California voters turning against Prop. 19 and Prop. 23, poll shows

The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica
who has testified before Congress on several occasions on Climate-change issues. Forget, for a moment, all you’ve heard about sunspots, ice cores, and the various correlations between Carbon Dioxide (the primary Greenhouse gas) and temperature. Global Warming is a matter of physics — one known to science for more than a century, Alley said. [See related article: It's just physics .] “The fact that important people in Washington don’t know that is our failure,” he...

California's Prop 19 In Trouble?
A new Public Policy Institute of California Poll shows Proposition 19 - the measure to legalize pot possession among adults in the state - trails 49% to 44%, a trend seen in many recent Polls on the issue. A Field Poll taken last month had the Proposition up 49-42%. With a week before Election Day both sides of the issue find themselves without the money to run Television ads, and experts say most people have their mind made up on the issue anyway. Prop 19 is by far the most visible...

James Cameron: a bully and a gigantic hypocrite
Director James Cameron is out to save the planet . If you are skeptical of the claims of the alarmists that Man is destroying the planet via Greenhouse Gas Emissions, he calls you a denier who has your head up your backside . He’d like to have a “shootout” with you, except that, when taken up on the offer, he suddenly has other things to do… Anyway, wouldn’t you expect that, being a good little cultist of the Church of Anthropogenic Global Warming, he’d try...

Why Sacramento needs to be fumigated ... [Darleen Click]
I am now going to give you the exact first sentence on Prop 23 on my CA sample ballot. This is the way it appears on the official ballot at the polling place: 23 SUSPENDS IMPLEMENTATION OF Air Pollution Control LAW (AB 32) REQUIRING MAJOR SOURCES OF Emissions TO REPORT AND REDUCE Greenhouse Gas Emissions THAT CAUSE Global Warming, UNTIL Unemployment DROPS TO 5.5 PERCENT OR LESS FOR FULL YEAR. See? Manmade CO2 causes Global Warming. Settled science, you know. You can stop thinking about that...

Congress candidate Q & A: Reducing human-caused emmissions to moderate global warming
The Anchorage Daily News asked Candidates in statewide Elections their views on a variety of issues. Question: Do you support enacting any laws or regulations to reduce human-caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions as a way to moderate Global Warming?

A primary pivot point for California transit
0 from Solid Principles Only if Poizner, Whitman, and Brown join forces can they defeat the tiger that tried to eat Roy Horn By Nathanael Johnson, KALW News In California the Gubernatorial Candidates offer radically different visions for the future of transportation in the state. Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner are racing for the Republican nomination. Jerry Brown (barring a last minute Scandal) has the Democratic nomination wrapped up. As primaries approach, inquiring transit-obsessed voters...

House GOP candidate Tim Burns: "I don't believe in manmade global warming" - Local climate scientist: "I think the Academies of Science is right that we need to get a grip on this now before it becomes ungrippable."
At a debate in Pennsylvanias 12th district to fill the seat left by Rep. Jack Murtha (D-PA), Republican Candidate Tim Burns denied the existence of Global Warming, a seeming requirement this year for Tea Party support. Brad Johnson has the story . I dont believe in manmade Global Warming, Burns told the audience last Friday, as ThinkProgress captured in this exclusive footage. Burns also seemed not to understand that cap-and-trade plans include Tariffs on countries ...

Tim Burns: ‘I Don’t Believe In Manmade Global Warming’
Tim Burns: ‘I Don’t Believe In Manmade Global Warming’ At a debate in Pennsylvania’s 12th district to fill the seat left by Rep. Jack Murtha (D-PA), Republican Candidate Tim Burns denied the existence of Global Warming. “ I don’t believe in manmade Global Warming,” Burns told the audience last Friday, as ThinkProgress captured in this exclusive footage. Burns also seemed not to understand that cap-and-trade plans include Tariffs on countries that...

Politics: Global warming issue may determine key races in Virginia
Reporting from Charlottesville, Va. — Republican Robert Hurt had barely begun his opening statement in the Congressional Candidates' debate here last week when he accused his Democratic opponent of endorsing "job-killing Cap and Trade." Hurt, a State Senator, repeated the charge five times in the next hour, insisting each time that Incumbent Rep. Tom Perriello's vote last year for a House Energy and Climate Change bill would cost the state 50,000 jobs if it becomes law. Get breaking...

Global Boiling: Continental ‘Weather Bomb’ Hits Midwest With Power Of Cat Three Hurricane
Global Boiling: Continental ‘Weather Bomb’ Hits Midwest With Power Of Cat Three Hurricane Fueled by Fossil Fuel Pollution, an unprecedented, freak “land Hurricane” swept through the continental United States, leaving a path of devastation from Saskatchewan to Texas — while the Republican Party has been taken over by a Hurricane of science denial. Our destabilized Climate system, supercharged with Billions of tons of manmade Global Warming Pollution, is unlike...

CA's Prop 23 and Economic Armageddon
is to delay the implementation of AB 32 until Unemployment levels in California drop to 5.5 percent or less over four consecutive quarters. It is not surprising that President Barack Obama and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore have come out against Prop 23. Gore has been promoting for the past several years his doomsday scenario of terrible, catastrophic happenings unless the world deals with the underlying causes of Global Warming. Working hard in California to

The Mighty Talons of the Climate Hawks
I don’t really have much to say about it, but I’ve spent the past few days being taken in by Dave Roberts’ effort to popularize the concept of “climate hawks” so I thought I should do my part. What’s a Climate hawk? Well of course much like a Deficit hawk or a National Security hawk or an Inflation hawk, a Climate hawk is tough-minded and awesome and entitled to worshipful media coverage. We’re very serious people who want to confront the major...

Climate Action, Part 3: Taking it to the Streets
This is the third in a multi-part series by William Becker, Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project . Several years ago, I organized a conference of 30 experts in sustainable development. Our purpose was to brainstorm about how to put sustainability back on Americas agenda. Among the participants were some of the old Soldiers of the Environmental Movement, among them former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart; Gus Speth, the recently retired dean of Environmental studies at Yale;...

Bronx Residents Demand a Greater, Greener, Fairer PlaNYC
The Bronx wants to see the next version PlaNYC go further and be more equitable than the original. At last night’s public outreach event for the upcoming revision of the city’s sustainability agenda, dubbed a “Community Conversation,” Bronx residents demanded that PlaNYC 2.0 be far bolder in its efforts to green the city — and especially their environmentally disadvantaged borough. Whether by tearing down the Sheridan Expressway , tackling truck traffic, or...

Now That It’s Brown v Whitman, Let’s Talk Transportation
Image: Politico It's official.  It's Jerry Brown v Meg Whitman for the Governorship of California.  While we can expect a "vigorous campaign" between now and the Election in November, neither Candidate has staked out solid ground on Transportation issues.  For Brown, there's a track record going back decades, but for Whitman all we know about her positions is what was learned in a Republican Primary where each Candidate lurched as far to the right as possible as part...

Climate scientists are as mad as hell (and high water) - but are they going to take it any more?
Douglas Martinson, Antarctic Researcher, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory : It just drives me crazy . . . It is so frustrating. We have known for decades no question that Global Warming was started by anthropogenic increases of CO2 , Martinson said, adding that the evidence is overwhelming. The straws that broke the camels back are so thick now you cant even see the camel. . .. Peoples opinions being dictated by Talk Show hosts its just not right. Get...

Global warming seen as threat to state's parks
Those are a few of the dire consequences facing 10 California parks over the next century because of rapidly changing Climate patterns, according to a new study by an environmental Think Tank. "We're trying to illustrate that the ways we affect the Climate affect the places we love," said Stephen Saunders, a former deputy at the U.S. Department of the Interior under President Bill Clinton and president of the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Climate Organization in Denver. "It's not just about ice caps...

Facts Should Matter
Skepticism and outright denial of Global Warming are among the articles of faith of the Tea Party movement, here in Indiana and across the country. For some, it is a matter of religious conviction; for others, it is driven by distrust of those they call the elites. And for others still, efforts to address Climate Change are seen as a Conspiracy to impose world government and a sweeping Redistribution of Wealth. Unfortunately the Tea Party movement seems to want to make belief in science a...

Insightful Lecture by Czech President Vaclav Klaus
Czech President Vaclav Klaus last week gave the inaugural annual lecture at The Global Warming Policy Foundation in London . To watch Klaus’s lecture, titled “The Climate Change Doctrine,” click here . To read a transcript, click here . President Klaus wrote a related oped (” An Anti-Human Ideology “) in the National Post .

Poll: 'Aqua Buddha' Ad Backfires Against Jack Conway in Race Against Rand Paul
Republican Rand Paul has opened a 53 percent to 40 percent lead over Democrat Jack Conway in the Senate race, with 7 percent Undecided, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Oct. 21-24. PPP is now calling Paul the "likely victor" in the race and says the reason is the backlash from Conway's campaign ad saying that Paul, during his college days, worshipped a false god named "Aqua Buddha." Politics Daily correspondent Walter Shapiro wrote about the same voter reaction during...

New Poll Shows Voters Support Candidates who Support Clean Energy and Green Jobs
A new survey indicates that voters are more likely to support Candidates who support Clean Energy Legislation , when the survey links Clean Energy with Job Creation. The poll was conducted by Public Policy Polling for the National Resources Defense Council , covering 23 key Congressional Districts that are locked in close races. The outcome in these Districts could set the stage for crucial Energy Legislation in the future, so let’s take a closer look at one of them, the much-watched...

Who's Right on Biofuels?
WHO'S RIGHT ON BiofuelS?.... How can America achieve Energy Independence? The Obama Administration believes increased production of Biofuels is key, as most recently signaled by its decision to increase the amount of Ethanol that can be blended with Gasoline. Yet critics warn that Biofuels produced from corn and other crops damage the environment and drive up the cost of food. Who's right? In the current issue of The Washington Monthly , two authors square off on the question. The first is...

Obama aims for tougher fuel economy rules for big vehicles
The Obama Administration has announced plans to develop more strict rules regarding the fuel economy of big vehicles such as school buses, garbage trucks, and delivery vans. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department are moving forward with a fuel economy concept for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. The first models to be subject to the new rules will be those produced in 2014. Proponents of the Regulation hope for 20 percent less Greenhouse Gas Emissions and fuel...

China to Institute Cap-and-Trade System
The same day that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced that he did not have the votes to pass a cap-and-trade bill, even a scaled-down utility-only version, news broke that China has decided to institute its own cap-and-trade system, though the details remain fuzzy. Why is this significant? Republicans have long argued that there is no sense in capping Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the United States if major emitters like China refuse to impose caps of their own. The...

Who's Right on Biofuels?
WHO'S RIGHT ON BiofuelS?.... How can America achieve Energy Independence? The Obama Administration believes increased production of Biofuels is key, as most recently signaled by its decision to increase the amount of Ethanol that can be blended with Gasoline. Yet critics warn that Biofuels produced from corn and other crops damage the environment and drive up the cost of food. Who's right? In the current issue of The Washington Monthly , two authors square off on the question. The first is...