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Kerry Heads to India to Talk Climate Change

Kerry Heads to India to Talk Climate Change

With the US beginning to send weapons to Syria, NSA leaker Edward Snowden in Russia, negotiations opening with the Taliban, and turmoil ranging from Brazil to Turkey, the Obama administration is focused on its top foreign policy priority: climate change.

Dem Strategy: Climate Change Opponents Must Be 'Ridiculed'

Dem Strategy: Climate Change Opponents Must Be 'Ridiculed'

Democrats have a new plan for pushing climate change legislation that would severely damage the US economy: ridiculing climate change opponents. “These people have to ridiculed,” explained Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) to Netroots Nation. “They have to be run out

Redford Wants Obama To Bypass Congress On Coal

Redford Wants Obama To Bypass Congress On Coal

Actor Robert Redford, the same man who made a film lionizing domestic terrorists earlier this year, has weighed in as an environmental activist, bloviating that he hopes President Barack Obama has the “courage” to unilaterally force coal-powered power plants to

Review: "After Earth"

It’s not nearly as bad as its box-office thud and scathing reviews would suggest. “After Earth” is a very straightforward sci-fi tale about a young man earning his father’s respect, a task made more difficult because the boy is traumatized

Obama: No Debate on Climate Change

Obama: No Debate on Climate Change

Barack Obama is an impatient man–with those who deny man-made climate change.  Obama said Wednesday at a Chicago fundraiser that he’s fed up with those who disagree with him over the validity of climate change: If I’ve got somebody who

Hard times for the Church of Global Warming

In response to Hillary Clinton Does ‘Hard Hitting’ Climate Change Interview With Hollywood Actor : You know the global-warming fanatics have hit a low point when they’re reduced to asking Benghazi Rodham Clinton and an antique actor to shovel their

China 'Will Not Accept' Carbon Tax on EU Flights: Report

China 'Will Not Accept' Carbon Tax on EU Flights: Report

China will not pay for CO2 emissions by its airlines on flights within Europe, a top civil aviation official reportedly said after the European Commission warned eight Chinese firms face fines for nonpayment. The world’s second largest economy “will not

Kerry Apologizes For America In Sweden

Kerry Apologizes For America In Sweden

Secretary of State John Kerry speaking today in Stockholm, Sweden on climate change And I have to say that I regret that my own country – and President Obama knows this and is committed to changing it – needs to

GM Joins Call for US Action on Climate Change

GM Joins Call for US Action on Climate Change

(AFP) – General Motors, the largest US automaker, on Wednesday joined a call for the United States to take greater action on climate change as it said that environmental concerns were critical for business. General Motors became the first automaker

Amazon's 'Alpha House' Serves Up Stale GOP Bashing

Amazon's 'Alpha House' Serves Up Stale GOP Bashing

Garry Trudeau, the creator of Amazon’s Alpha House, uses up so many anti-GOP cliches in the show’s pilot it’s a wonder any remain to fill out a full season. Alpha House, part of Amazon’s foray into original programming, plays out like

Bad science writing 101

The headline at the UK Independent caught my eye: “One giant leap for mankind: £13bn Iter project makes breakthrough in the quest for nuclear fusion, a solution to climate change and an age of clean, cheap energy.” Of course, as