elections
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After landslide victory for Prop. 2, national farm industry squawks
California’s Proposition 2 — deftly profiled by Carol Ness — passed in a landslide on Tuesday. The new law is simple and hardly earth-shaking; it requires that "calves raised for veal, egg-laying hens, and pregnant pigs be confined only in ways that allow these animals to lie down, stand up, fully extend their limbs and […]
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A real path to energy independence
Proposition 1A passed 53 percent to 47 percent in California on Tuesday. The network will eventually extend from Sacramento through San Francisco and L.A., to San Diego. The bonds authorized by the proposition provide for about $10 billion or one-third of the cost for the whole system. In an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, […]
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We already have 750,000 green jobs and the potential for ample green investments
This post was originally published at the NRDC blog, Switchboard, before the presidential election. —– You can’t miss the fact that both Time and Newsweek chose the week of the presidential election to run pieces on how the economic downturn will affect efforts to solve global warming. Yes, most eyes are on the election through […]
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Me and the President-elect
The funny thing about this picture is that it looks completely fake, like I’m posing next to a cardboard cutout. The light bouncing off the mirror does funky things. (PS, when posing for a picture with future presidents, always place yourself in front of a gigantic mirror.) The photo was taken after this interview from […]
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We’ll still have Bachmann to kick around
Ugh: Rep. Michele Bachmann won reelection early Wednesday, fending off a challenge from Democrat Elwyn Tinklenberg in a Sixth Congressional District race that came to symbolize the perilous position of Republican incumbents across the nation. … Bachmann credited her victory to her vote against the $700 billion financial rescue package and her campaign to open […]
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Merkley triumphs in Oregon; three other races still undecided
The Oregon Senate race has been called for enviro-backed candidate Jeff Merkley, who finished with a 48.4 to 46 percent lead over Republican incumbent Gordon Smith. In Minnesota, the latest tally puts Republican incumbent Norm Coleman just 439 votes ahead of Democrat Al Franken, a margin that falls within the state’s mandatory recount law. That […]
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Three key energy and climate questions and why conservatives just don’t get why they lost, part 1
Obama ran on clear and detailed energy and climate plans. The election poses three over-arching questions: On solutions: Does Obama have a clear mandate to enact his plans to transform our energy and climate policy? On science: Will the transformation he is actually able to enact be sufficient to avert the worst climate impacts (and, […]
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Clean energy investment provides a truly clean opportunity for the Obama administration
Cross-posted at the NDN blog. —– The historic victory of Barack Obama last night and increased majorities for Democrats in the House and Senate create a huge opportunity to build a high-productivity, low-carbon economy. The last eight years have been lost economic years — the exceptions of the housing and financial markets have now, of […]
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Missouri overwhelmingly approves Prop. C
The votes are still being counted to determine if Missouri went red or blue. But what’s not in dispute is that the state clearly voted green. Proposition C, a ballot initiative to establish a renewable portfolio standard for the state, passed with a resounding 67 percent margin. A coalition of groups worked together to pass […]
