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We’re Just a Lincoln Your Chain

Daily Grist takes a break for democracy’s sake Know what’s more fun than gawking at the ever-expanding field of 2008 presidential contenders? Pausing for a moment to reflect upon the […]

It’s Official: He Rocks

Gore announces continents-spanning concert series, Live Earth Never let it be said that Al Gore is not dedicated to his cause: the man will do whatever it takes to raise […]

Yes, really

Reports out of Spain over the holidays indicate that Siberian bears aren't the only ones losing sleep this winter. In the Cantabarian mountains of northern Spain, mother bears are postponing hibernation to gather food that isn't usually available.

Hybrid cars dangerously quiet for pedestrians

Turns out that it isn't just U.S. automakers that have been put in mortal danger by hybrids (it is their fault, of course): the National Federation of the Blind said this week that those at risk include (gasp) cyclists, the blind, the elderly, and distracted pedestrians. Lay on those horns, people!

Offers boldest plan of any candidate

To call ex-Iowa governor Tom Vilsack a dark horse candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination is to underestimate the chances of dark-colored horses. But it seems to have freed him […]

She says the right thing

Hillary Clinton says the two questions she’s asked most often by young people are about stopping genocide in Darfur and about stopping global warming. Here she is at a town […]

Ben & Jerry’s names ice cream in honor of Colbert

Vermonty ice-cream makers Ben & Jerry’s announced yesterday their newest flavor, "Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream." The vanilla ice cream with fudge-covered waffle cone pieces and caramel is like "the sweet […]

We need this

Rep. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) just introduced a federal renewable portfolio standard bill. HR 969 would mandate 20 percent renewable energy by 2020. We need this. You can cap and trade all you want, but that won't necessarily develop a market for renewables. This will. And we will not be effective against global warming without a transition to renewable energy. Full stop.

Our good friends at UCS have made taking action easy, here.

White House has new tools to interfere with regulation

Our friends in the Bush administration recently amended a key executive order to tighten the executive's grip on federal agencies that enforce health, safety, and environmental protections. Who could be surprised? The NewStandard reports:

Fun with analogies

RealClimate has an unusually accessible and non-technical article explaining the difference between our knowledge of the contemporary climate (CSI) and our knowledge of paleoclimate (Cold Case). Well worth a read.