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Arguing Both Sides at Climate Progress
Climate blogger Joe Romm flip-flops on Roger Pielke Jr.'s Nature paper. First he "debunked" it, now he's using it as an authority to support his arguments. Pielke wants to know what gives.
The Nature debate began back in April, when Pielke et. al. published "Dangerous Assumptions," arguing that the IPCC greatly underestimated emissions scenarios. Read our past coverage of the debate here.
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Energy Takes Center Stage
Energy is holding strong as the number one issue of the 2008 presidential election as it takes center stage at the Democratic and Republican conventions this week and next.
At a time when Democrats are struggling to find their voice in the energy debate, Breakthrough Institute policy analyst Jesse Jenkins argues that the moment is far too urgent for politicians and activists to push a cap-and-trade agenda developed in an entirely different political environment.
And U.C. Berkeley student Keith Brower Brown further reasons that the best, and most successful, political minds will meet Americans where they are at. It is time for a new message and a new policy, but can the Democrats deliver?
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Why I'm Sticking with Pickens -- even after "Drill, Drill, Drill"
Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens advocates a massive investment in wind power as a way to get off foreign oil, but in a new video segment he says we should "drill, drill, drill" for oil. For those who have tentatively accepted the oil-man turned wind-champion as a new clean energy ally, this latest ad is likely to scare many of them off. It shouldn't. Taken in context, Pickens' call to drill was actually an indictment of the false promise of drilling.
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Google Invests in Underground Energy Sources
More than 2,000 times the entire annual energy consumption of the U.S. is available in hot rocks buried deep underground. Google's $10 million investment in advanced geothermal technology will help tap this potential resource and pipe it into our electricity mix. With a modest $1 billion investment in RD&D, this new clean, renewable energy source could provide up to 100 GW of reliable, American energy.
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Gang of Ten Could Upset Energy Debate
For the past two weeks, Democrats have been losing the energy debate -- badly. But a "New Energy Reform Act" proposal from the "Gang of 10" is starting to gain serious traction and could upset the debate.
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The Energy Battle: the Biggest Political Debate of the New Century
With Americans looking to Congress for releif as prices spike at the pump, the future of American energy policy has quickly become the biggest political battle of the new century. Breakthrough Institute dives into debate...
- Jeff Navin, political consultant and former Research Director for Sen. Tom Daschle, gives us the inside story on how today's battle over energy may influence tomorrow's debate on global warming.
- Breakthrough Institute President Michael Shellenberger points to why the environmental argument against drilling --
"that prices won't come down for a long time" -- doesn't work.
- Breakthrough policy analyst Jesse Jenkins delves into why Democrats are losing the energy battle and what it will take to pull off a win.
- Jesse Jenkins & Adam Zemel: "Drilling on America's Land, Drilling on America's Terms"
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News Roundup: The Many Sides of Al Gore
Despite his dual passions for technology and the environment, Gore has been slow to embrace investment in technology as a solution to the climate challenge.
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