Axelrod: Oil spill adds urgency to passing energy and climate bill – Reid: “Weaning ourselves off of oil is a hard fact for us to face.” May 24, 2010May 24, 2010Joe
Bingaman slams Graham’s climate bill incoherence: “I can’t keep up with his various conditions.” – Lost: Graham will vote for Dirty Air amendment, wants more drilling May 24, 2010May 24, 2010Joe
The non-hype about climate change (and malaria) – A look at two new studies and how the media has misled both the public and the sloppy authors of the Nature study May 23, 2010May 23, 2010Joe
The climate bill version of “Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough” May 23, 2010May 23, 2010Joe
President’s weekly address: “First and foremost, what led to this disaster was a breakdown of responsibility on the part of BP and perhaps others, including Transocean and Halliburton.” – Obama misses another chance to reframe the debate May 22, 2010May 22, 2010Joe
Arctic double stunner: Sea ice extent is now below 2007 levels, while volume hit record low for March – Summer poised to set new record May 21, 2010May 21, 2010Joe
Rand Paul calls White House pressure on British Petroleum “un-American,” defends BP’s recklessness: “sometimes accidents happen” – Asserts “I don’t think Washington should have anything to do with the mining” of coal: “My energy policy is let the marketplace decide through capitalism.” May 21, 2010May 21, 2010Joe
Canadian tar sands set to be top U.S. oil import – Let’s not forget that other risky, dirty oil business BP is part of May 20, 2010May 20, 2010Joe
Video: Robert Redford tells President Obama it’s time to lead “America on a path to cleaner, safer energy” May 19, 2010May 19, 2010Joe
U.S. National Academy of Sciences labels as “settled facts” that “the Earth system is warming and that much of this warming is very likely due to human activities” – New report confirms failure to act poses “significant risks” May 19, 2010May 19, 2010Joe
House hearing at 2 pm on “Sizing up the BP Oil Spill: Science and Engineering Measuring Methods” May 19, 2010May 19, 2010Joe
Video: As BP’s recklessness ruins the Gulf Coast, CEO Tony ‘Soprano’ Hayward calls oil disaster’s impact “very, very modest” – Expert says spill rate definitely much more than 70,000 barrels a day; BP and Goldman Sachs sued for oil fraud! May 18, 2010May 18, 2010Joe
Rep. Graves (R-MO) flees reality: BP oil disaster could have been averted if we were drilling in ANWR May 18, 2010May 18, 2010Joe