While at Netroots Nation a few weeks back, I had the opportunity to listen in on a panel discussing climate change, Texas’ energy future, and energy security featuring Houston Mayor Bill White (you might have also heard he is running for US Senate). Mayor White gave very measured, political answers. Throughout the panel, never did [...]
Archive for August 27th, 2009
Houston Mayor and Senate Hopeful Speaks on Energy Security
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged #nn09, bill white, building codes, cap and trade, consumer advocacy, Efficiency, Energy, fuel efficiency, Global Warming, houston mayor, low-income consumers, netroots nation, Nuclear, renewable energy, science, senate on August 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
More Astroturf: “Faces of Coal” are actually IStock Photos
Posted in Coal, tagged american coalition for clean coal electricity, astroturf, clean coal, Coal, coal ash, coal ash slurry spill, coal ash spill, coal ash waste, coal industry, coal mines, coal mining, coal plant, Faces of Coal, mountain top removal on August 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Rule #1 for being an organization even pretending to be a grassroots movement: Actually have some grassroots supporters. Even manufactured outrage groups ginned up by Freedomworks or the Tea Bag people or United Health Care actually have people who believe and will regurgitate their corporate PR spin. But, presumably because the coal industry couldn’t find [...]
UPDATE: The Church of Money, Rod Blagojevich and Bill Richardson
Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged Bill Richardson, Blagojevich, Campaign Finance, corruption, Fair Elections, Fair Elections Now Act, money, politics, public financing, Roland Burris, scandal on August 27, 2009 | 9 Comments »
UPDATE: Bill Richardson was cleared of any wrongdoing in this fund raising scandal and we wanted to briefly comment on it and also resurrect this post, which to this day remains one of our most read blogs ever. As I commented in response to some of your reader’s comments below, the point was never to [...]
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