On Monday we introduced you to Bill Becker and heard all about PCAP’s policy suggestions. Tuesday we focused on how the United States could wean itself off of carbon using a cap-and-auction […]
S&R interviews PCAP's Bill Becker, Part 3
On Monday we introduced you to Bill Becker and heard all about PCAP’s policy suggestions. Yesterday we focused on how the United States could wean itself off of carbon using a cap-and-auction […]
S&R interviews PCAP's Bill Becker – Part 1
During the Democratic National Convention, I had the opportunity to interview Bill Becker, the executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Program (PCAP). Over the course of the interview, the topics ranged […]
My state rep reports hype instead of actions
As you ponder the possibilities of Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain as leaders of the free world, forget not the state legislators in your own backyard. It’s their election season, too. […]
Sen. Ken Salazar on Alberto Gonzales
Think back a few years to when Judge Alberto Gonzales was being considered for Attorney General. Colorado’s then freshman senator, Ken Salazar, escorted Gonzales into the Senate for the first day of […]
4-5-7-6-4
Four. Five. Seven. Six. Four. These five numbers represent the total number of recognizable press in each of the five different energy and/or global heating panels I’ve attended over the last three […]
So why are gasoline prices going up?
Today oil hit $110 a barrel and the national average cost of regular per gallon reached $3.246. Now, I’m not an economist; I only play one at S&R. But like most of […]
Why do so many bad ideas seem natural to voting Americans?
Joe Brewer and George Lakoff have published a new analysis that looks at the importance of “cognitive policy” – the process of constructing the assumptions that underlie actual material policy decisions. For […]
Who has access to your personal data? Everyone–except you
By Martin Bosworth Last month the Associated Press cast a harsh light on a dark secret of many big public industries–that workers have far too much access to personal data of customers, […]
Quotabull
I believe my current participation could be a distraction. — major league baseball pitcher and accused steroids and HGH cheat Roger Clemens, in withdrawing from a scheduled appearance at an “event, which […]
