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  The Big BangOn A 9/11 SAT quiz posted 1 year, 1 month ago 5 Responses

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  I know that Grist has to pay it's bills...

  ...but it is pretty painful to see both a Chevy and a Caterpillar ad at the bottom of this page.

  The environmental and energy crimes of these two corporations are difficult to overstate. On Considering recycled energy will politically facilitate a national clean energy plan posted 1 year, 4 months ago 12 Responses

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  I'd rather it be Lieberman.

  What a terrifying choice this would be. The US Chamber of Commerce's stances on everything from climate change to CAFE standards have been the polar opposite of what would be called progress by the environmental community. His speech that is linked to above could have been written by Dick Cheney, and is an energy supply-sider's wet dream, focusing on: increased production of all fossil fuels, increased consumption, exclusively technology based efficiency improvements, protection of maximized economic growth at the expense of the climate, and expansion of "alternative fuels" (code for biofuels, CC&S-ready coal plants, nukular, etc.)

  I can't imagine a choice for VP that would more effectively dash my hopes for the promise of an Obama presidency.
  On Obama VP possibility heads establishment energy advocacy group posted 1 year, 5 months ago 6 Responses

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  I can't believe my lying eyes!

  Has Grist now taken to publishing the sophistry of one of the industries most responsible for the environmental destruction it lives to fight? Can we now look forward to a column by a "guest author" extolling the common goals of the environmental movement and the coal-to-liquids industry? I'm disgusted that you've chosen to print this. Every word is a lie, and your entire staff knows it. Auto manufacturers have done everything in their considerable power to block responsible energy and environmental policy for a century, no matter how massive the cost to the planet, no matter how tiny the cost to their margins. And to let this shill float the idea that manufacturers are manufacturing their vehicle fleets "according to consumer demand" is the biggest letdown of all. These companies CREATE consumer demand in whichever direction maximizes their profits, via omnipresent marketing and PR throughout our culture, which has usually meant persuading people to desire the largest, least safe, least efficient vehicles available.

  Please realize that your readership is more educated and discerning than to let this piece stand.
  On It's shifting consumer demand that will drive increases in vehicle fuel efficiency posted 1 year, 5 months ago 25 Responses

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  Wallrock is correct

  I agree - the vitriol is misplaced here. Werbach may not be living up to our stratospheric hopes for him, but his work on social environmental movements should not be savaged like this. On Adam Werbach follows up 'Death of Environmentalism' with 'Birth of Blue' posted 1 year, 7 months ago 46 Responses