Jennifer Marohasy » Defining the Greens (Part 14)

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46 Fantastic Websites to Learn the Truth About Climate Change | All American Blogger

If I were to recommend one site, most would think it to be Climate Audit, or Watts Up With That. However, I recommend subscribing to at least Tom Nelson’s blog. He is like the Glenn Reynolds of global warming, a relentless global warming news aggregator. You will not only find updates from Climate Audit and Watts on Tom Nelson’s blog, you will find so many other stories you might not have heard anywhere else (including, I’m guessing, this one.)

Questions for [Secretary of Transportation] Ray Lahood - The Roads Warrior - Interview - NYTimes.com

What do you drive?
I have a 1998 Buick Regal here in Washington.

What kind of mileage does that get?
Terrible. Probably 15 or 16 miles per gallon. If I had a lot of money I wouldn’t be driving a 1998 Buick Regal. I’d be driving a more high-tech automobile.

There are inexpensive cars that get better mileage. What about a Toyota?
I bought this car in 2000 from a friend of mine in Peoria.

Green Ink: Geoengineering, Climate Scares, and Fast Trains - Environmental Capital - WSJ

Democrats are digging in against energy and climate bills in the House and Senate. It’s not just the farm-state rebellion in the House—there are rumblings against offshore drilling in the Senate, as well as generalized discontent with the watered-down renewable-energy standards, in the WaPo. Agriculture’s pushback isn’t limited to carbon offsets—there’s still the battle over the environmental footprint of biofuels, at Earth2Tech.

Much ado about nothing? The Waxman-Markey bill will only trim carbon emissions in the U.S. economy by 0.5% by 2020, according to the CBO, at Breakthrough Institute. That’s because of a heavy use of offsets.

Labor teams up with enviros to pass climate [swindle] bill and promote green jobs | Grist

After working for the United Steelworkers International Union for 30 years, Lauren Horne left in January to take on a new role within the labor movement—rallying union members to help fight climate change.

Blue Green Alliance membersUnion members call for a cleaner, greener economy. Horne, a Pittsburgh native, is now coordinating an education campaign in Pennsylvania for the Labor Climate Project, a program run by the Blue Green Alliance. She spends her days traveling to union meetings throughout the state, where she teaches members about the problem of global warming and the ways that solutions could lead to new, green jobs for blue-collar workers.