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When contemplating the path of climate legislation over the past several years, we must address a continual question and challenge for those (which should be all of us) concerned that our political system is proving unable to come up with a policy and regulatory framework that provides any real hope for putting us (the United […]

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This is a critically important item that I will be writing on, as well, but mwmwm has written a good piece that merits reading.   Simply put, we can put warming aside and acidification of the oceans provides more than enough reason for acting with alacrity to cut CO2 emissions and to begin to look for […]

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In the health care debate, progressives are calling for single payer and made it quite clear, in a united fashion, that a (good) public option is an absolute minimum requirement. They’ve put a public bottom line front and center. And they appear to be making progress on it. Where is that similar call when it […]

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Amid the focus on Waxman-Markey’s climate-focused provisions, sometimes we (I) lose sight of the strongest and most valuable portions of the American Climate and Energy Security (ACES) Act: the Energy Efficiency elements. It is (nearly …) without question that one of the fastest, highest payoff, and most powerful near-term (and continuing) Silver BBs to tackle […]

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Steven Mufson had a must-read piece re influencing in today’s Washington Post, High-Stakes Quest for Permission to Pollute: Interest Groups Press Congress for Cap-and-Trade Allowances in Climate-Change Legislation.  The article begins with a rather concerning story on changes to the bill and the impacts. During the final days of the drafting of a 946-page climate […]

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With new videos uploaded every second, one can lose one’s life within Youtube and constantly be falling behind. It is hard to find the wheat amid all that chaff. Perhaps this can help: Greenman3610 (Peter Sinclair) provides some pretty high-quality wheat. Now at 13 videos, Sinclair has taken it on himself to produce “The Climate […]

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This evening, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act out for consideration by the rest of the House. This bill is filled with good … and bad elements. It has strong provisions for improving energy efficiency in the United States, a weak renewable energy standard, and […]

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A guest post from “loblolly” in which “A retired science teacher looks at subtle and not so subtle efforts by the oil and coal industry and global warming deniers to subvert environmental education in the public schools, by spreading doubt and making teaching about global warming a controversial topic in public school classrooms.” Received from […]

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Energy Dumb Dana Rohrbacher showed his face on the House floor with a studied effort at willful ignorance a year ago several weeks before Senate Republicans stooped to the lowest forms of obstructionism to avoid having to have a substantive and meaningful debate about Global Warming legislation. Rohrbacher’s speech is worth a few minutes of […]

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There are a number of fast, win-win-win paths for making real dents to turn the tide on Global Warming’s rising tide. A quick win-win-win, for example, would be ‘white-roofing’ (increasing the albedo) as much of the urban (man-made) landscape as possible. This can save energy, reduce the urban heat island impact, and cut into global […]

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