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A Green al-Qaeda?

By | 01.29.10 | 8:37 am

When Osama bin Laden is so desperate for international support that he’ll start making an environmentalist case against the United States, something is going very right. Still, Get Energy Smart Now is trying to stop the stupidity before it starts:

Turning the world back to the 12th century,

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Climate Change Skeptics Embrace ‘Freakonomics’ Sequel

By | 10.23.09 | 6:00 am

The early reviews for “SuperFreakonomics” have been harsh. The book, wrote Brad Johnson in The Guardian, is a “super freaking mess.” According to environmental journalist Joe Romm, it contains “many, many pieces of outright nonsense” and “major More…

Broad New Coalition Aims to Keep Climate Bill on the Radar This Fall

By | 09.08.09 | 3:36 pm

With the resignation of Van Jones over the weekend, environmental advocates lost their biggest champion in the White House. But on Tuesday those advocates worked to present a unified front as they unveiled a major coalition aimed at getting a climate and energy bill passed this year.

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