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Republicans propagate #TheBigLie in opposing Rep. Deb Haaland for Interior

February 23rd, 2021 · Comments Off on Republicans propagate #TheBigLie in opposing Rep. Deb Haaland for Interior

Republicans are outraged, outraged I tell you, about President Biden’s nomination of Representative Deb Haaland‘s nomination to be Secretary of the Interior. Putting aside the tone-deaf nature of white men whining about Federal control of land to a Native American leader, the truthiness nature of attack lines is both astounding — and, sadly, not surprising. […]

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Tags: #AlternativeFacts · analysis · BidenHarrisAdministration

The Keystone XL Treatment: Death notice for new fossil foolish infrastructure?

February 2nd, 2021 · 1 Comment

President Biden’s first two weeks have been busy, productive, and exciting. Mehdi Hasan is not alone in concluding that “Biden’s first days in office were way better than I expected.” So many impressive (capable, ethical, experienced, passionate) appointees. Fair, but firm, engagement as to calls for “bipartisan” to undermine progress (as opposed to unity for […]

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Tags: BidenHarrisAdministration · Energy · KeystoneXL · virginia

Four Wednesdays in January: From insurrection to innovative climate action

January 26th, 2021 · 1 Comment

The United States has been through a massive roller-coaster over the past month. The events of Four Wednesdays in January have been momentous: Wednesday, January 6th: Insurrection: At the instigation of Donald Trump, insurrectionists assaulted the Capitol and put the survival of U.S. Democracy on a knife’s edge. Of course, that first Wednesday began with […]

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Tags: ActOnClimate · BidenHarrisAdministration · climate change · Energy · Joe Biden

Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) returns to governance

January 20th, 2021 · Comments Off on Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) returns to governance

Amid the momentous events of today, President Biden has plans to exhaust his hand signing executive orders (see note below re broken link. note: that is a broken link) to reverse some of Donald Trump’s worse excesses and to start the process of righting the ailing Ship of State. Among these is an item that […]

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Tags: analysis · BidenHarrisAdministration · climate change · climate crisis