(part the first/ part the second) Let me summarize: Obama is stuck in a peculiar political moment. In substantive terms, he knows that our dire climate and energy situation requires huge and possibly wrenching changes to drive the country away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy and efficiency. He has proposed climate and energy […]
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Bush admin moves to ease restrictions on mountaintop-removal mining
The Bush administration is about to ease restrictions on mountaintop-removal mining, making it easier — and legal — for companies to dump mine waste in streams. Since 1983, dumping mine waste within 100 feet of streams has been illegal, but many mining companies have done so anyway due to a combination of lax enforcement and […]
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A 50 percent GHG cut by 2025 will save Florida $28 billion
Florida Governor Charlie Crist’s Action Team on Energy and Climate Change has released its remarkable Final Report. It puts the Sunshine State on the same side of the climate issue as that other sunny coastal state ruled by a Republican (see here). The Action Team finds that an aggressive set of strategies could reduce Florida […]
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Next president needs a constituency pressing for climate change action
If you listen real hard, you can hear Harry and Louise revving up their SUV, preparing to drive right over any effort to “kill economic growth” or “raise costs on the consumer” with “job-killing” carbon taxes. Green groups still have time to slit the SUV’s tires … but not much time. Barack Obama is poised […]
