Articles by Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard was previously Grist's political reporter. She now covers energy and the environment for The Huffington Post. Follow her on Twitter.
All Articles
-
Inhofe’s resident media agitator leaving to start a new climate-skeptic website
The barons of Big Oil and Big Coal will undoubtedly chink glasses with their paid mouthpieces this weekend over news that fellow cynic Marc Morano is leaving his taxpayer-funded propaganda job to establish a climate change “news” website. Morano, if you don’t already know, has been the Roscoe P. Coltrane to one of the Senate’s […]
-
50 green and civic groups roll out tough climate principles
Fifty environmental and public-interest groups threw their weight behind a set of tough principles for climate legislation on Thursday. The principles are broad, but they set the stage for tension among the country’s major green groups on climate policy. Endorsers of the National Call to Action on Global Warming [PDF] include a wide range of […]
-
A finger to Slate, but a grudging thumbs-up to George Will
This week in climate fingers and thumbs, we’d like to flip the bird to Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) for holding up the confirmation of key Obama science nominees in order to get his way on Cuba policy. Menendez has no complaints about the qualifications of John Holdren and Jane Lubchenco, and just last summer he […]
-
New Illinois governor recycles Blago’s stationery
I’ve been waiting for a green angle on the Rod Blagojevich scandal, and here it is. New Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is a recycling fan! (Via the League of Conservation Voters blog, via Progress Illinois.)
