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Obama admits cap and trade is dead

This week the President admitted what D.C. insiders have been saying for months about the Democratic plan to control greenhouse gas emissions. ACES, The American Clean Energy and Security Bill passed by the House last fall, which is intended to control emissions by a cap-and-trade mechanism, is politically dead. At a town hall meeting inContinue reading “Obama admits cap and trade is dead”

Shocker! NBA Drops Unenforceable Rule On Traveling

During the new season beginning today, National Basketball Association refs will now allow players two steps after "the gather" before they must shoot, pass, or be charged with a violation. This has been the unofficial practice for approximately ever. Lakers coach Phil Jackson had a typically acerbic response to the change: "Well, I guess ifContinue reading “Shocker! NBA Drops Unenforceable Rule On Traveling”

Obama Won’t Be “Naked” in Copenhagen

So explains The Economist: Over the past few days, America has moved towards a federal system for regulating its carbon emissions in three ways. First, several big companies have broken with trade associations that oppose the cap-and-trade bill now in the Senate. Second, the bill has moved a stage further towards becoming law. Third, andContinue reading “Obama Won’t Be “Naked” in Copenhagen”

We Did Not Come Here to Fear the Future

The conclusion of a great speech last night by some guy named Barack:  I understand that the politically safe move would be to kick the can further down the road — to defer reform one more year, or one more election, or one more term. But that is not what the moment calls for. That'sContinue reading “We Did Not Come Here to Fear the Future”

Obama Frames Climate Change

The Obama administration is coming back from the G-8 meetings with no agreement from other nations — both European and developing — on reducing emissions of heat-trapping gases such as CO2. This has not been clearly reported; as so often seems to happen these days, the clearest statement on a murky news situation comes notContinue reading “Obama Frames Climate Change”

Why We’re Expecting Too Much of Obama

The most powerful critique of the American way of life in recent years has come from a conservative professor named Andrew Bacevich, who in his book The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism absolutely dismantles both the Bush doctrine and the fatuous belief that Barack Obama will fundamentally change the national security state.Continue reading “Why We’re Expecting Too Much of Obama”

“A Crisis into a Catastrophe”: How to Frame the Economic Meltdown — and Global Warming

Tuesday Steven Chu, the newly-appointed Secretary of Energy, warned that if global warming is not slowed, California agriculture could be destroyed this century. He told the Los Angeles Times: California's farms and vineyards could vanish by the end of the century, and its major cities could be in jeopardy, if Americans do not act toContinue reading ““A Crisis into a Catastrophe”: How to Frame the Economic Meltdown — and Global Warming”

To Go Green, We Must Hope (Not Just Fear)

In a post called Obama and the Vision Thing, green business expert Joel Makower makes a great point: For decades, environmental leaders in business, activism, and government have expressed frustration that the public isn't behind them, except in disappointingly small numbers, despite a litany of increasingly dire environmental problems. These same leaders express bewilderment atContinue reading “To Go Green, We Must Hope (Not Just Fear)”