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Stop This Nuclear Insanitynew

Safe or not, Fukushima contamination showing up in Vermont is a stark reminder that we all live on a little planet, and like it or not, there is no escaping this global society.
Artvoice  |  Michael I. Niman  |  04-18-2011  |  Commentary

Joe Lieberman, Connecticut's Surprising Occasional Liberal in Washingtonnew

There's a Connecticut guy in Congress who's taking the lead on extending benefits to same-sex partners of 30,000 federal employees, gets a 100-percent rating from abortion rights groups and has an environmental record that's a tree-hugger's dream. He's Joe Liebrman.
New Haven Advocate  |  Gregory B. Hladky  |  01-05-2010  |  Commentary

Warning Trend: The Climate Debate Goes Southnew

Here's the problem with the global-warming debate: A society that demands quick answers isn't good at solving problems decades in the making. And the highly deliberative scientific method -- which discovered the climate-change threat -- makes it hard to convince people to do anything about it.
Pittsburgh City Paper  |  Chris Potter  |  07-27-2009  |  Commentary

The GOP and the Greenest Generationnew

Eco-friendly youth are now the nation's most powerful (and feared) voting bloc. So why isn't the GOP listening?
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  05-07-2009  |  Commentary

The Death of Birthnew

Species are becoming extinct faster than scientists can identify them. While death is a natural part of the cycle of life, extinction signals the death of birth.
Jackson Free Press  |  Brian Johnson  |  04-24-2009  |  Commentary

Welcome to Washington, Mr. President; Now Let's Do This Thingnew

On his first day in office, we offer Obama an epistle from Idaho: Don't scare us, fix our energy and immigration problems, give us health care and change the tone on science and facts.
Boise Weekly  |  Nathaniel Hoffman  |  01-21-2009  |  Commentary

A Political Prediction: Presidential Candidates Won't Do What Gore Asksnew

Al Gore recently made a speech calling for an energy makeover for the U.S., claiming that within 10 years, we can go to 100 percent renewable electricity. While I'm glad that someone has finally asked this country to get some courage regarding climate change, I'm highly skeptical of the political will for this to actually happen.
Santa Barbara Independent  |  Quentin Gee  |  08-11-2008  |  Commentary

Enviros Find Lame Excuses Not to Drill Offshore and in the Arcticnew

One of the more commonly used talking points of those who oppose drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or on the Outer Continental Shelf is that it would be at least 5 to 7 years before any ANWR or OCS crude reached U.S. refineries. It's one of the dumber arguments environmentalists and their Democratic allies in Congress make, and if you want to know why, consider how long it would take to produce an equivalent amount of fuel from any alternative source.
Boulder Weekly  |  Paul Danish  |  07-21-2008  |  Commentary

Activism is Just Another Marketing Schemenew

Let us bow in praise to activist celebrities -- those all-knowing martyrs of the American melodrama, forever guiding the aimless masses with their acute political observations and personal reflections.
Boulder Weekly  |  Ben Corbett  |  05-19-2008  |  Commentary

Democrats Should Establish Urban Real Estate Cartelnew

The Democratic Party needs to wrap the greenest of its Utopians together with its fiercest capitalists in a strategy to protect the environment, house the homeless, and uplift the values of racial and cultural tolerance.
SF Weekly  |  Matt Smith  |  12-21-2004  |  Commentary

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