Congress is heading back home for the August recess this week. Apparently our Senators need to rest after they failed to take up both a clean energy and climate bill and an oil spill bill. Legislative inaction must be more tiring than I … [Read more...]
Coal Barons Meeting Today in Hopes of Ending All Climate Debate for a Generation
Today, a bunch of coal executives are congregating for the West Virginia Coal Association annual meeting at the luxurious Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, WV. One of the primary things they will discuss is the formation of a 527 … [Read more...]
Lessons from the “Enlightened Eight”: Republicans Can Vote Pro-Environment and Not Get “Tea Partied
On June 26, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 219-212 in favor of HR 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES). Only eight Republicans - we'll call them the "Enlightened Eight" - voted "aye." These … [Read more...]
Oily Apologies vs. Clean Energy Momentum
It is yet another big week for clean energy. The President is having a group of bipartisan senators over to discuss how to get a clean energy bill moving that addresses the source of the gulf spill. One guy who won't be attending is … [Read more...]
Five Reasons Clean Energy Trumps Tea Party Slogans
Sometimes I think America is the proverbial child-star-gone-bad of nations: we have a crippling addiction, but we still won't go to rehab. We are hooked on burning dirty fossil fuels like cavemen, and no matter how many times we … [Read more...]
One Month After The Oil Spill, It’s Time To Act.
Today, on the month anniversary of the spill, I think we all need to take a moment and realize what the spill really means - the devastation in the Gulf is a reflection of our collective failure to force Washington and our elected … [Read more...]
Scott Brown: Don’t Forget. It’s The People’s Seat.
It appears to me that Scott Brown is having a touch of an identity crisis. Or maybe it's a crisis of a man who is debating between his own beliefs and the beliefs of the national party he belongs to and the far right wing of that … [Read more...]
Four Years Later, Great Ideas Are Going Direct To Voter
However, from my personal perspective, there is one more place where I see a massive difference between now and 2004 and that is the explosion of direct to voter video. Great messaging on behalf of our Presidential Candidate is not just … [Read more...]
Millions Of Dollars Versus Millions Of Voters
In a democracy, every person has a single vote. Unfortunately, what is becoming increasingly true is that someone with millions of dollars and the willingness to fund front groups has the ability to influence millions of votes. Take the … [Read more...]
The Ironic Destruction Of Our National Guard Under President “Do Not Volunteer For Overseas”
- Over 267,000 men and women of the National Guard have been deployed since September 11, 2001. - 35 states have deployed more troops to Iraq and Afghanistan than to any war since World War II - From now to the end of Bush's term in office, … [Read more...]