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Michelle Obama has brought urban gardening to, perhaps, its highest symbolic peak with the White House organic vegetable and fruit garden. Building up urban gardening, whether as individuals or collective efforts, whether on private or public land, is a win-win-win path when done correctly, which will foster a stronger community, improve health (both through time […]

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Neil Abercrombie (D-HI-01), Hawaii Co-Chairman for Barack Obama, has taken a prominent position undercutting one of President Obama’s core agenda items and undercutting the potential for achieving sensible energy policies in the United States. In 2008, amid the Republican calls for “Drill Here! Drill Now! Pay Less! (About a penny less per gallon 23 years […]

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The Minority Staff of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce has distributed a “dear colleague” letter from anti-science syndrome suffering Joe Barton arguing, based on this MasterResource analysis, that the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act would only reduced Global Warming by .09 degree Fahrenheit by 2050. Let us assume, graciously, that […]

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The Washington Post opinion page editor, Fred Hiatt, has made strong statements about the strength and quality of fact-checking for the columnists within his pages. told by editorial page editor Fred Hiatt — that multiple editors had checked Will’s sources, we don’t have lax standards for accuracy … in general, we do careful fact checking. […]

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Fred Hiatt has amassed a collection of global warming denying and fossil-foolish columnists for the Washington Post. George F. Will; Charles Krauthammer; Robert J. Samuelson can be counted on to enter the fray with deceit and truthiness to clouden our understanding of energy and climate issues, seeking to undermine the building of consensus toward policies […]

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Writ large, old cars are less fuel efficient and more polluting. Getting “clunkers” off the road can lead to many improvements. These improvements can be environmental, economic, energy, and even safety. “Cash for Clunker” programs are, in essence, subsidized scrappage programs that provide government incentives to, hopefully, achieve all of these objectives. Germany’s $3200 per […]

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Kathleen Sebelius’ swearing in as Secretary for Health and Human Services represented a bitter sweet moment. She has been a strong public servant. A dedicated, principled, thoughtful, and courageous leader who won respect and admiration from Kansans. The nation — and the tough challenges of American health care — merits having someone of her qualities […]

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Okay, let’s start with full disclosure: it has been too many years since I biked to work. In the ever distant past, I lived within a few blocks and then a few miles of my job. Years on end, the majority of commutes were on two feet or two wheels. Not so close anymore, some […]

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The National Park Service is out, hat-in-hand, seeking resources to Help Save America’s Front Yard (The National Mall). On an extremely late (perhaps 40 or so years) (even if better than later) act, the National Park Service looks to be en route (finally) to start a recycling program for the three-to-four tons of trash generated […]

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Since diving into the deep end when it comes to energy issues, almost every day sees new fascinating concepts, approaches, and technologies. Fascinating … exciting … even hope inspiring at times. And, as well, as the passion builds, so many of these are truly Energy COOL. There are many ways to see America’s energy excesses, […]

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