In WattHead - Posted 1 hour ago

Cross-posted from the Breakthrough Blog...No, it's not the 2008 election. It's the fight over the future of American energy policy. And Democrats are ...

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In NEI Nuclear Notes - Posted 3 hours ago

The LA Times today published an inaccurate and sloppy editorial stating: McCain's energy plan misleads the public and ignores the risks of nuclear en...

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In GristMill - Posted 3 hours ago

By Ryan AventJoe Romm isn't off the wagon in calling Barack Obama's latest energy policy outline [PDF], easily the best energy plan ever put forward ...

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In Sierra Club - Posted 3 hours ago

Salt Lake City -- It's often forgotten that the founder of Salt Lake City, Brigham Young, was by today's standards a radical communitarian. The Beehiv...

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In Switchboard, from NRDC - Posted 4 hours ago

Today, the EPA rejected Texas's request to waive the renewable fuel requirements established under the renewable fuel standard. For EPA to have approv...

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In GristMill - Posted 4 hours ago

By Joseph Romm Green Car Congress reports: US sales of light-duty vehicles continued their decline in July, dropping to a total 1.136 million un...

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In Switchboard, from NRDC - Posted 5 hours ago

Paul Krugman wrote in the New York Times that outrage is the proper response to last week's Congressional debate on offshore drilling. I agree. It is ...

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In GristMill - Posted 6 hours ago

By Kate Sheppard One might recall that Newt Gingrich resigned his seat in Congress in 1998. But he was back on the Hill yesterday to join the House...

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In Economist's View - Posted 6 hours ago

Here are a few reactions to Martin Feldstein's recent WSJ commentary on the effectiveness of the stimulus package. He says it wasn't cost effective be...

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In GristMill - Posted 6 hours ago

By Joseph RommThis post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- ...

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