Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Well, Congress will be teeing off in the great cap-and-trade debate this week (see also, Climate Bill Seeks a Broad Coalition), with many Democrats struggling to get meaningful carbon dioxide reductions written into law, while Dems from big fossil fuel producing states join with Republicans to struggle for [...]
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Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: [LONG POST AGAIN. I promise to shorten them from here on out!] Okay, we get going again now in the new year. And, friends, we face some pretty stark choices, choices that need to be made immediately if we are going to reverse the course we are on [...]
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