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Obama's Bank Overhaul May Stall As Congress Tackles Health Care, Climate Control

Bloomberg News | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

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June 16 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration's revamp of U.S. banking and market regulations may be stalled into next year as Congress and the pres...

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Time for Passion and Strategy on Climate Change

Michael Franti | Posted 05.26.2009 | Green

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Michael Franti

If we do not change our negative habits toward climate change, we can count on worldwide disruptions in food production, resulting in mass migration, refugee crises and increased conflict over scarce natural resources like water and farm land.

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25 Easy Things One Hard Thing You Can Must Do to Save the Planet

Jimmy Seidita | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

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Jimmy Seidita

It's excruciating for serious envirowonks to see complex and challenging policy questions distilled down to "tips" that, let's be brutally honest here, are not saving the planet.

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Yes We Can

Bianca Jagger | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green

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Bianca Jagger

We need to be aware of the economic consequences of climate change. The reality is that failure to act will be far more costly and damaging to the economy over the long term than acting immediately.

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Global Warming Warning: All Weather is Local

Gabriel London | Posted 04.16.2009 | Green

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Gabriel London

Beliefs in global warming rise and fall with, well... the mercury. And that spells trouble for those of us who believe we need to make changes now to head off global warming.

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Canada Thinks It Can Sell George W's Climate Plan to President Obama

Kevin Grandia | Posted 04.02.2009 | Green

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Kevin Grandia

Obama and his team see right through Canada's weak, ineffectual climate plan. After all it's pretty much the plan set out by former President George W. Bush.

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Family Income and Climate Security: We Can Have Both

Mike Tidwell | Posted 03.30.2009 | Green

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Mike Tidwell

A cap-and-dividend system would move energy markets toward clean fuels while generating billions of dollars in monthly dividend checks shared equally by all American families, guaranteed.

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Something to Chu On

Brian Keane | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green

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Brian Keane

To be sure, the nomination of Steven Chu -- like almost all of the Obama appointments -- represents a striking and hopeful departure from the approach we've seen under President Bush.

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On Science and the Obama Administration

Bill Nye | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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Bill Nye

President-elect Obama, in contrast with his predecessor, is fundamentally in favor of science. This is the best news possible, not just for niche workers like me, but for everyone.

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Phasing Out of Transition and Into the Book Business

Mike Lux | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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Mike Lux

Leaving transition work, I find myself a lot more hopeful about generally progressive policy coming out of the Obama administration than some of my friends in the progressive blogosphere.

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Obama's Forceful Call to Arms: Defining the Nation's Energy Future

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 01.16.2009 | Green

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Raymond J. Learsy

In an extraordinary press conference yesterday, Obama conveyed a sense that our new government is about to lead us out of our long and hapless wanderings in the desert of fossil fuel enslavement.

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Nancy Sutley Leading Obama's Environmental Council

AP | LIZ SIDOTI and DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama intends to round out his environmental and natural resources team with a Nobel Prize-winning physicist...

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Obama, Gore To Meet Privately In Chicago Tuesday

AP | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden planned to meet privately with former Vice President Al Gore in Chi...

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President Obama Should Host a UNFCCC Climate Change Summit

Ben Carmichael | Posted 01.02.2009 | Green

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Ben Carmichael

President-elect Obama has pledged that his administration will mark a "new chapter in America's leadership on climate change." The question is: What will open that first chapter?

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At Last, It Begins: Real, Substantive Debate on 2009 Climate Legislation

Dan Rosenblum | Posted 12.26.2008 | Green

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Dan Rosenblum

If introducing a new tax on carbon seems like a quixotic political battle in a time of historic economic and fiscal crisis, then you're out of touch. The crisis has in fact given it a big boost.

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Does Obama Have What It Takes To Confront Our Climate Crisis?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green

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Sarah van Gelder

It is a relief that we are now discussing how, rather than whether, to address this global crisis. But will Obama's actions be up to the crisis at hand?

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Obama Promises Climate Change Leadership At Summit (VIDEO)

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Calling climate change an urgent challenge, President-elect Barack Obama promised Tuesday that Washington would take a leading role...

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Gore Rejects "Climate Czar" Post

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

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The Washington Times reports: President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is flirting with creating a White House "Climate Czar," but climate cha...

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Al Gore: "The Climate For Change"

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

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In a New York Times op-ed, former Vice President Al Gore looks at Barack Obama's win through the lens of climate change, and offers a five-point plan ...

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Obama Triggers First Environmental Dividend

James Hoggan | Posted 12.08.2008 | Green

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James Hoggan

The U.S. wind has obviously shifted and leading Democrats have been increasingly critical of higher-carbon sources of crude oil.

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Why Biden is Such an Important Pick for the Climate

Joseph Romm | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Joseph Romm

It has become increasingly clear that achieving a serious, binding international emissions treaty is even more politically implausible a task than passing serious, binding domestic legislation.

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How Biden's Foreign Policy Experience Supplements Obama's Climate Policy

Jeremy Jacquot | Posted 09.24.2008 | Green

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Jeremy Jacquot

As things stand, the single biggest obstacle to effective climate change mitigation is the lack of a comprehensive, international accord.

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