I got home to New York late last night after spending a whirlwind month in Europe. But the high point of the last few weeks was back here in America on Tuesday night, the culmination of years of hard work and a long national discussion. I knew I wanted to participate in President Obama’s re-election […]
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 […]
What Obama needs to say on gas prices
I think there’s a real lack of progressive engagement with the most pressing issue to most people – gas prices. For people working 40 to 60 hours a week, looking for jobs, feeding their families, the latest EPA MACT rule isn’t even on their radar. They care about gas prices, which are really cutting into […]
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 […]
From this week’s New Yorker
“But if, in the debt-limit scramble, the President has been a less effective educator and negotiator than many of his supporters wish he would be, his Republican opponents, in thrall to their Tea Party Jacobins, have been reckless and irresponsible beyond imagining.” Hendrik Hertzberg, Talk of the Town.
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 […]