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We’ve adjusted to the new normal, and that’s unfortunate

August 5, 2014 Susan Cunningham 2014 Election, Activism, Energy, Environment Leave a comment

Don Corrigan, newspaper editor, author and college professor, taught us something new at the Missouri Progressive Action Group meeting on Saturday. In addition to

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Al Gore’s good news (for a change) on climate and renewable energy

July 14, 2014 Renee Shur Climate Change, Energy, Environment Leave a comment

Eight years ago. Al Gore released “An Inconvenient Truth,” the book and documentary film that laid out the scientific consensus connecting the burning of

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Give her a break. It’s not easy to run for office in coal country

June 9, 2014 Arthur Lieber 2014 Election, Energy, Environment Leave a comment

As a supporter of environmental protection, I think that, in the macro sense, we can place strict environmental regulations on our energy companies and

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Spanish island is about to be fully powered by solar and wind

May 7, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Energy, International Leave a comment

Big ideas sometimes start small, and that’s exactly what’s happening on El Hierro, the smallest and southernmost of the Canary Islands. El Hierro, with

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The old GOP folks at home: Light-bulb wars

January 22, 2014 Willy Kessler Congress, Consumer issues, Energy, Politics, Republicans, Technology Leave a comment

After Mitt Romney’s humiliating defeat in 2012, many pundits explicitly or implicitly agreed with bloger Ted Frier who wrote that the GOP had deteriorated

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Why corporations blackmail government–because they can

December 23, 2013 Arthur Lieber Business, Consumer issues, Corporations, Economy, Employment, Energy, Financial reform, Labor and unions, Politics, States Leave a comment

If Boeing wants to build the 777X jetliner in the state of Missouri, the state will have to shell out $1.7 trillion, and St.

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Time to reconsider daylight saving time?

November 4, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Energy, Ideas, Science, Uncategorized One comment

After “falling back” an hour over the past weekend, we’re all blearily adjusting to the time shift imposed on us by the end of

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Vermont leads by example on environmental issues

September 4, 2013 Stacy Mergenthal Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Health Leave a comment

In a recent e-newsletter, Senator Bernie Sanders shared a video about a little town in Vermont called Swanton. Swanton has recently made an important

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Obama loves fracking

August 27, 2013 Madonna Gauding Energy, Environment, Obama, Public safety 4 comments

A friend of mine recently hosted a home screening of the documentary Gasland 2 by Josh Fox. The film exposes the environmental and health dangers of

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President Obama [re]installs solar panels on White House roof

August 20, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Climate Change, Energy, Good government, Obama One comment

While political power struggles are on temporary hold during the 2013 Congressional summer recess, there’s a new source of power at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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