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Brad Johnson blogs at the Wonk Room on the climate crisis, energy policy, and building a green economy. Brad holds a bachelor's degree in math and physics from Amherst College and master's degree in geosciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the co-author of Technomanifestos, a history of the Information Revolution, and the founder of HillHeat.com, which covers climate policy in our nation's capital.
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ClimateGate alert!
FOX News and TrollCat agree: Global warming is BUNK! 0
Posted 7 hours, 26 minutes agoRight-wing bloggers reacting to trumped up denier story have become indistinguishable from TrollCat.thanks for nothing
Global boiling declares war on Thanksgiving 3
Posted 1 day, 6 hours agoOur increasingly extreme climate is devastating American agriculture. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, strengthened by global warming, caused $1.6 billion in agriculture damage in Louisiana alone. Now it appears that a Thanksgiving mainstay -- pumpkin pie -- is next on the global boiling hit list.Fourteen Democratic senators stick up for coal 5
Posted 1 week, 1 day agoThursday, 14 Democratic senators affirmed their allegiance to the profits of polluting industry at the expense of the health and jobs of their constituents. In a letter to Senate leaders, a bloc of senators with powerful coal interests in their states called for "fair emissions allowances in climate change legislation." Their definition of "fair," unfortunately, turns out to be full taxpayer subsidies for global warming polluters.Senate Finance Committee calls on polluter lobbyists to defend pollution economy yet again 1
Posted 1 week, 4 days agoOn Tuesday, Sen. Max Baucus's (D-Mont.) Finance Committee will look at the effect of clean energy legislation on the "future of jobs." Appearing before the committee are four industry or conservative lobbyists and one coal-industry union lobbyist, Abraham Breehey. The only economist to testify will be Margo Thorning, a lobbyist for the anti-tax American Council on Capital Formation. Also testifying is Carol Berrigan, a nuclear industry representative, and American Enterprise Institute fellow Kenneth Green.Lindsey Graham rebukes fellow Republicans: ‘The green economy is coming’ 1
Posted 2 weeks, 2 days agoWhile other Senate Republicans led by Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) boycott action on the climate crisis, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has chosen a leadership role.
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What's the logic?
Does Dingell really think it's a good idea to rally support from industry lobbyists in the current political environment?
On House Dems taking sides in Dingell/Waxman battle over posted 1 year ago 3 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
Pity
Just because LCV endorsed Chris Shays doesn't make him a green candidate. His record of supporting the Bush-Cheney agenda means that he is far to the right of his constituents on environmental policy.
Endorsing an incumbent with a 54% LCV rating against a progressive, environmentalist challenger in a liberal district is shameful.
On A look at House races with hot eco-angles posted 1 year ago 2 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
Sununu, really?
Really, Sununu? The guy is a Norquistian conservative libertarian.
Sununu filibustered renewable tax credits not once, but twice in key votes that failed by a single vote. (McCain could have overcome the filibuster both times if he so desired.)
Sununu is far to the right of his NH constituents, increasingly so as the years go by.
I hate to slam a fellow MIT grad, but Sununu is no Snowe-Chafee (or even a Collins).
On LCV endorses Republican Susan Collins in Maine Senate race posted 1 year, 1 month ago 3 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
Alito and Roberts
Collins called the extreme anti-environment zealot Sarah Palin a "great choice."
Worse, Collins voted to confirm Alito and Roberts, who tried to prevent the EPA from regulating carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas.
Among many, many other anti-environment positions they have taken and will continue to do so in the coming decades.
On LCV endorses Republican Susan Collins in Maine Senate race posted 1 year, 1 month ago 3 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
The real lesson
Is that EDF has a ridiculous amount of money.
On Joseph Romm's critique of EDF's contest is misguided posted 1 year, 1 month ago 2 Responses