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You can be a believer in making climate policy based on science, or you can be a Republican. You cannot be both.
Archive for the ‘Energy and Environment’ Category
November 18th, 2010
November 9th, 2010
Category: Energy and Environment, Religion and Politics
The man who would like to be chair of the House Energy and Commerce committee thinks that God’s promise to Noah means we don’t have to worry about global warming.
November 8th, 2010
Housing regulation in Texas inherited from Mexico.
November 3rd, 2010
Category: California Politics, Campaign 2010, Energy and Environment, Handbasket, world going to hell in
The initial results in California last night make my state seem like a sane drop of blue in the country. Jerry Brown won for Governor; Barbara Boxer was re-elected; and Proposition 23, which would have reversed the state’s landmark climate change law, was resoundingly defeated. Voters also approved Proposition 25, which allows the state budget [...]
October 3rd, 2010
Category: 2010 Democratic Agenda, Climate change, Energy and Environment, Politics and Leadership, The Dysfunctional Senate
Obama and the Senate “missed a chance” to get comprehensive climate legislation. You cannot be serious.
September 3rd, 2010
Jersey Electricity and Jersey Gas fight over marginal carbon emissions from imported electricity.
August 28th, 2010
The Financial Reform Act surprisingly includes the long-awaited requirement for natural resource companies to publish what they pay to kleptocrats.
August 26th, 2010
The Obama Administration sides with polluters in the key climate change case. Maybe Bernie Madoff for head of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency?
August 25th, 2010
Category: City of Angels, Constitutional politics, Energy and Environment, Law Notes, Unions and organizing, Watching Conservatives
An impressive group of labor, economic development, and environmental groups is pushing to give more control to states and localities. How many Republicans will support this effort to tame the federal government? Do I have to ask?
