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What are the prospects for comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation in the coming years … - ... in the real world, in the world where people believe the BS analysis in the Washington Post, and in an alternative universe where the GOP isn't anti

The chances for either an economy-wide shrinking cap on greenhouse gas emissions or a major push on clean energy investment over the next several years are not large — on this Earth.  The chances would be higher on planet Eaarth, where (in descending order of importance):

Senate Republicans aren't in the thrall of the anti-science, pro-pollution ideologues and special interests.The media coverage of climate science, solutions, and economics isn't so abysmal.The President gives a...

What are the prospects for comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation in the coming years … - ... in the real world, in the world where people believe the BS analysis in the Washington Post, and in an alternative universe where the GOP isn't anti

The chances for either an economy-wide shrinking cap on greenhouse gas emissions or a major push on clean energy investment over the next several years are not large — on this Earth.  The chances would be higher on planet Eaarth, where (in descending order of importance):

Senate Republicans aren't in the thrall of the anti-science, pro-pollution ideologues and special interests.The media coverage of climate science, solutions, and economics isn't so abysmal.The President gives a...

What are the prospects for comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation in the coming years … - ... in the real world, in the world where people believe the BS analysis in the Washington Post, and in an alternative universe where the GOP isn't anti

The chances for either an economy-wide shrinking cap on greenhouse gas emissions or a major push on clean energy investment over the next several years are not large — on this Earth.  The chances would be higher on planet Eaarth, where (in descending order of importance):

Senate Republicans aren't in the thrall of the anti-science, pro-pollution ideologues and special interests.The media coverage of climate science, solutions, and economics isn't so abysmal.The President gives a...

What are the prospects for comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation in the coming years … - ... in the real world, in the world where people believe the BS analysis in the Washington Post, and in an alternative universe where the GOP isn't anti

The chances for either an economy-wide shrinking cap on greenhouse gas emissions or a major push on clean energy investment over the next several years are not large — on this Earth.  The chances would be higher on planet Eaarth, where (in descending order of importance):

Senate Republicans aren't in the thrall of the anti-science, pro-pollution ideologues and special interests.The media coverage of climate science, solutions, and economics isn't so abysmal.The President gives a...

What are the prospects for comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation in the coming years … - ... in the real world, in the world where people believe the BS analysis in the Washington Post, and in an alternative universe where the GOP isn't anti

The chances for either an economy-wide shrinking cap on greenhouse gas emissions or a major push on clean energy investment over the next several years are not large — on this Earth.  The chances would be higher on planet Eaarth, where (in descending order of importance):

Senate Republicans aren't in the thrall of the anti-science, pro-pollution ideologues and special interests.The media coverage of climate science, solutions, and economics isn't so abysmal.The President gives a...

What are the prospects for comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation in the coming years … - ... in the real world, in the world where people believe the BS analysis in the Washington Post, and in an alternative universe where the GOP isn't anti

The chances for either an economy-wide shrinking cap on greenhouse gas emissions or a major push on clean energy investment over the next several years are not large — on this Earth.  The chances would be higher on planet Eaarth, where (in descending order of importance):

Senate Republicans aren't in the thrall of the anti-science, pro-pollution ideologues and special interests.The media coverage of climate science, solutions, and economics isn't so abysmal.The President gives a...

What are the prospects for comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation in the coming years … - ... in the real world, in the world where people believe the BS analysis in the Washington Post, and in an alternative universe where the GOP isn't anti

The chances for either an economy-wide shrinking cap on greenhouse gas emissions or a major push on clean energy investment over the next several years are not large — on this Earth.  The chances would be higher on planet Eaarth, where (in descending order of importance):

Senate Republicans aren't in the thrall of the anti-science, pro-pollution ideologues and special interests.The media coverage of climate science, solutions, and economics isn't so abysmal.The President gives a...

Toles on record heat, extreme weather, climate bill and how "Everyone feels entitled to their own science now."

Here is another terrific climate cartoon from Tom Toles, "The devil made us do it" — along with his thoughts on the source of our failure in science education:

People work in mysterious ways — I love it!

The cartoonist is also providing running commentary:

The adults aren't alright

Everybody is worked up about the state of education in the United States. The KIDS are FALLING BEHIND. No, it's not the KIDS, it's the SCHOOLS. No, it's not the SCHOOLS it's the TEACHERS. No, it's not the...

Smelling a chance to burn oil money, tobacco lobbyists orchestrate effort to repeal CA clean energy law

"Big Oil Showdown in California" is a Progressive Media blogging series on the fossil fuel-funded Prop 23 effort to repeal California's clean energy and climate law. Read previous posts on Prop 23's economic impact, national repercussions, and funding from Texas oil companies. Today's post is cross-posted from the Wonk Room.

To manage their initiative to roll back California's landmark climate change law, AB 32, big oil is turning to the same deceptive tobacco operatives who...

As nation, Russia, and world swelter under record-smashing heat waves, The New York Times sets one-day record for most unilluminating stories

Globally NOAA just reported that June is the fourth month in a row of record global temperatures, and the first half of 2010 is on a record pace.  This is all the more powerful evidence of human-caused warming "because it occurs when the recent minimum of solar irradiance is having its maximum cooling effect," as a recent NASA paper noted.

Globally nine countries have smashed all-time temperature records, "making 2010 the year with the most national extreme heat records," as...