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  • All you need to do is replace the enviro buzzwords in this piece with anti-abortion and Moral Majoity versions and you'd have a classic Bush-era argument for a right wing kook on the Court. Sukumar is right - the place to focus is Congress, not the Court.

    On Sotomayor endorsement is an embarrassment posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago 11 Responses

  • Credit where it is (and isn't) due

    This article (I'm sure inadvertently) perpetuates the illusion nurtured by Ahnold and his minions that he is the sole mover and champion of GHG reduction in CA.  In fact he has been very much a follower rather than a leader.  A hell of a lot of people have worked a hell of a lot harder than the Governator on this issue (which he is, in the best Hollywood tradition, trying to take all the credit for), but if you're going to single out one person as the catalyst for the momentous actions taken by the CA State Legislature on GHG reduction, it's the author of AB 1493 (which created the tailpipe emission law) and AB 32, Senator Fran Pavley.  Former Speaker Fabian Nunez was very much a Johnny-come-lately on the latter bill, though he deserves credit for creating the political climate in which it could pass. On State leaders urge Obama administration to act quickly on emissions waiver posted 10 months, 1 week ago 4 Responses

  • one more thing...

    On the other hand, the Vilsack appointment is a disaster.On Green groups divided over choice of Salazar to head Interior posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago 15 Responses

  • Hooray for the Radical Center

    I'd make another distinction between the supporters and opponents of the Salazar appointment - the opponents all seem to be knee-jerk opponents of the human cultural and historical presence on Western public lands.  I think of them as Eco-Calvinists trying to save "pristine" nature from "fallen" humanity.  Both concepts are fallacious.  They're still fighting the tired old range wars of the 90s.  Thankfully, a growing number of conservationists throughout the West are reaching out to ranchers and farmers and others who live on, from, and with the land and discovering they have a lot in common and can get a lot more done together than they can separately.  Ken Salazar knows this first hand, as a farmer and as an advocate.  I can't think of a better advocate for a truly sustainable West.On Green groups divided over choice of Salazar to head Interior posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago 15 Responses