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Do you remember Kermit and “It is hard being Green” … well, many people do … and, well, many people think that way.
Truth be told, it is a lot easier being green (or at least green hued) than many people realize.
We need to work to make sure that our next President is our Greenest we’ve [...]

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Editor’s notes: Another in the occasional guest posts, here chapter1  from Daily Kos with an excellent discussion of urban bike sharing programs.
I’m going to tell you about a quick and easy-to-implement program that will reduce both oil use and city traffic, bring large benefits to public health, and get people where they need to go [...]

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J’Accuse Robert J. Samuelson of facilitating inaction in the fact of Peak Oil.
J’Accuse Robert J. Samulson of putting this nation, humanity, my (and your) children at greater risk through his peddling of false information about options to deal with Global Warming.
J’Accuse Robert J. Samuelson of putting this nation, humanity, my (and your) children at greater [...]

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Every Progressive should recognize and incorporate, deep in their soul, the plain fact:  Peak and Global Warming are the most serious threats to Progressive ideals, concepts, policies, and aspirations through the 21st century … AND today.
These are not just let’s wait until tomorrow issues, that should be put in the back of the line to [...]

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Energize America, the people-powered plan for a sustainable energy future, has evolved.  Evolved from unknown bloggers sharing concerns about mounting energy problems, to a blogger community developing a holistic approach, to the blogosphere working with Congress to develop specific legislative approaches to help deal with the nation’s challenges.
At  YearlyKos 2007, the EA2020 team reviewed the [...]

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Okay, there’s a new bill out there Global Warming:  Lieberman-Warner. BiPartisan as it comes from the one-person strong Connecticut-For-Lieberman party and a Republican.   This bill is, well, politely a mediocrity, something impressive if James Inhofe (R-Exxon) were still chair of the committe, but with Barbara Boxer holding the gavel.
Sadly, too many people — environmentalists and [...]

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Dave Roberts over at Grist has an interesting post entitled What should Congress do on climate? 

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Energize America, the people-powered plan for a sustainable energy future, has evolved.  Evolved from unknown bloggers sharing concerns about mounting energy problems, to a blogger community developing a holistic approach, to the blogosphere working with Congress to develop specific legislative approaches to help deal with the nation’s challenges.
At  YearlyKos 2007, the EA2020 team reviewed the [...]

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Generally, visitors here are into the technology, that high-end variation for creating a sustainable future and lessening humanity’s footprint on the earth.  Time to lighten up a little bit and realize that fashion is something to look to as well for that smaller footprint.
More durable products made from less damaging materials … Green clothing can [...]

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Energize America, the people-powered plan for a sustainable energy future, has evolved.  Evolved from unknown bloggers sharing concerns about mounting energy problems, to a blogger community developing a holistic approach, to the blogosphere working with Congress to develop specific legislative approaches to help deal with the nation’s challenges.
In Chicago, at  YearlyKos 2007, three of these [...]

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