Wilfred Codrington — A Bipartisan Delusion: Unclogging the Pipe Dreams of an Independent FEC

The following is a guest post by Wilfred Codrington, an attorney at the Campaign Legal Center in Washington D.C. Wilfred is a graduate of Stanford Law School, Brown University, and has an MPA from the University of Pennsylvania. The biggest fairy tale told on Capitol Hill? “The American people want a bipartisan _______” (solution, budget, […]

Repost from NYTimes: Less than 50 years of oil left, HSBC warns

Less than 50 Years of Oil Left, HSBC Warns By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF The world may have no more than half a century of oil left at current rates of consumption, while surging demand from the developing world threatens to create “very significant price rises” before substitutes like biofuels can serve as viable alternatives, the […]

Pace of innovation accelerating in Clean Tech

I came across these two articles demonstrating the rapid pace of technical improvement in clean energy. In spite of all the bad news from the debt deal (funding cuts for clean energy research), at least we’ll see returns from previous investments. A lot of the breakthroughs below come from innovation in academic settings. More and […]

Weiner will survive. Clinton did.

It’s been incredibly sad and frustrating to watch the Weiner tale unfold over the past couple weeks. Not only did Weiner commit embarrassing and foolish actions, he doubled back and attempted to cover his trail, contacting some of his online mistresses and offering PR help if they kept their mouths shut. Everyone knew something was […]

Romney talks sense on climate

Mitt Romney surprised a lot of folks this weekend by jumping off the climate-denial bandwagon. This probably makes him more appealing to independents, but might give candidates like Newt Gingrich (climate change is “the newest excuse to take control of lives” by “left-wing intellectuals”) more room with right-leaning primary voters. On a similar note, voters […]

CAPper Kate Gordon gets big love from Nat Geo

Kate Gordon got a huge shout out from National Geographic’s The Great Energy Challenge today. Mike Casey essentially casts her debate as the definitive blueprint for the defense and advocacy of clean energy. My time at CAP ends tomorrow and being here for the inception of this coherent platform has been a tremendous privilege. The world is […]