by Bill Scher | Mar 21, 2007 | Blog
Al Gore's congressional testimony has just begun, and he announced he's delivering 516,000 petition signatures calling for immediate action to stop global warming. More than 200,000 of those have come in since Thursday. A forceful beginning to historic...
by Bill Scher | Mar 20, 2007 | Blog
The preview to tomorrow's congressional testimony from Al Gore happened yesterday, a House committee hearing spotlighting the Bush Administration's attempts to prevent our government climate scientists from telling the truth about global warming. As Environment &...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 20, 2007 | Blog
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards today is putting forth what he is calling an “aggressive but achievable” energy plan, elements of which mirror the kind of bold energy initiative that the Apollo Alliance has been urging presidential...
by Bill Scher | Mar 20, 2007 | Blog
While the political lowlight of the week looks to be the ongoing fallout of the Prosecutor Purge, the political highlight is sure to come tomorrow with Al Gore's historic testimony to the House and Senate on climate change. Leading up to the hearing, Gore has been...
by Bill Scher | Mar 19, 2007 | Blog
Today's LA Times offers a seemingly well-intentioned article telling seniors ways they can obtain cheaper prescription drugs. But in doing so, it puffs up Big Pharma -- making it seem like pharmaceutical companies are already doing all they can for seniors. At the...
by Bill Scher | Mar 19, 2007 | Blog
Today's CQ Weekly has a big piece on how coal-state lawmakers are "well-positioned" in Congress to shape global warming legislation. And they risk falling into the trap of thinking strong legislation will be bad for jobs in their districts. The article focuses on...