Lamenting Lugar’s Loss
In an age of politics bitterly fought along ideological lines, sensibility received another blow with the defeat of Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) by tea party backed candidate, Richard Mourdock. Lugar...
View ArticleWhen Did Compromise Become A Bad Thing?
Chock up another win for the radical. Tea Party darling Ted Cruz trounced conservative David Dewhurst in the Republican runoff for the Texas senate seat on Tuesday night. How did a first-time candidate...
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When It Comes to Fighting Climate Change, We Need All the Tools in Our Tool...
The passing of another Earth Day seems to have some pundits waxing nostalgic. One such pundit, Nicholas Lemann of the New Yorker, wrote a glowing piece about the hundreds of thousands of Americans who...
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Republicans, Democrats Agree: Romney and Tea Party Were Wrong
This week on our Facebook page, you saw this bit of good news: that new polling finds huge bipartisan support for standards that increase fuel economy and reduce carbon pollution in America’s cars and...
View ArticleCan the Environment Save the Republican Party?
The Republican Party is primed for success in 2014. In addition to benefitting from redistricting wizardry, the party has history on its side: off-year elections give opposition parties the clear lead,...
View ArticleA Reasonable Model for Clean Energy Leadership
In a week full of crazy Republican extremism, a common-sense moderate feels like a breath of fresh air. One of those welcome breezes is blowing out of Michigan, where Governor Snyder has made it clear...
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Undo New Carbon Rules? No Way.
Now that the government shutdown is over (for now) and debt default avoided (for now), the Tea Party extremists in Congress will likely get back to their more typical day jobs of denying climate change...
View ArticleMessage to the Tea Party: Stop Trying to Drown Our Government
After the debacle of the government shutdown, it’s no surprise GOP lawmakers are pouncing on the botched rollout of the Affordable Health Care Act. Who knew IT troubles could provide such a big...
View ArticleLessons from Virginia
As Virginians await the final results of this year’s election, one fact has emerged as clear. The more extreme – or less mainstream – the Republican candidate for statewide office was, the worse he...
View ArticleIs LePage Ready to Run Clean?
Paul LePage, the governor of Maine, doesn’t seem to get it when it comes to climate change. Despite Maine voters’ clear support for reducing carbon pollution and acting to address climate change,...
View Article2013 In Review: It Could Have Been Worse
So 2013 is nearly done. On the political scene it’s easy to hope that the door gives the year a good whack on the way out. But as we take a final look back on the environmental front, there’s a lot...
View ArticleCantor Can’t
Eric Cantor went down in a surprise defeat Tuesday night to a tea party unknown, David Brat, upsetting the Congressional order. It’s hard to think of someone more deserving of this fate, but not for...
View ArticleHobby Lobby, Climate Change, and the GOP’s Women Problem
More than 200 women brought their children to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to urge lawmakers to clean up the air pollution that causes climate change. The event was called a “Play-in for Climate...
View ArticleRick Perry, Still A Denier
Rick Perry is back and this time he’s in it to win it. Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Perry left behind the bumbling Tea Party conservative of 2012 and did his best to...
View ArticleIs the Big Polluter agenda the environmental platform of the Republican Party?
Lindsey Graham asked a good question last month. The South Carolina Senator wants to know, “What is the environmental platform of the Republican Party?” Graham says he doesn’t know. He suggests it’s...
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