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Well, Al Gore is taking on another venture.  As Fortune phrased it,  The recovering politician, environmental activist, and Nobel laureate is adding another title to his résumé: venture capitalist.

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and, well, they’re extremely good … amazing at what a shot at a free GreenWashing gas guzzler (a Toyota Highlander) as motivation can produce.  In all seriousness, some great videos … check them out at Current TV.

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In traditional international politics, the most prominent “races” between states have been “arms races”.  In turning to serious coping with the challenges of a warming world, we have the potential for a far more productive and healthy race:  a race to true carbon neutrality.  Several nations have already signed the entry forms …

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Oh, the violins are playing, the tears are flowing.  Rush Limbaugh chose to headline with a false paper proving that Global Warming is a Hoax. (For a moment, one must imagine that James Inhofe’s heart was beating …)

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Truthiness too often reigns in reporting and editorializing re energy issues. Sometimes it is simply energy illiteracy, a lack of knowledge. Sometimes it is failing to understand some complexity or fundamental factors at play. Sometimes, clearly, and likely often, it is malicious and malelovent, seeking to mislead, confuse, and sway with false information.  And, well, […]

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Let us be clear, upfront, the current Lieberman-Warner bill is inadequate and, well, potentially worse than inadequate. If passed, as is, it will (without question) fall short of the measures required to deal with Global Warming, it will give away $100s billions to polluters without requirements to use those funds to clean up their acts […]

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We face a perfect storm when it comes to Global Warming and energy issues. There are solution paths that can help us navigate these dangerous seas, yet often the technology seems to be the least of our challenges. On October 30th, the Brookings Institution Hamilton Project had a forum entitled:  A Climate of Change: Economic Approaches to […]

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Notable in the Presidential debates, on both sides of the aisle, has been a relative silence on such minor issues as energy and Global Warming.  Peak Oil matter?  Evidently not, based on the hours of debates.  Global Warming?  Well, Tim Russert has asked over 200 questions, not one related to this that I can find. […]

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On the front page, above the fold, of The Washington Post this morning:  Climate Is a Risky Issue for Democrats:  Candidates Back Costly Proposals A misleading title to a misleading article that frames the entire discussion in a misleading light, fostering a truthiness that has impeded real movement forward in the battle to turn the […]

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This afternoon, Senator Kerry held a conference call with a number of Global Warming / energy focused bloggers.   Earlier this week, the Senator gave a speech calling for a Post-Kyoto Global Climate Change approach, as part of his public discussion leading up to Senator Boxer and he leading the Senate delegation to the global […]

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