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Climate Policy Puts Jon Stewart to Sleep [video]

July 22, 2009 By Timothy B. Hurst 1 Comment

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I can’t tell you how excited I was to sit down to watch The Daily Show last night. With Energy Secretary Steven Chu as the show’s guest, I knew host Jon Stewart would be bringing his poignant yet humorous critiques to a subject I spend several hours a day working on and thinking about. And while I know the subject matter can be a little dry at times, I didn’t know it was quite this sleep-inducing:

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So to liven-up the debate about carbon policy and make it a little more approachable for the kids, host Jon Stewart ‘Jizz-Ams in Front of Children on Cap’n Trade’:

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Filed Under: Climate Change, Policy, U.S., Video Tagged With: cap-and-trade, daily show, department of energy, global warming, jon stewart, Steven Chu, Video

About Timothy B. Hurst

Tim is the founder of ecopolitology and the executive editor at LiveOAK Media where he writes regularly about the politics of energy and the environment, green business and clean tech.

When not reading, writing, thinking or talking about environmental politics with anyone who will listen, Tim spends his time skiing in Colorado's high country, hiking with his dog, and getting dirty in his vegetable garden.

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