Local News | Wash. gov: Lawmakers need firm overtime agreement | Seattle Times Newspaper

On Monday, Gregoire didn't firmly reject the idea that her climate change proposal or other non-budget bills could be resurrected. But she said, for now, work should focus on policy matters needed in the two-year state spending blueprint.

"Right now, we ought to just make sure we've got that budget ready," she said. "So I'm just totally focused on that."

Hollywood’s "greenest" stars honor U.S. environmental group | This article seems a bit light on the global warming angle

On stage, Redford recalled why he joined the NRDC in the 1970’s, saying it was “because they had the power to sue.”

Many attendees echoed that refrain throughout the night, with Louis-Dreyfus bluntly stating: “I love lawsuits.”

The evening also included a list of the group’s legal victories in the region, including helping to stop inadequately treated sewage from being dumped into the Santa Monica Bay and testing children for lead poisoning in the 1990s. More recently, NRDC and other environmental groups last year reached a deal with land holder Tejon Ranch to permanently protect 240,000 acres of California land from development.

RealClearPolitics - HorseRaceBlog - Obama the Sophist

Who the hell is saying we cannot afford to invest in science? Isn't the real argument about whether we can spend so much more (fully 3% of GDP) on science, and revitalize the economy, and save the banks, and save the Big Three, and spend more on education, and reform health care, and revolutionize the energy sector all at the same time?

I have heard "there are those who say..." from this President quite a bit in the last three months. I think it's time he start naming names. Who are these people who hold such backward-looking, unacceptable positions? If they are elected members of the government, shouldn't the President tell us who they are so we can vote them out? If they are unelected, how is it they have such power?