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After stridently supporting the Wall Street bailout, this morning’s Washington Post’s lead editorial launched a broadside against the bailout plan for the automobile industry. Amid this uneven editorial, which both raises legitimate questions and displays an impressive tone-deafness when contrasted with supporting bailouts for financial ‘tycoons’, is this paragraph: Congress approved $7,500 tax credits for […]

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Bit by bit, certainly in time for the election, people are seeing through the McBlurring of the McCain-Pain disastrous concepts for a darker energy future. From a poll yesterday: The IL Sen. has opened up a sizeable lead on who would best manage U.S. energy policies. Obama leads 51-36%; one week ago, he led 45-40%. […]

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Vampires are among us. When you aren’t looking (or, when you are looking but not seeing), when you are sleeping, when you aren’t paying attention, Vampires are sucking up vital juices, threatening our very existence. Vampire Power: Treehugger TV is one video that, amid all the political videos, merits going viral. A video to educate […]

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Arriving in the park’sparking lot, the stomach turns with that green “H” and racing stripe “hybrid” on the massive Yukon looming over me. Yes, greenwashing is probably too polite a term for plastering Hybrid all over that 20 miles per gallon monstrocity. Greenwashing monstrous vehicles is clearly an industry norm, with Toyota using its street […]

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This diary will be a relative short and sweet one. For once, no links with the supporting evidence and material … Just a very simply outline of how the United States could, without Herculean efforts, eliminate coal-fired electricity from the electrical system by 2030. And, do so while improving the economy. Very simply, 50% of […]

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Tomorrow night, Frontline will broadcast Heat, a result of some 18 months of work …

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Architecture2030 is a tremendous group, with concepts that should be seized and acted upon as part and parcel of moving forward toward an Energy Smart future. Recently, they’ve made a bit of a name for themselves with excellent graphics that call out just how sensible John McCain’s energy policy proposals are for changing the nation […]

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The spin machines work long and hard and fast nowadays. Email boxes around the country are filled with “fact sheets” and other material from campaigns during presidential debates and in the hours afterwards. Among other things, the Obama campaign produced “John McCain’s 26 Lies Tonight“. Lie #16: RENEWABLE ENERGY: McCain claimed to support renewable energies, […]

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In a confused editorial on energy policy, the Los Angeles Times incorrectly creates much equivalency between the two presidential candidates when it comes to energy and global warming policy. While not complimentary to either, this editorial clearly points to how the McCain campaign’s effortst to McBlur the differences in these arenas continues to work, despite […]

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A few days ago, guest poster Jill Richardson brought us exciting news with the question “Can Organics Save Us from Global Warming?” Jill excitedly brought news of a new study from the Rodale Institute entitled REgenerative ORganic Farming: A Solution to Global Warming. After now having taken the time to read this report, it seems […]

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