Tag: Environmental Policy
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Is Obama the "environmental President?" Yes or no, he can still win climate fight
Obama's climate record has been "a runaway success", writes Jonathan Chait. David Roberts doesn't disagree, but puts the claim in context.
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Health warning labels proposed for gas pump nozzles
It works for cigarettes, why not for fossil fuels?
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Obama nominates Gina McCarthy as new EPA chief
"Every American is—or will soon be—breathing cleaner air because of McCarthy," says Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch.
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New York Times spikes the Green Blog
Did I mention that nobody cares about the environment anymore?
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Apparently nobody cares about the environment anymore
According to a recent poll, interest in environmental issues has fallen significantly. Blame the economy.
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10 Environmental Victories of 2012
From clean air regulations to clean energy installations and requirements for better gas mileage, here's the year in environmental progress, according to the Sierra Club.
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Protecting California Coastline as National Monuments
Protecting Drakes Estero was a good move. Now let's push for more National Monuments.
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UK Government Could Buy 50% of Electricity From Renewables
A government scheme could expand to £750 million of electricity purchases from renewable sources each year. This is good, but it is not good enough.
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Where Can You Vote For a Third Party and Not End Up Getting the Greater of Two Evils?
There are plenty of places in the US that you can vote your beliefs tomorrow without it just being spoiler vote. But not everywhere.
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Singer-Activist Asks for a "Few Honest Words" on Election Day (Video)
Singer-activist Ben Sollee performs song on Lincoln Memorial to remind us about climate change and voting this Tuesday.
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Turn Your Clocks Back an Hour, If You Have a Clock
Every year, this ritual of daylight saving time seems more pointless
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No Impact Man Colin Beavan: Running for Congress, the Future of Green (Interview)
TreeHugger recently sat down with Colin Beavan to talk about bridging personal and collective action, his race to represent central Brooklyn in Congress, the Green Party, and more.
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Green Party and Libertarian Presidential Candidates Go Head-to-Head in First Ever Online Debate
For a broader spectrum of political discourse than either the Democrats or Republicans can muster, check out the Green Party's Jill Stein and the Libertarians' Gary Johnson go head-to-head this Thursday, Oct 18.
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How Many Climate Deniers Can You Fight Off?
Franke James is at it again with a fun quiz
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Will We Vote Our Values or Fears? TreeHugger Interviews Green Party Presidential Hopeful Jill Stein
TreeHugger talks with the Green Party candidate for president, Dr Jill Stein about her Green New Deal, energy, climate, agriculture, and health policy, and more.
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Arctic Safe From Oil Drilling For Now
Shell Oil announces that it won't drill in the Arctic's Beaufort and Chukchi Seas this year, but the victory is far from complete
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Who Was The Greenest President? 12 Environmental Groups are Polled and the Results Might Surprise You
Corporate Knights Magazine asks the question and gets a different result than we did.
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EPA's New E-Waste Program Has Good Points, But Still Fails In One Major Area
The volunteer program encourages businesses to take back and recycle old electronics, but it's not quite enough.
