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The Obama Administration seems to be pulling back, on front after front, in the face of economic challenges, sobering poll numbers, and steadfast Republican obstinacy. Whether on health care, jobs promoting legislation, EPA regulation of pollutants, and/or energy/climate policy, the political powers that be within the Obama White House have determined that ‘tactical retreats’ toward [...]

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The Washington Post editorial board came out with a strong statement about climate change that, even with its few errors, would be an important statement if it weren’t such a monumental travesty in the face of actual Washington Post editorial policy and practices.
Entitled Climate Insurance, the editorial begins.
THE EARTH is warming. A chief cause is [...]

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No matter who wins the election in today’s Senate race, there are clear lessons for both Democratic Party and Republican Party operatives.  The question is whether these operatives will read the tea leaves correctly or incorrectly and, therefore, what measures they will take walking away from the situation.
Briefly, for the Republican Party, the message is [...]

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Dear Senator Webb,
I have been extremely disappointed in your stances on energy and environmental issues, especially when it comes to climate change.
Let me provide background for a moment. I have long respected you, your thoughtfulness, and your career achievements. I was involved with the Draft Webb movement. During the general election race, I created a [...]

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After a volunteer team effort, a group of scientists has published heavily scrutinized article in Science (”this is the most heavily peer-reviewed paper I’ve ever published“) calling for an immediate moratorium on the mountaintop removal war (MTR) on Appalachia.   Acoording to the press release of the article (to appear in the 8 January issue),
“The scientific [...]

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In the face of massively funded disinformation campaigns, with astroturf organizations like the “Americans Coalition for a Clean-Coal Economy (ACCCE), with Republican politician after politician aggressively misrepresenting information on the benefits of climate action, according to a recent AP/Stanford University poll, a plurality of Americans understands that action to mitigate catastrophic climate change will bring [...]

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Hidden among the hustle and bustle of Americans’ preparations for Christmas, with snowstorms disrupting travel (and giving climate confusers another opportunity to proclaim “its cold and snowing today, therefore global warming isn’t real), the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) released poll results showing strong public support for clean energy and action on climate change.

Strikingly, 82 percent [...]

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In a recent Politico OPED, Representative John Linder calls on the US to not jump off the cliff for climate. Looking at his truthiness-laden and error-filled opinion piece drives to the conclusion that Linder doesn’t want Americans to jump off the cliff, but more simply to wear blindfolds and walk over the cliff into catastrophic [...]

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“Ask not for whom the bell tolls”, since, today, it is for us, our children, and our childrens’ children for whom the bells toll across Denmark.
As Danish police assaulted peaceful climate activists, as non-governmental organizations accredited to the COP15 face lockouts, and youth activists sit in protest inside the building calling for a FAB (not [...]

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

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