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Health Care Bill Hailed by Obama, but Stupak-Pitts Abortion Amendment May Divide Dems in 2010

While passage of House a health care bill was hailed as a victory for President Obama, the Democrat divide over the Stupak-Pitts abortion amendment is already playing out in the Massachusetts race for Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat. After climate change compromise, inevitable escalation in Afghanistan, and little movement on gay rights, is the House health care bill’s abortion amendment a bridge too far for progressives? Will health care galvanize or divide Dems heading into 2010. And, what might it mean for climate change? Read this post »

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Marijuana Killer Apologizes for Ruining our Country–From Beyond the Grave (cartoon)

William Randolph Hearst never knew what effect his greed would have on our country. Read this post »

India to Launch Trading of Energy Efficient Certificates for Energy Intensive Industries

A bill mandating energy usage and new energy efficiency measures for more than 700 energy intensive industrial units will be tabled in the Indian Parliament in November. Read this post »

GOP Will Cry in the Corner During Kerry-Boxer Markup

The seven Republican members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will boycott next Tuesday’s planned markup of the Kerry-Boxer climate legislation. Ah yes, the “screw you guys, I’m going home” tactic. How productive. Read this post »

SuperFreakonomics Redux: Even Congress is Riled Up

Last week I wrote in this space that when faced with a problem that so clearly requires huge top-down action from governments the world over, what two contrarians write in a book doesn’t exactly bother me that much. But now members of Congress are pissed off too. Read this post »

Bill Gates Forced to Support GMO’s (cartoon)

Bill Gates supports biotechnology. Is the “bug”-free Apple to blame? Read this post »

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Writing the Perfect Protest Sign (cartoon)

I know people need to keep their jobs–but this is certainly a case of misdirected hostility… Read this post »

India Seeks to Become Global Leader in Climate Politics

India has announced numerous changes in its climate policy signaling a renewed effort to cement its credentials as a global environment leader. Read this post »

Our Energy Future: Titanic #2 (Cartoon)

With ‘clean coal’ and nuclear power likely to play a larger-than-expected role in climate change legislation, are we heading for an iceberg? Literally, no–they’re all melting. Figuratively, maybe… Read this post »

The Super Freakonomics Dust-Up: Who Cares?

When Joe Romm over at the Indispensable Climate Progress gets going, he really gets going. Frankly, as interested as I am in this sort of thing, I’m getting bored. Read this post »

Senate Set to Compromise on Health Care and Climate Change

Olympia Snowe’s support of the finance committee draft puts health care back in play, but without a public option. The Graham-Kerry compromise climate bill would start to cap carbon, but also allow coal to cash in. Will progressives settle for incrementalism? Read this post »

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