Will the Republicans realize that 60 years of leaning into irrational wedges with racism in the 60s, misogyny in the 70s, Creationism and anti-abortion in the 80s, propaganda in the 90s, climate change denialism in the 00s and anti-vaxx in the 10s is a losing proposition, and pivot into the 21st Century, or will they double down on being the party of the aggrieved and irrational?
Happy New Year to each of you! Hope your 2013 is full of happiness, wisdom, understanding, growth, fun, and (of course) clean energy. In case you are interested in which of our stories were the hottest last year, here are our top 10 posts of 2012: 10. Say Goodbye to … [continued]
Following up on my own examination of Obama’s and Romney’s stances on clean energy and other cleantech, as well as NRDC’s comparison of Obama and Romney on energy issues, here’s a good guest post from a friend of the site (originally published on Examiner.com): The Presidential candidates’ views on energy issues differ … [continued]
Hurricane Sandy’s impact has reminded America that rising sea levels and stopping climate change are no joke. [..]
Last week, the Important Media network hosted a Google+ hangout on the topic of the presidential debate and the 2012 presidential election, in general. In particular, the hangout was focused on how the presidential candidates approach energy and the environment. As we get ready for the second presidential debate, which … [continued]
Here’s a great post by perhaps the best Congressperson in office today, Bernie Sanders, on Mitt Romney’s relationship to energy (h/t Grist): The Big Energy industries (oil, coal and gas) along with their political allies like Mitt Romney are waging war against sustainable energy and efforts to transform our … [continued]
As we prepare for the Romney–Obama presidential debate tonight, I think this is a must-watch video on Romney’s debate approach — lying. Here are 30 flat-out lies (or completely misinformed comments, if you want to be nice) Romney made in the first presidential debate on October 3: h/t Red, … [continued]
If presidential candidate Mitt Romney didn’t get the clean energy message when Hurricane Isaac blew into town, maybe the big blow-up over Big Bird will catch his attention. As you might recall, in last week’s televised debate, Mr. Romney stated that as president he would eliminate funding for public broadcasting. He singled out … [continued]
Wind power is ready for another leap into the future, with the announcement that a new redox flow battery from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is going into commercial development by the company UniEnergy Technologies LLC. The new grid-scale flow batteries can store huge amounts of energy from wind turbines, which basically eliminates … [continued]
A new study finds nearly half of federal candidates disagree with the 99.5 percent of professors publishing climate change research at their alma maters, who agree that climate change is real and human-caused. […]
