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An Environmental Nominee Conservatives Should Love

Rebecca Wodder, President Obama's nominee to serve as the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks will be a topic of discussion in the business meeting of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Thursday. And many Republicans on the committee are sure to raise …

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Written by Eli Lehrer on Wednesday December 7, 2011

Don't Have Delusions About Green Jobs

The human mind has trouble envisioning change. The first automobiles were built as horseless carriages. We will send e-mail even as our children no longer remember what "the mail" ever was. So likewise, when we imagine a world evolving beyond fossil fuels, we imagine a world of cars powered by …

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Written by David Frum on Thursday September 15, 2011

What Exactly is a "Green" Job? (Updated)

Here's a skill-testing hypothetical for you environmentalists out there. Some future US government decides to impose a tax on oil to maintain the price above $125 a barrel. Responding to this price signal, more Americans tell their real estate agents they want housing from which they can walk …

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Written by David Frum on Thursday September 15, 2011

Call These Scientists Crazy

On August 18, a few days after Rick Perry went off on climate scientists as money-grubbing carbon cultists, Jon Huntsman had some craziness of his own to share. "To be clear, I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy," the presidential candidate and former Utah …

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Written by Jim DiPeso on Friday August 19, 2011

Mark Hatfield: A True Green Republican

Back in the 1980s, the biggest fighting words around environmental policy were not "climate change." They were "wilderness preservation." Environmentalists wanted more, much more wilderness set aside. Extractive industries wanted little or, preferably, zero new wilderness. The bitterest …

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Written by Jim DiPeso on Wednesday August 10, 2011

Why is There Opposition to Better Lightbulbs?

The fact that congress is promoting lightbulbs that consume less electricity is a cause for cheer. You don't buy electricity for the sake of having electricity. You buy it for the services that electricity provides – hot showers, cold drinks, bright lights, and a home that shelters you from the …

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Written by Jim DiPeso on Friday July 15, 2011

An Environmental Stance Can Win the GOP Votes

Stanford University released a poll suggesting that GOP candidates should reconsider pandering to the most ideologically locked-in Republican voters on climate change. Stanford University's Woods Institute for the Environment recently released the result of polls suggesting that Republican …

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Written by Jim DiPeso on Thursday July 7, 2011

GOP Votes Against Climate Change Reality

By refusing to acknowledge that global warming is real, Republicans have opted for a pathetic denial of reality. Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee have just voted to deny reality. In particular, they voted against an amendment offered by ranking Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman …

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Written by Kenneth Silber on Tuesday March 15, 2011