By CHARLES DUHIGG and JANET ROBERTS — New York Times.
Thousands of the nation’s largest water polluters are outside the Clean Water Act’s reach because the Supreme Court has left uncertain which waterways are protected by that law, according to … Read more »
By AL GORE — Op-ed Contributor (New York Times).
It would be an enormous relief if the recent attacks on the science of global warming actually indicated that we do not face an unimaginable calamity requiring large-scale, preventive measures to … Read more »
By Bill McKibben — Los Angeles Times.
Climate change skeptics sound like Simpson’s lawyers: If the winter glove won’t fit, you must acquit.
In recent years, every major scientific body in the world has produced reports confirming the peril of … Read more »
By David Sirota — OregonLive.com
Let’s pause and give thanks to Glenn Beck.
No, seriously – because that’s what he’s due.
We owe this talk-show-host-turned-political-leader gratitude for using his televised keynote address to the Conservative Political Action Conference to so … Read more »
By Robert Reich — RobertReich.org
This week the President is hosting a bipartisan gab-fest at the White House to try to tease out some Republican votes for health care. It’s a total waste of time. If Obama thinks he’s going … Read more »
Editorial — New York Times.
Yvo de Boer’s resignation on Thursday after nearly four tumultuous years as chief steward of the United Nations’ climate change negotiations has deepened a sense of pessimism about whether the world can ever get its … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN — New York Times.
O.K., the beast is starving. Now what? That’s the question confronting Republicans. But they’re refusing to answer, or even to engage in any serious discussion about what to do.
For readers who don’t … Read more »
Editorial — New York Times.
Perhaps if Senator Edward Kennedy had lived longer, or the election to choose his successor had turned out differently, President Obama’s decision to have Congress take the lead on health care reform would have looked … Read more »
A new statement has been posted by Barbra:
http://www.barbrastreisand.com/us/statement/elections-should-be-won-not-bought… Read more »
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN — New York Times.
A small news item from Tracy, Calif., caught my eye last week. Local station CBS 13 reported: “Tracy residents will now have to pay every time they call 911 for a medical … Read more »
