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On Climate Change, Americans May Trust Politics Above Preachers : It's All Politics : NPR - 0 views

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      Interesting perspectives on religion and climate
  • On Climate Change, Americans May Trust Politics Above Preachers
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For oil traders, a vexing new risk: U.S. politics | Reuters - 0 views

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      "Much of the industry has been caught out in recent years by a number of unexpected decisions, from Obama's more liberal use of strategic petroleum reserves in 2011 to the drawn-out battle over the TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL pipeline."
  • For oil traders, a vexing new risk: U.S. politics
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The real secret to beating the Koch brothers: How our broken political system can still... - 0 views

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    "The real secret to beating the Koch brothers: How our broken political system can still be won"
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Petra Bartosiewicz: The Time for a Polite Green Revolution Has Passed - 0 views

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      Like Thoreau, it's time we "[R]aise [our] voice[s]." 
  • The Time for a Polite Green Revolution Has Passed
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A Call to Arms: An Invitation to Demand Action on Climate Change | Politics News | Roll... - 0 views

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    "A Call to Arms: An Invitation to Demand Action on Climate Change"
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As The Debates Approach, We Must Break The Candidates' Silence On Climate Change | Thin... - 0 views

  • To help the candidates answer a “what will you do about the climate” question, the Presidential Climate Action Project will release the latest of its reports next week on what the President and his Administration can do, with or without Congress.  Among its proposals will be how the next Administration can launch America’s deliberate and historic transition to an advanced energy economy. The bottom line is this: The American people are finding they can’t run and can’t hide from the insidious impacts of global warming. Political candidates should not be allowed to hide from the issue, either.
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Elizabeth Warren, Known, and Maybe Feared, on National Stage - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • “Wall Street C.E.O.’s — the same ones who wrecked our economy and destroyed millions of jobs — still strut around Congress, no shame, demanding favors and acting like we should thank them,” Ms. Warren declared in her prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention. That was the Elizabeth Warren who earned the adoration of millions of people across the country, the one who spoke truth to power and was not worried about sounding indiscreet. And it is what they expect of her now that she has a powerful new platform in Washington.
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How is science underpinning the climate talks in Doha? | Carbon Brief - 0 views

  • How is science underpinning the climate talks in Doha? 26 Nov 2012, 16:15Roz Pidcock Could laptop models help negotiators imagine the impacts of climate change? How could emissions accounting be improved to include land use? With the UN's COP18 international climate talks starting today, we look at some recent developments in science and political research that can play a part in helping countries cut their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Bill McKibben: Planetary Emergency - Guernica / A Magazine of Art & Politics - 0 views

  • Bill McKibben: Planetary Emergency December 20, 2012 One of the world’s leading climate activists on the science of dangerous weather, the imperative to organize, and how to get out of bed in the morning on a planet in peril. Images courtesy of 350.org
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Impact of Hurricane Sandy on Election Is Uncertain - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • Imagine that 15 million people are essentially off-limits to pollsters because of the hurricane, because they are without power, displaced from their homes or otherwise are well-adjusted human beings who are more interested in looking after their families than in answering a political survey. The Northeast is Democratic leaning, of course: imagine that these voters would prefer Barack Obama to Mitt Romney by a net of 20 percentage points, on average.Fifteen million Americans represent about one-twentieth of the American population. If one-twentieth of Americans, who are 20 points Democratic-leaning, are unable to reply to surveys, Mr. Obama’s standing in the polls would be negatively impacted by a net of one percentage point as a result.
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Climate and Security 101: Why the U.S. National Security Establishment Takes ... - 0 views

  • Climate and Security 101: Why the U.S. National Security Establishment Takes Climate Change Seriously April 25, 2012 by Francesco Femia & Caitlin Werrell In a 2007 report by the CNA Military Advisory Board, General Gordon R. Sullivan stated: “People are saying they want to be perfectly convinced about climate science projections…But speaking as a soldier, we never have 100 percent certainty. If you wait until you have 100 percent certainty, something bad is going to happen on the battlefield.” The national security establishment in the United States, including the U.S. military and the U.S. intelligence community, understand that climate change is a national security threat, and that we cannot wait for 100% certainty before acting to mitigate and adapt to its effects. But not only do they understand it, they plan for it – considering it’s implications in strategic documents like the Quadrennial Defense Review, and setting up an office within the CIA called the Center for Climate Change and National Security. But why? Why do those organs of government that the public normally associates with fighting wars, devote time and effort to an issue that is branded as hogwash by many on the right of the political spectrum, and the exclusive domain of environmental activists on the left? The simple answer: climate change is, actually, a national security threat.
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Full Text of State of the Union Address: A Green New Deal for America - 0 views

  • A GREEN NEW DEAL The Green New Deal is an emergency four part program of specific solutions for moving America quickly out of crisis into the secure green future. We call these solutions a Green “New Deal” because they are inspired by the New Deal programs that helped us out of the Great Depression of the 1930s. And these solutions are “Green” because they create an economy that makes our communities sustainable and healthy. First, we will guarantee the economic rights of all Americans, beginning with the right to a job at a living wage for every American willing and able to work. Second, we will transition to a sustainable, green economy for the 21st century, by adopting green technologies and sustainable production. Third, we will reboot and reprogram the financial sector so that it serves everyday people and our communities, and not the other way around. Fourth, we will protect these gains by expanding and strengthening our democracy so that our government and our economy finally serve We the People. Take courage. Because of the urgency of these times, I am asking you personally to take courage and to be willing to believe that these major changes to our economy and politics are within our reach.
  • America’s creed is “With Liberty and Justice for All.” That is a creed of Equality. But right now we are experiencing the worst economic inequality in our nation’s history. The gap between the very rich and the many poor has never been so great. The wealthiest 1% in America now own as much wealth as 90% of all Americans. Those over 65 hold, on average, 47 times as much wealth as heads of households who are under 35. White families own, on average, twenty times as much as Black families. Such inequality is unacceptable, unconscionable* and un-American.
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