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And because it’s free

Oscar winner An Inconvenient Truth now available online, in its entirety.

‘Cause what else can we feed our cattle?

According to a recent story in the Corn and Soybean Digest, a group of 30 state and national agribusiness groups are asking the USDA to let farmers plant corn on land currently set aside for conservation through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).

And how progressives help

The right-wing smear on Al Gore is proceeding along a predictable path, spreading around with the help of a compliant media and lefties too naive to know how the game […]

Global warming sneaks into the funnies

Recently I got suckered into a 12-week trial of my daily paper. I wasn’t sure I could maintain the pace — and honestly, since my job requires me to be […]

Money: not everything

A little while ago, AEI got widely pilloried for offering scientists $10,000 for a critical assessment of the policy-relevant portions of the IPCC report. Meanwhile, Virginia Tech just paid Robert […]

Come on Goreacle, the digital public wants you

According to Tim Schaller over at Tapped, the total number of signatories at DraftGore.com jumped from 39,300 to 44,470 in the 72 hours following the Oscars — a 13.5 percent […]

Funny

Starts with an Al

David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker, says what’s on everyone’s mind.

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You may or may not be aware that Grist is looking to hire a D.C.-based political reporter. Here’s a capsule summary: Grist.org seeks an enterprising, sharp-witted, D.C.-based reporter to write […]

Action-packed!

It’s a huge week for global warming in Congress. Over at dKos, Cunctator brings you the full schedule.