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• Jobs we can believe in

  Merkley wants Senate jobs bill to help finance building efficiency retrofits 4

  Posted 19 hours, 13 minutes agoLast week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid met with the chairs of six committees that might have some hand in developing the clean energy bill. The question at hand was whether the bill should be pushed back in favor of a short-term focus on finance reform, jobs, and the deficit. Though John Kerry argued vigorously that the clean energy is a jobs bill that won't grow the deficit, it looks like he lost out and there will be some kind of standalone jobs bill in the interim. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) is now advocating that any jobs bill include support… Read More

• Won't you run come see St. Judy's Comet

  Friday music blogging: Harper Simon 0

  Posted 1 day, 2 hours agoI have a huge, huge soft spot for Paul Simon. Simon & Garfunkel was one of the first bands I ever got into (like when I was eight) and I still love virtually everything Simon's ever done. My musical tastes were shaped by his knack for catchy melodies and pretty harmonies. I'm one of the 12 people that bought the soundtrack to his Broadway play. So I was both excited and trepidatious about the musical debut of his son (with his first wife) Harper Simon.

• Nobody knows nothin'

  Reflecting on the lameness of my profession 9

  Posted 2 days, 18 hours agoFor the past few weeks there has been a flood of news about the Copenhagen climate talks and the clean energy bill in the U.S. Senate. Standing in that flood it's easy to get caught up in the atmospherics of frantic action and constant crisis. But step out for a while and it becomes clear just how much of the "news" consists of people who don't really know anything guessing: what things mean, who's thinking what, what the future holds.

• Life Magazine ad breaks my brain

  Oil: enough energy to melt glaciers! 12

  Posted 3 days, 6 hours agoThe greatest oil ad of all time, from 1962.

• Know thine enemy

  Is Bill McKibben right to be angry with Obama? 35

  Posted 4 days, 17 hours agoIn his latest column, Bill McKibben lays into Obama for insufficient leadership on climate change. But the many sins ascribed to Obama almost all trace back to a different source. Properly identifying the barriers to change is the first step in effective political action.

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  Sorry, my bad. Just a late night brain malfunction. It's Merkley -- fixed now.On Merkley wants Senate jobs bill to help finance building efficiency retrofits posted 7 hours, 8 minutes ago 4 Responses

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  No attractive men? My avatar's all over the site!!!On Top 25 reasons to give a damn about climate change posted 1 day, 1 hour ago 19 Responses

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  I'm familiar with Hansen's (poor) arguments for a carbon tax. And I'm familiar with the list of supporters. My question was: how could Obama implement a carbon tax?On Delaying an international climate treaty: not as bad as it looks posted 2 days, 4 hours ago 27 Responses

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  The Founders never contemplated routine use of the filibuster. Rules about filibusters have changed numerous times. And needless to say, I hardly think that majorities being able to pass bills constitutes creeping fascism.On One reason Congress might consider scrapping the filibuster posted 2 days, 4 hours ago 7 Responses

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  Sorry -- link is fixed.On Reflecting on the lameness of my profession posted 2 days, 9 hours ago 9 Responses