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A Billion For Green Buildings

At our Apollo Summit, speakers emphasized the importance of making our buildings energy efficient, slashing carbon emissions and creating hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs. The Los Angeles chapter of the Apollo Alliance talked about raising $100 million to...

Days Are Numbered for Ineffective Abstinence Ed

The key to building trust in government is to show deep understanding of the difference between effective and ineffective government -- putting our tax dollars into what works, scrapping or revamping programs that don't work. Thankfully, some ineffective government...

An End To Abstinence Boondoggle?

The key to building trust in government is to show deep understanding of the difference between effective and ineffective government—putting our tax dollars into what works, scrapping or revamping programs that don't work. Thankfully, some ineffective government...

More Momentum for Carbon Caps

As noted here before, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., who chairs a key environmental committee, is close to the auto industry and may be an obstacle to strong global warming legislation. But yesterday at the Detroit Economic Club, Dingell said his committee is "working to...

Punditocracy: Hearing What They Want To Hear

The Hotline's Marc Ambinder wins the coveted "Wanker of the Day" honor from Atrios today, after Ezra Klein called him out for "pat[ting Sen. Barack] Obama on the back for becoming 'the first top-tier Democratic presidential candidate to acknowledge that Social...

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