We work to help leaders change their world—and the world needs changing. The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the loss of far too many Black lives to list, have left our nation anguished and outraged. While now is a time for grief and anger, it is also a time for resolve. […]
Well, State of the Union 2013 is one for the history books, and now the post-mortems begin. Did President Obama hit one out of the park, or will he continue to be stuck in gridlock? Let’s take a look at some reactions from around the (green) world… …..More state of the Union coverage: The Green […]
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN THE NOMINATION OF SALLY JEWELL AS SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR (See our full article on Sally Jewell, “Obama breaks the rules, appoints nature-lover to Interior instead of oil-lover“) THE PRESIDENT: Well, good afternoon, everybody. Ken Salazar likes to say that the Department of the Interior is actually the Department of […]
For the first time in memory, President Obama has appointed an environmentalist – REI’s Sally Jewell – to head the Interior Department. For as long as I can remember, whether Democrats or Republicans have been in power, the Department of the Interior has been pretty much owned by the extraction industries it’s supposed to regulate. With […]
(Bill McKibben, the Sierra Club, the Hip Hop Caucus and 350.org invite you to come to Washington DC on February 17th for a Presidents’ Day rally to pressure President Obama and Congress to actually do something about climate change. More information on the 350.org website.) By Bill McKibben Change usually happens very slowly, even once […]
By David Brin While I am relieved to have the U.S. election behind us, I’ll be disengaging from politics in stages. As a contrarian gadfly, I’m expected to toss some unusual, off-angle suggestions at both winners and losers. But first… a mere tad of gloating, plus some riffs about libertarians, marijuana, gay marriage, science and etcetera! 1) […]
How did we do in the House? It’ll be a while before we get the full answer. But here’s a rundown of a few key races. The GOP picked off 11 Democratic districts so far, while the Dems picked off 22, for a net gain of 11 so far (some districts remain un-called). The GOP […]
Would you vote just because Will Ferrell asked you nicely and offered you perks? Well, okay, the perks Ferrell offers are probably bullshit. But he does ask nicely. But you WILL get some pretty awesome perks that come along with voting for Obama and down-ballot Democrats, like: Clean air and water. More green jobs in […]
Sick of the current crop of campaign ads? Longing for the kinder, gentler days when the ads weren’t so high-tech and in-your-face? Or just looking for some contrast? Check out this video by Hugh Atkin, which gives you a 60-year smorgasbord of the best (and not-so-best) of campaign ads from Ike vs Stevenson up to […]
Mitt Romney is getting desperate. Sure, national polling is close, with only a slight edge for Obama becoming apparent in recent days. However, the electoral college – that archaic remnant of the early days of our Union – not so much. Romney looks to have a depressing Tuesday night ahead of him. At least, if […]
A lot of us have been wondering what it would take to finally get the rest of the world to come on board with the reality of climate change. It appears we passed that point this past week with Hurricane Sandy. At long last. A pity that it took a global-warming fueled superstorm slamming into […]
New York’s Mayor Bloomberg (formerly Republican, now Independent) has been holding aloof on endorsing either candidate for president. But after Hurricane Sandy’s climate-change-fueled might slammed into his city this week, Bloomberg has decided that the issues of climate change and global warming are too important. And he has announced his endorsement of President Obama for […]
You can’t fool all of the people all of the time. Ohioans are up in arms and outraged over Mitt Romney’s latest lies – this time, trying to fool the voters of Ohio into somehow thinking that Romney is more of a friend to the auto industry than Obama. Ohio isn’t buying it. And Romney […]
Governor Chris Christie continues to praise President Obama for his outstanding response to Hurricane Sandy. And that may be putting a nail in the coffin of one of Mitt Romney’s last, best campaign messages. Romney thought he had a winning argument to close out this year’s election race – I’m the guy who can bring […]
Two months ago, Chris Christie was the fiery keynote speaker at the GOP convention. But in the wake of Hurricane Sandy’s devastation, the New Jersey Governor and President Obama are putting aside differences of ideology and working together to put government to work for the people. Rescuing the stranded, cleaning up the mess, and starting to […]