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Jill Stein’s Ridiculous Run

By Lindsay Curren | August 29, 2016

Jill Stein President

I share many of Green Party Presidential Nominee Jill Stein's values. On climate and energy, I absolutely agree that our world is in crisis and that we need some form of a "Green New Deal," though whether that would be her plan, or some other approach, is, for me, still a point of debate. On her view that an energy transition would have multiple cost-saving and health … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate, Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, climate change, dystopia, Jill Stein, politics

Business leaders urge Obama to act for clean energy

By Vicki Lipski | February 5, 2014

solar panels sky

When it comes to climate and energy, some business leaders are catching on, even in the United States. On January 21, a report authored, in part, by over 100 academics, energy experts, government officials, and business leaders called upon the president to address climate change by taking measures that do not require congressional approval. Spearheaded by the Center for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: Barack Obama, Bill Ritter, Colorado State University, electric utilities, energy efficiency

The climate speech he should have given

By Eric Krasnauskas | July 10, 2013

Climate protest poster

At the end of June, President Obama gave his first major address on climate change to the nation. While many environmentalists jumped for joy, I found myself singularly unimpressed — the speech lacked any real sense of urgency, and it was mired in the same plodding, informative language that convinces few people of the seriousness of the problem, much less compels them to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: Barack Obama, clean energy, Hurricane Sandy, national security

Citing mystical vision, Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline

By Staff Reports | April 1, 2013

Barack Obama speaking

Cutting short a permit review process expected to conclude this summer at earliest, President Obama today announced that he has decided to block the Keystone XL pipeline planned to carry more than 700,000 barrels a day of Canadian tar-sands crude into the country. "After a careful process of deliberation, and a prophetic vision after Easter service on Sunday, I have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, Canada, Jack Gerard, James Hansen, Keystone XL Pipeline, Stephen Harper

Always the last to know

By Vicki Lipski | February 27, 2013

Climate Change

Quiz time, readers: what do the US Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA, the Transportation Department, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Interior, the Energy Department, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce, the Government Accountability Office, and the CIA have in common? It’s a long list of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: Barack Obama, climate, climate change, Congress, energy policy, plutocracy, US Congress

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