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Matt Simmons must be rated as highly energy literate. Founder/Head of Simmons & Company, he supported George W Bush for President. He is a Texas oilman and author of Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy. Here is what Matt has to say about John McCain and energy: “John […]

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One poll doesn’t say everything. One question in one poll doesn’t provide “truth” (“ground truth”). But, at times, one question, one poll can provide a shock value. According to Diageo / The Hotline, McCain is judged better than Obama for “managing America’s energy policies”. In a poll which places “the economy” as the top issue, […]

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Global Warming, it is said, offers perhaps both the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced and perhaps the greatest opportunity we’ve ever had. Either we will figure out how to transform society, to a prosperous and sustainable path, or we will fail to do so with dire consequences. When it comes to Global Warming and […]

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This afternoon, a group worth joining, Clean Tech & Green Business Leaders for Obama, held a reception with a number of insightful and impassioned speakers including Peter Schwartz (Art of the Long View), Congressman Jay Inslee and Jason Grumet from the Obama campaign.  And, some notable clean tech and other heroes and celebrities in the room, […]

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In my neck of the woods, the local Republicans are showing a real green thumb (actually, perhaps green hammer) as there is green sprouting all over. Green signs with a gas pump are appearing with the words “Drill Now! Pay Less! Vote GOP!” Now, other than the direct linkage of a gas pump and the […]

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In my neck of the woods, someone is showing a real green thumb (actually, perhaps green hammer) as there is green sprouting all over. Green signs with a gas pump are appearing with the words “Drill Now! Pay Less! Vote GOP!” Now, other than the direct linkage of a gas pump and the Republican Party […]

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In her ABC interview, Sarah Palin has tried to morph herself from Global Warming denialist to simply being a Global Warming skeptic.

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My blogging beat and focus is Global Warming and Energy. And, the choice come November could not be starker in these arenas (that is, at least in fact not media framing). The contrast could not be starker … across a wide range of issues. Among these, John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin has added a […]

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Will the nation reach a limit? Is there no limit to how far things will go? I will put aside, for the moment, McCain advertising lying to make Obama out to be some form of supporter of teaching unvarnished sexual education to kindergardeners (when, in fact, Obama was supporting efforts to teach young child how […]

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My beat is clear: Global Warming and Energy. And, the choice come November could not be starker in these arenas (that is, at least in fact not media framing). The contrast could not be starker … across a wide range of issues. Among these, John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin has added a searing issue […]

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