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Bill Frist Wants To Bridge The Partisan Divide Over Climate Change
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (639+ words) Bill Frist served as a senator from Tennessee from 1995 to 2007. During his last four years, he was the Senate majority leader. He chose not to stand for re-election in 2006 because he pledged during his first campaign for the Senate that…...
Republicans & Democrats in Congress Unite in Effort to Ban Chinese Electric Vehicles
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (184+ words) In the latest news on this front, on July 15, the US Senate Commerce Committee will vote on a proposed bipartisan bill to block Chinese companies from selling electric cars in the USA. The crux of the argument here is that…...
Changing The Narrative About Clean Energy " Dollars, Not Policies
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (472+ words) Yesterday, Carolyn Fortuna wrote about how to change the narrative about clean energy. "If we want to infuse greater renewable energy understanding in others, we must be self-reflective about the way we talk " from how we frame a thought to…...
EU Parliament Biofuels Blunder Could Expose EU To Over $5. 6 Billion A Year In Sanctions
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (234+ words) MEPs have voted to reject an EU regulation that would have seen soy biofuels no longer count as a renewable fuel by 2030. Members of the European Parliament have voted to reject an EU regulation that would have seen soy biofuels…...
In Latest Pro-Polluter Move, Trump Pardons Mechanics that Tampered with Vehicle Pollution Controls for Trucks
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (175+ words) Right before the July 4th weekend, Donald Trump pardoned nine mechanics that were convicted for tampering with vehicle pollution controls on heavy-duty vehicles. Each of the mechanics is responsible for violations on anywhere between a dozen and hundreds of thousands of…...
Sierra Club & Partners Oppose Trump EPA's Weakening of Vehicle Pollutant Standards
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (141+ words) Yesterday, the Sierra Club joined partners in opposing'the Trump EPA's proposal to weaken'vehicle pollutant standards by delaying the implementation of more protective standards by two years. The existing standards limit harmful tailpipe pollutants " including nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, particulate matter and…...
Fixing Climate Communications
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (315+ words) Part one of a two-part series I agree with the core findings, but I have significant disagreements with the diagnosis underlying them. Both are worth working through. The report opens with an interesting paradox. Although public support for government action…...
Why Soy Biofuels Must Be Considered A High Deforestation Risk
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (218+ words) T&E's position on why the revision of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 must survive the scrutiny period and enter into force June 2026. Adopted by the European Commission in April 2026, the revision of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 now classifies soybean oil as a…...
Is The US United In An Anti-AI Focus? Or Enabling It, And All Of Its Consequences?
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (239+ words) The astonishing grassroots protests against data centers give us something new: a mass mobilization focused squarely on protecting American hometowns from oligarchic exploitation," The New Republic writes. Hmm, well, my money is on the oligarchs. This is America, after all....
The 250th Anniversary Of The Declaration Of Independence Was Nothing Like The Bicentennial Celebrations
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (337+ words) Scholar of authoritarianism Timothy Snyder reminds us, though, "If the republic has lasted so long, it is because it was radical in its beginnings. Insofar as it has thrived, it has been through successful and continual struggles against its own…...