by Miles Grant
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A BRILLIANT PROPOSAL
Entourage season finale delivers surprises and sustainability 1
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago Warning: If you haven't seen the season finale of Entourage, don't read this post. It contains spoilers. Matt Damon stole the show with his star turn as a well-meaning, overbearing version of himself, while another dazzling cameo managed to slip in under the radar. Read More -
THE RIGHT MOVE
Washington Post doubles down on fact-free climate denial 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago Is there any media outlet that enables global warming denial more effectively than the Washington Post? After today's op-ed from one of the top deniers in the world, the latest in a long line of denial op-eds, you have to wonder. Read More -
POLLUTER FRAUD DU JOUR
Big Oil creates phony climate denial site, lies about it 5
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago A friend just alerted me to the website PlantsNeedCO2.org, which is running ads on NYTimes.com. Read More -
FAHRENTHOLD 451
Washington Post gives polluters a free pass on dirty money and lies 5
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago In today's Washington Post, David Fahrenthold's front-page story spends its first 15 paragraphs detailing Big Oil's massive campaign against clean energy while incredibly avoiding any mention of one little detail: money. Read More -
A view askew
Pay no attention to footnote #5 0
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago Two industry groups, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF), are getting ready to release an "independent" study today on the American Clean Energy and Security Act. But if this study is anything like the last one NAM/ACCF released, it'll come with a major footnote. Read More -
ALTERNATE REALITY
Senate GOP: Nuke, baby, nuke! 1
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago Republicans in the Senate claim to have an “alternative" to the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act. (OK, so it was just Sen. Lamar Alexander, but we’ll accept his claim that he has some so-far-anonymous colleagues behind him). But on closer inspection, chances that their plans would affect clean energy or energy security seem dim. Read More -
One-Way Bleat
Do as Heartland says, not as it does 1
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago If you're a green blogger who wants to cover a Heartland Institute event, you better pony up hundreds of dollars in entrance fees or you're not allowed inside. But if you're a Congressman holding a hearing on global warming and you don't invite a spokesman from the Heartland Institute to testify, you're a fascist who silences dissenting voices. Read More -
FEEL THE BURN
Heartland Institute terrified of Grist 4
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago The global-warming-denying Heartland Institute denies Grist press credentials, declaring us not "legitimate online media." -
The incredible shrinking tent
Republican counter-strategy on climate: Revenge! 2
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago How much smaller can the climate denial tent get? We’re about to find out. Read More -
Irreconcilable Climate Differences
Chamber vs. Chamber 0
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago It’s hard to listen to someone complain about getting dumped. "Why won’t she come back? Doesn’t she know I can change? Just give me one more chance!" Lots of difficult questions with painful answers you’d really rather not get into.Which is why it was really hard to sit at the US Chamber of Commerce’s energy "dialogue" Wednesday morning in Washington, listening to polluters bemoan America's momentum towards climate action amid the Chamber's public split on the issue. Johnson & Johson, Nike and other members delivered a stinging rebuke on the Chamber’s climate obstruction last week. Then on the day… Read More
