Bachmann Denier Overdrive

[REPOST from Sierra Club RAW photo credit] Issue #279 March 27, 2009 Bachmann Denier Overdrive Josh Dorner Minnesota is a state known for its many loons. And perhaps the most famous of all is Representative Michele Bachmann. (See just a few examples of her inanity, insanity, and inexplicable idiocy here and here) Bachmann, already something [...]

Sightline Daily top picks 03/26/2009

photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day Groups Collaborate on Eugene’s Transportation Future Mileage-Based Light-Rail Fares for Sound Transit? Conservationists Hail New Era With Wilderness Bill Alaska Doctors Turn Away New Medicare Patients Views: Changes Needed in Idaho’s Urban Renewal Law The Polluting Port of Oakland Cities Deal [...]

Help Obama strengthen pollution targets

REPOST from 1Sky Our planet is warming at an alarming rate, but scientists say we can solve the climate crisis if we act quickly. That’s why it’s so important for President Obama to strengthen the target he has set for reducing global warming pollution by the year 2020. Unfortunately, Obama’s current proposal is to return [...]

Your Camera Can Create Clean Cars

REPOST from Sierra Club President Obama is listening. One of the first things his new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, Lisa Jackson, did was to acknowledge that Americans want cleaner cars: cars that go farther on a gallon of gas and emit less global warming pollution. The EPA is now considering whether to reverse the [...]

Sightline Daily top picks 02/09/2009

photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Population Growth: The Forgotten Worry Participants of a “population growth speakout” in Oregon say it’s time to talk population again. They’re worried we won’t make adequate progress on the most crucial environmental goals – reducing carbon emissions, preventing overfishing and [...]

Urgent action needed for critical Global Warming bill

[REPOST from 1Sky Washington] Time is of the essence – we have just over 24 hours to gain the momentum we need on the centerpiece bill of 1Sky Washington’s Repower Washington legislative agenda. Tomorrow the Governor will introduce a critically important bill to reduce global warming pollution. This bill hasn’t even been introduced and it’s [...]

Sightline Daily top picks 01/27/2009

photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Obama Signals Sea Change in Climate Policy Obama is quickly fulfilling his pledge to make energy and global warming two of his top priorities. His economic stimulus plan is jammed with $54 billion in incentives for renewable energy and efficiency [...]

Sightline Daily top picks 01/26/2009

photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Obama’s Order: Tightening Emissions Standards President Obama will direct federal regulators on Monday to move swiftly on an application by California and 13 other states to set strict automobile emission and fuel efficiency standards, two administration officials said Sunday. New [...]

Sightline Daily top picks 01/14/2009

photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Murray Proposes Stimulus Dollars for Hanford Cleanup Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., is proposing that $6 billion to $7 billion be included in a national economic recovery package for cleanup work at Hanford and other Department of Energy nuclear sites. Tri-City [...]

Cap & Invest in Washington’s Future

[REPOST from 1Sky Washington] It’s the first week of the legislative session and as you read this email hundreds of high-paid lobbyists from the fossil fuel industry are descending on Olympia to make sure their profits are protected. Your legislators will be hearing from them that we should wait to tackle global warming. But we [...]