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Tax the Guy Behind the Tree

Carl Pope | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Co2, Kerry-Boxer, Lobbyists, American Petroleum Institute, John Kerry, Api, Climate Change, Clean Air Act, Global Warming, Green News
Carl Pope

Big Carbon is fighting for its life and seems determined to do as much damage as it can before it faces the inevitable. The world will move on to a clean-energy, post-coal-and-oil economy.

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PSFK Talks to Dennis Crowley of foursquare

Piers Fawkes | Posted 10.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Foursquare, Dennis Crowley, Psfk, Api, Clay Shirky, Internet Startups, New York City, Trends, Software Startups, Sxsw, New York News
Piers Fawkes

Crowley argues that a location based service needs to evolve to understand a user contextually -- to tap into your calendar, for example, and understand if you have a hole in your schedule.

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Astroturfing Oil Company Picnics - All the Intel You Need

Kevin Grandia | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Citizens Rallies, American Petroleum Institute, Api, Energy Bill, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Greenpeace, Waxman-Markey, Green News
Kevin Grandia

Members of the Texas Public Citizen group attended the rally against the Waxman-Markey clean energy bill, and as they rightly report these were more of a company picnic than a spontaneous uprising of citizens.

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Big Oil Astroturf Rally in Houston More Company Picnic Than Grassroots Campaign

Andy Wilson | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Public Citizen, Api, #FrontGroupFAIL, Texas, Global Warming, Crap and Trade, Big Oil, Cap and Tax, Energy Citizens, Front Groups, Citizen Sarah, Climate Change, Aces, Waxman-Markey, Astroturf, Green News
Andy Wilson

Yesterday the Public Citizen Texas team drove down to Houston to crash the American Petroleum Institute's Energy Citizen event. Billed as a "grassroots" rally against the cap-and-trade bill currently before Congress, this event was nothing more than a company picnic.

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