Kate Sheppard

The Wall Street Journal takes the latest studies on biofuels, comes to the conclusion that we should blame environmentalists for the problem and, as always, keeps it classy: Ethanol and biofuel proponents always point out that current options are little more than placeholders, temporary fixes until the technology advances and “second-generation” options emerge: “It’s just […]

Matt makes note of the strange bedfellows in Hillary Clinton‘s recent admonishments of Barack Obama‘s “potential plagiarism.” In addition to working for AEI, it should also be noted that Hassett serves as the economic adviser to John McCain. It doesn’t seem like the Clinton campaign stands to gain anything by letting McCain’s advisers speak for […]

We’ve seen business leaders, evangelicals, and politicians of all ilks coming out in favor of strong federal legislation on climate change. This week, they were joined by the nation’s hunters and fishers. Six hundred and seventy hunting and fishing organizations, representing 34 million American sportsmen (and women), put out a statement yesterday urging Congress to […]

Remember when the EPA handed down a decision barring California and 16 other states from setting their own standards for carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles back in December? Now Henry Waxman, chair of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has directed the EPA to provide uncensored copies of recommendations that staffers made to EPA […]

The folks at The folks at Faith in Public Life have been on top of the trend among pollsters to ignore Democratic evangelical voters in exit polling this primary season. So in partnership the Center for American Progress Action Fund, they commissioned Zogby to conduct exit polls in Missouri and Tennessee on Super Tuesday that […]

A few days ago, I mentioned recent studies that illustrate the inefficiencies of ethanol in curbing planet-warming emissions. Matthew Cordell makes some good additional points on biofuels over on UN Dispatch that should be highlighted; specifically, the need to look at the long-term prospects for renewable energy. Most of the reports on the studies focused […]

The The Washington Post did a pretty spectacular job of blurring the differences between the Democratic candidates and John McCain in this editorial over the weekend, which requires some thorough clarification on most of the issues it mentions. Let’s start with global warming. Says the Post: “[T]he next president will not start as a skeptic […]

George Bush was on Fox News Sunday yesterday discussing, among other things, the state of the 2008 primaries. This marked his first real venture into the election thus far. In the segment, he offered support (if relatively tepid) for John McCain as a “true conservative,” but said he’ll have to do more to win over […]

Turns out clearing thousands of acres of land to grow tons of corn for ethanol isn’t all that good for the environment. According to new research released yesterday, the production of ethanol actually makes a net contribution to global warming, as the rainforests, wetlands and grasslands that once absorbed carbon dioxide are turned into farmland. […]