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The NY Times on AB 32: "Who wins if this law is repudiated? The Koch brothers, maybe, but the biggest winners will be the Chinese, who are already moving briskly ahead in the clean technology race." - "And the losers? The people of California, surely. But

The Koch brothers are leading the effort to destroy a livable climate and thwart efforts to restore US leadership in what will be the biggest job-creating industry of this century, low-carbon cleantech (see "The dirty oil coalition behind the Proposition 23 effort to stop clean energy just got a lot dirtier").

The New York Times has a terrific lead editorial on the subject, "The Brothers Koch and AB 32," which deserves to be widely read:

Four years ago, bipartisan majorities in the California...

The NY Times on AB 32: "Who wins if this law is repudiated? The Koch brothers, maybe, but the biggest winners will be the Chinese, who are already moving briskly ahead in the clean technology race." - "And the losers? The people of California, surely. But

The Koch brothers are leading the effort to destroy a livable climate and thwart efforts to restore US leadership in what will be the biggest job-creating industry of this century, low-carbon cleantech (see "The dirty oil coalition behind the Proposition 23 effort to stop clean energy just got a lot dirtier").

The New York Times has a terrific lead editorial on the subject, "The Brothers Koch and AB 32," which deserves to be widely read:

Four years ago, bipartisan majorities in the California...

The NY Times on AB 32: "Who wins if this law is repudiated? The Koch brothers, maybe, but the biggest winners will be the Chinese, who are already moving briskly ahead in the clean technology race." - "And the losers? The people of California, surely. But

The Koch brothers are leading the effort to destroy a livable climate and thwart efforts to restore US leadership in what will be the biggest job-creating industry of this century, low-carbon cleantech (see "The dirty oil coalition behind the Proposition 23 effort to stop clean energy just got a lot dirtier").

The New York Times has a terrific lead editorial on the subject, "The Brothers Koch and AB 32," which deserves to be widely read:

Four years ago, bipartisan majorities in the California...

Energy and Global Warming News for September 21st: India floods leave two million homeless, destroy crops; Bingaman, Brownback headline renewable energy bill; 10 themes driving climate change investments; Developing low-temperature geothermal energy

India floods leave two million homeless, destroy crops

At least two million people in northern India have been left homeless as the Ganges and other rivers, swollen by heavy monsoon rains, broke embankments and submerged villages, fields and religious sites. State officials said 500,000 hectares of agriculture land in top cane growing state Uttar Pradesh were flooded and the heavy rains could affect cotton output from Punjab and Haryana.

They said floods in Uttar Pradesh were the worst in...

Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future [Not!] - Books you don't have to read past the title, Part 2

So many bad climate books, so little time.  How thoughtful, then, of an author to save everybody time with a title that lets you know whether or not you should read it.

Of course, the champion of books you don't have to read past the title is Fred Singer's lame anti-science treatist, Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years.  As I noted in "Unstoppable disinformation every 15 minutes from Fred Singer," the most absurd thing about the book is that the Earth wasn't actually in a warm trend...

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) demands "blood oath" from Boehner to shut down the government

If the Tea-Party-led Republicans take over the House this November, we won't just see the end of any possible action on climate change or clean energy.  There is a great likelihood that they will force a shutdown of the government, which will close our national parks, prevent food from being inspected, and stop any government oversight of coal mines or offshore drilling — or clean air and clean water, for that matter.  Think Progress has the back-story.

Earlier this year, radical right-wing...

Clean power battles dirty energy on Prop 23 - Job creation vs. confused causation

Proposition 23 supporters and opponents got together to debate the Proposition at the Sacramento Press Club last Wednesday.  CAP's Araceli Ruano has the story.

For the Yes on 23 side, Assemblyman Dan Logue from Linda, California took the stage, alternating between arguing that ending AB 32's environmental protections would improve California's air and would create jobs for the state.  Tom Steyer, who runs a $20-billion hedge fund out of San Francisco, argued against the Assemblyman, asserting ...

Exclusive: Journalism professor Jay Rosen on why climate science reporting is so bad - "You must realize that having to portray an illegitimate debate fries the circuits of the mainstream press."

Here's how The Economist introduced of Jay Rosen:

JAY ROSEN is a professor of journalism at New York University and an insightful critic of the media. Earlier this year he wrote an essay on "the actual ideology of our political press", which we on this blog. Mr Rosen has a blog of his own, PressThink, and his work has been published in Columbia Journalism Review, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and others. He has...

Energy and Global Warming News for September 20th: Mexico's ancient wheat crops fight global warming effects; DOE adding more green to geothermal projects

Ancient seeds in Mexico help fight warming effects:  Climate change could bring lower yields, food crisis

EL BATAN, Mexico – More than 500 years after Spanish priests brought wheat seeds to Mexico to make wafers for the Catholic Mass, those seeds may bring a new kind of salvation to farmers hit by global warming.

Scientists working in the farming hills outside Mexico City found the ancient wheat varieties have particular drought- and heat-resistant traits, like longer roots that suck up water a...

Energy and Global Warming News for September 20th: Mexico's ancient wheat crops fight global warming; DOE adding more green to geothermal projects

Ancient seeds in Mexico help fight warming effects:  Climate change could bring lower yields, food crisis

EL BATAN, Mexico – More than 500 years after Spanish priests brought wheat seeds to Mexico to make wafers for the Catholic Mass, those seeds may bring a new kind of salvation to farmers hit by global warming.

Scientists working in the farming hills outside Mexico City found the ancient wheat varieties have particular drought- and heat-resistant traits, like longer roots that suck up water a...