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Talking with voters in central Virginia about the environment and the election
This is part of a series of dispatches from Melinda Henneberger, who’s talking to voters around the U.S. about their views on the environment and the election. Stanardsville, Va. — A harvest moon is rising over the cornfields on the last night of the Greene County Fair, just hours before the carnival rides are packed […]
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The eco-rundown on Alaska guv Sarah Palin, John McCain’s veep pick
Last updated 10:29 a.m. PDT GOP presidential candidate John McCain today announced that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will be his running mate in the race against Barack Obama and Joe Biden. McCain’s official announcement of his veep pick declares, “Governor Palin has challenged the influence of the big oil companies while fighting for the development […]
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The eco-rundown on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain’s VP pick
In a surprise move this morning, John McCain chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. Palin, a conservative Republican, was the ethics commissioner of the Alaska Gas and Oil Conservation Commission from 2003 to 2004 and has a reputation for integrity and fighting corruption. She has pushed to open the Arctic National Wildlife […]
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Hurricane forecast to hit U.S. Gulf Coast next week; oil and gas rigs shut down
Next week, just days after the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina‘s landfall near New Orleans, a new hurricane could hit the area, causing heavy winds, rain, and political problems aplenty for Republicans. Already, some energy companies drilling for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico have shut down their operations ahead of the storm’s […]
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Scenes from Mile High Stadium
Here are some photos I took from the crowd at Mile High Stadium on Thursday night for Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention:
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Natural disasters, evacuated oil rigs might cause a PR disaster for the GOP
According to the Washington Post, Republican officials are considering delaying their convention in St. Paul because of Tropical Storm Gustav, which might hit the Gulf Coast as a full-force hurricane next week. If it does reach land during their convention, it would hit a sore spot for Republicans, whose current representative in the White House […]
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Obama calls out climate and energy in his big acceptance speech
Thursday’s much anticipated acceptance speech by Barack Obama was less like a political event than a rock concert. Except you’ve never seen people quite this excited at a rock concert. Obama took the stage before 75,000 fans waving flags, stomping, and screaming. Among the many issues he addressed in his long, winding oration, he pledged […]
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Al Gore says Barack Obama is the man to solve the climate crisis
Al Gore. Al Gore, one of the headline speakers this evening at Mile High Stadium, spoke at length about the challenges of climate change and energy. “We are facing a planetary emergency, which is not like anything we have experienced in the history of humankind,” he said. Gore emphasized that there’s a common answer to […]
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Obama to tout clean coal, nuclear, and renewables in his big speech
David and I are in Invesco Field, among tens of thousands of delegates, reporters, and Denver residents awaiting Barack Obama’s acceptance speech tonight. We’re glad to be inside — outside the line snakes more than a mile out from the stadium. They’re expecting more than 75,000 attendees tonight, and the security line is a giant […]
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Brookings calls for action on climate change in WaPo op-ed
The uber-centrist Brookings Institution joins the climate alarmist realist crowd. President Strobe Talbott and VP for foreign policy studies Carlos Pascual explain in a Washington Post op-ed: The world may have only seven years to start reducing the annual buildup in greenhouse gas emissions that otherwise threatens global catastrophe within several decades. The politics are […]
