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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....
Bloggers Put The Heat On The Obstructionists
Over the weekend, bloggers responded to Robert Borosage's call to "Expose The Obstructionists" and sign our petition, urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to force conservatives to filibuster popular legislation in broad daylight. Digby deemed the petition smart...
Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up
For the second week in a row, the Sunday shows go 0-for-3 for the Watchdog. ABC's This Week allowed Sen. Joe Lieberman to go on-and-on about bipartisanship, yet failed to ask him what he would do to stop the litany of conservative obstruction. On CBS' Face The Nation,...
Weekend Watchdog
Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....
Outlook Good for "Green-Collar" Job Training
In my update on energy legislation in the House, I neglected to mention that included in the energy package is funding for training in high-skill, clean energy jobs. That's a similar initiative to what already cleared the Senate, making it very likely to be part of...
Expose The Obstructionists
Americans elected a new Congress to get things done. But the conservative minority has chosen a strategy of obstruction in the Senate. They have used the threat of a filibuster to delay or block virtually every major initiative. Bills with majority support—raising the...
