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The Role for Biofuels

One of the many contentious issues in crafting clean energy policies is the role of biofuels -- particularly ethanol, which now primarily comes from corn. They help reduce the need for fossil fuels and foreign oil, but the process to create the fuel potentially...

Framing The Climate Crisis Solution

Saturday’s Live Earth global event will hopefully take the global warming issue beyond raising awareness and towards rallying support around a comprehensive solution. As Eric Alterman and I said in our recent bloggingheads.tv segment, the film “An Inconvenient Truth”...

SiCKO Sparks Local Health Care Activism

Michael Moore's SiCKO is not only impacting the box office -- earning the 2nd-highest opening in history for a documentary -- it's also sparking health care activism at the local level. Moore generated much attention last month when joined the California Nurses...

"Sicko" Vs. A Sick Show

"Sicko" is required viewing, not because it's a contender for the Oscar for Best Picture—though given this year's paltry offerings, anything is possible—but because it is far better than the play now being staged by the White House. Two days before Michael...

Bloggingheads on the Obstructionists

I had the pleasure of doing a BloggingHeads.tv segment with Eric Alterman, where we had a lively discussion about how to handle the obstructionist conservative minority, how SiCKO will impact the health care debate, and more. To watch our entire diavlog, click here....

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