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A Fish Out of Water struggles to survive, finding a path toward a safer environment. FishOutofWater is a thoughtful, engaged scientist, passionately struggling to help us find our way toward a prosperous, climate-friendly future. Here is a guest post focusing on the local, regional, national tragedy that is mountain-top removal. Mountaintop Removal Mining (MTR) at […]

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The French rail system (SNCF) has added a calculator for travel carbon emissions, offering up the ability to compare prices and carbon loads for travel by rail, air, or personal vehicle.

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BruceMcF is passionate and thoughtful on transportation issues, especially the roles that rain can and should play in America’s future.  Read him at Burning the Midnight Oil. Burning the Midnight Oil for Living Energy Independence. I’ve seen this before … indeed, it was mentioned recently in some discussion threads of Libertarians Against Choice … the […]

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There is a fundamental framing and analysis challenge that pervades much of the Washington (and national) discussion of moving forward toward better policy. This is true in health care, transportation, prison reform, decriminalization of marijuana (and industrial hemp), clean energy, global warming, and very many other important policy arenas. At Netroots Nation, on a panel […]

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As we consider the challenges of climate change and the paths to reaching an international accord that will lead to real efforts to turn the tides on global warming’s rising seas, we need to wonder whether all nations will be represented in Denmark this December. Today’s question: Will the Colbert Nation be duly represented in […]

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This is a repost, with minor editing, of something published several years ago.  This is adapted to look at the Obama Administration and its efforts in each of the five arenas. Let me know what you think. The Republic is at a critical crossroads – a point where Americans must understand and take action to […]

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The saga of Bonner & Associates / Hawthorn Group / American Coalition for a Clean-Coal Electricity and the sending of fraudulent letters to Congress opposing the American Clean Energy & Security (ACES) Act continues with documents submitted by these organizations to The U.S. House of Representatives’ Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, whose […]

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The insanity of truth denying is somewhat staggering to considering, with people who are so disconnected from the real world that they seek to create some form of near 50 year long conspiracy of how Barack Obama wasn’t actually born in the United States (as long as you consider Hawaii as one of the 50 […]

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President Bill Clinton spoke at the Netroots Nation conference 13 August. (Parts 4 and 5 in this discussion … for the rest.) While too many Americans have their ears shut when they hear his name, he speaks thoughtfully and has continued serious service post his Presidency. His comments, undoubtably discussed elsewhere multiple times, about how […]

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Last year,  National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and that American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) made noise with a report written by SAIC showing that the Lieberman-Warner Coal Subsidy Act (misrepresented as the Climate Security Act)  would have devastating impact. Now, NAM and ACCF have long fought against any moves to clean energy and any […]

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