Get Energy Smart! NOW!

Considering that Barack Obama made the call for all of us (all of the US) to pursue energy efficiency in our lives, our homes, our businesses, time to take advantage of opportunities for learning about what we can do and to gain resources to enable that change. For those nearby (no, don’t fly in …), […]

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This afternoon, newly minted Senator-Elect Energy Smart Jeff Merkley (D-OR) took the time to reach out to the netroots with a blogger conference call.  “The Netroots were critical to my election … It is 40 years since an incumbent lost in Oregon and only the second time in 100 years that a Republican incumbent lost […]

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Barack Obama has fostered one of the most impressive political machines, if not social movements, in American history. As much community organizers as political operatives, the Obama campaign has created neighborhood and community teams of volunteers who will merit a great deal of the credit for sweeping him into office. What happens, starting tomorrow, with […]

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We will, hold our breath, see a significant shift this Tuesday in the political structure when it comes to taking action to blunt the impacts of Global Warming and change our path toward a more sensible energy future. From the Oval Office, a new message and new direction will go out. In the Halls of […]

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In 2004, T. Boone Pickens invested his money in trashing John Kerry and helping doom us to four more years via Swift Boat Veterans for Truthiness. In 2008, T. Boone Pickens is investing his money in trashing our opportunity for a sensible energy future. In 2008, T. Boone Pickens is attempting to buy a yes […]

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The journal Nature has come out with a solid endorsement of Barack Obama for President: America’s choice. The opening: The values of scientific enquiry, rather than any particular policy positions on science, suggest a preference for one US presidential candidate over the other. The conclusion: This journal does not have a vote, and does not […]

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If you haven’t seen the Obama “infomercial“, forget this post and go watch it. Eloquently, powerfully, Obama laid down his core concepts for his Presidency. A case for why … and what. And, as for what, Senator Obama has moved into a zone that is fostering optimist in this pessimistic optimist (or optimistic pessmist, can’t […]

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This is a guest post by Devilstower, a front-pager at Daily Kos and a leading light of Energize America.  Suppose there was a candidate who was as bright and as capable as Sarah Palin is confused and incompetent. Someone who had a record of working with environmental groups, and who had a real understanding of […]

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This year could be a breakthrough year to truly change the nature of dialogue and action in Washington, DC, and nationwide. On the tip of the tongue: will there be a super majority in the Senate (59 Democratic Party, One Socialist (Sanders), and the only Connecticut for Lieberman Senator)? Once a seemingly near-impossible, very long-shot, […]

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One of the joys of 2008: there are too many good races, too many viable opportunities to turn Red districts Blue on the electoral map. Sadly, on Kos’ latest map of the Western US, one of the opportunities that we all should be banding together to make a reality remains red. In CA-46, we have […]

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