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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Energy prices	David Roberts	09 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Conservatives want to terrify voters at the prospect of climate policy raising energy prices. Meanwhile: 'Wealth Evaporates as Gas Prices Clobber McMansions.' How long will we stay on this sinking ship?
Topics: climate change mitigation, economy, energy, gas prices, messaging, politics (all these topics)

The truth will set you free Democrats are undermining the strongest message behind climate policy	David Roberts	04 Jun 2008	Gristmill
In this post, I argued that the best, simplest, and most impactful message for advocates of climate legislation is this: Good climate policy will rescue American families from a sinking ship. I meant to add that the Dems not only seem to miss the power of this message, but are by all appearances working to undermine it. What do I mean? Well, core to the message is a simple truth: Fossil energy costs are going up. They're going to keep going up. The reasons are comp ...
Topics: climate, energy, fossil fuels, gas prices, messaging, politics (all these topics)

What do we tell the voters? Behavioral quirks make taxes a tough sell	Ryan Avent	29 May 2008	Gristmill
Tom Friedman is in full-on green mode these days, which is a welcome change from his writing on Iraq. And his proposal yesterday -- that the U.S. should declare a $4 price floor for a gallon of gas -- is all right, although I'm not sure why we shouldn't just raise the gas tax and make it a percentage of the pump price rather than a flat number.But I'm interested in his introduction to the column: Imagine for a minute, just a minute, that someone running for president ...
Topics: energy, gas prices, messaging, politics (all these topics)

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