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Poll: Americans Are Becoming More Skeptical of Global Warming

By | 03.12.09 | 3:01 pm

Here’s a fairly disturbing trend. A Gallup poll released yesterday shows a significant jump in the number of Americans who doubt the seriousness of the global warming threat and who think that the press is over-hyping the issue.

Despite the increased political and rhetorical emphasis on climate change under More…

Bernie Sanders on the Green Movement: This Is ‘Our Moment’

By | 03.11.09 | 12:35 pm

As a member of the two Senate committees on energy and the environment issues, and the chairman of the new Green Jobs and the New Economy Subcommittee, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is in a strong position to weigh in on the country’s green future. At a breakfast this morning with More…

Obama’s Budget Assumes Big Revenue from Cap-and-Trade

By | 02.26.09 | 1:56 pm

The 2010 budget outline unveiled by President Obama this morning projects $646 billion in revenue from a cap-and-trade system to limit carbon emissions by 2019. Environmentalists will cheer, but a fierce debate looms large.

Great News: CO2 Spike Is Actually ‘Good for Mankind!’

By | 02.25.09 | 6:17 pm

Marc Morano, the communications guru for Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and his fellow Republicans on the Senate Environment Committee, passes along a piece of wonderful news: The increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide is nothing to worry about — in fact, it’s cause for celebration!

Morano cites Princeton University Physicist Will More…