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Notes on an Ideal Civilization

Last night, a friend of mine sent me a considerable laundry list of things he thinks everyone, certainly all U.S. citizens, are entitled to as basic human rights.  I don’t know. I see providing all this stuff gratis to a

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Posted in Sustainability

U.S. Supreme Court Decision "Citizens United" Is Not Long For This World

OK, it was only #22 out of the top 25 victories in 2012 for progressive legislation, but at least it made the list.  IMO, it’s the single most important, what its author dubs: “Challenging Citizens United.” Peter Dreier is professor

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Building Energy Policy on Facts, Not Dollars

Here’s a well-written article that contains a great deal of truth.  Many environmentalists take knee-jerk positions, often rooted in an incomplete and self-serving view of the relevant science, and these positions can ultimately do more harm to the environment than

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Clean Energy Radio Supports "Move To Amend"

I know I harbor a great deal of pessimism/cynicism about the corruption that has engulfed our political process.  But I have to say the Move To Amend people have really kicked some major butt, to use a not-too-scholarly term, in

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Elizabeth Warren’s Highlighting the U.S. Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” Decision

I’m not big on taking sides in political disputes, especially the trashy type like those surrounding the 2012 U.S. presidential race.  Yet I have to voice my approval of Elizabeth Warren’s highlighting the U.S. Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” decision in

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Heralding Corporate Sustainability Initiatives

I just got off the phone with Stephan Williams, the guest blogger I wrote about a week or so back.  I’m thrilled to announce that Stephan’s going to be the driving force behind the “corporate role models” blog that I’ve

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Sane Energy Policy Can Only Come From Honest Government

If we are to achieve a sustainable energy future, it will come as a result of our having found a way to create a viable working relationship between the public and private sectors.  The private sector alone will not make

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Voters Want a Level Playing Field for Renewable Energy

The Writer’s Almanac reminds us that it’s the birthday of the French thinker and historian Alexis de Tocqueville whose visits to the fledgling U.S. in the early 19th Century culminated in his famous book, Democracy in America. According to the

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Bernie Sanders and His Attempt to Overturn the "Citizens United" Decision

In a comment on my recent piece on Bernie Sanders and the attack on our democracy represented by the U.S. Supreme Court decision Citizens United, one reader attacked Sanders as a communist.  In response, another notes:  There are some words you

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Big Energy Loves U.S. Supreme Court Decision "Citizens United"

Duke Brooks writes on Independent Vermont senator Citizens United opponent Bernie Sanders as follows: Sanders is, of course, not an independent. He is, IN FACT, a self-described socialist…. The opposition to Citizens United (granting corporations the right to spend as much

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