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Acting on Climate = Benefits, not costs

June 30th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Amid many frustrations re the American Climate Energy & Security (ACES) Act (climate legislation), it is like listening to fingernails on a chalkboard when people say “it will only cost X” (”just a postage stamp a day”). There is celebratory discussion of CBO and EPA numbers showing very low costs, seemingly useful to counter R [...]

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Tags: Global Warming · climate change · climate legislation · environmental · political symbols · politics

Twitting Claire

June 30th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) loves Twitter. And, on more than one occasion, her off-the-cuff comments have caused some uproar. Not the excited notes from a sports fan
(shared her same sentiments at that one), but off-hand comments about major policy issues that suggest potentially recklessly shallow understanding of critical issues. After the House [...]

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Tags: Congress · Global Warming · climate change · climate legislation · democrats · waxman-markey