Adopt a Senator for Climate: Feinstein

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Wednesday October 14, 2009 · 5:15 PM PDT

2009/10/14 · 17:15

Our energy future, our economy, our health and our security all demand the same thing: We must reinvent the way America generates and uses energy. (from intro to Clean Energy Jobs Bill)

The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act seeks to do this by addressing four urgent national priorities:

Putting America back in control of our energy future (i.e. Energy Independence).

Reasserting American economic leadership and competitiveness (i.e. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs).

Protecting our families from pollution (i.e. Reducing our carbon emissions).

Ensuring our national security (i.e. stopping our $1 billion per day subsidy of middle east fossil fuel extraction).

While one can argue the fine print of this bill, what is indisputable is the need to get comprehensive Climate Change legislation passed NOW. Please join me below the fold to learn about Senator Dianne Feinstein and her stance on climate and energy issues. If you live in California, follow the contact info at the end to take action and ensure that both of our senators vote yes on this important bill.

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Wednesday September 09, 2009 · 10:15 PM PDT

2009/09/09 · 22:15

Ok, I don't get it.

I finally get the kids to bed tonight, pour myself a big glass of wine, and turn on the TV to watch my recorded version of the speech.

What can I say? Anybody watching me, sitting alone in front of my television, expressing the range of emotions I did, would think that I surely was crazy.

I laughed as I watched the republicans not wanting to clap for anything the president said but then realizing he said something like "the marketplace works better when we have choice and competition," and begrudgingly realizing they had to clap. I cried when Obama spoke about the character of Americans and how it is in our nature to take care of one another. I sat dazzled while our amazingly brilliant president found a way to single out and praise the republicans who wrote prior healthcare legislation with Teddy Kennedy. I fervently clapped along with our wonderfully diverse and beautiful democratic congresspeople and noted what a contrast they made to their counterparts on the other side of the aisle.

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Friday December 19, 2008 · 9:40 AM PST

2008/12/19 · 09:40

I know it’s not very popular, and in some circles it can be politically incorrect. For many people it stirs up bitter memories and feelings of fear and outright hatred. But, times being what they are, I think we need to get it out there and talk about it. So here goes, I’ll say it …

Nuclear

Before you click away or type angry comments, please hear me out. I’ve never been a pro-nuke advocate. I’m a staunch believer in conservation, efficiency and renewable energy sources, and the thought of nuclear power has always sent chills down my green spine. The idealist in me believes that we’ll soon embark upon a massive global effort to green our economy and our personal lives and that in a decade we’ll be powered by 100% carbon-free, renewable energy.

But, more and more this idealistic side of me is engaged in a fierce debate with my inner realist. That side of me is saying, “Wait just a minute - is that really possible?”

Because one thing is sure - we don’t have the luxury of time or the option of making mistakes if we want to leave our children and grandchildren a planet that they can safely inhabit. ...

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What Would You Do?

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What Would You Do?

I'll take the combo plate - efficiency, renewables, smart grid, & nuclear

62 votes

Nuclear, baby, Nuclear

11 votes

Find sand, dig hole, bury head

1 vote

Efficiency, renewables, smart grid, but hold the nuclear please

36 votes

CO2 ... 350 ppm or bust?

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Wednesday December 03, 2008 · 10:59 AM PST

2008/12/03 · 10:59

In his latest article, “The Most Important Number on Earth,” author and environmentalist Bill McKibben writes that we may now be reaching the tipping point with climate change. He points to several recent developments that he believes indicate the need for us to “freak out - and get to work.”

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Monday November 17, 2008 · 11:43 AM PST

2008/11/17 · 11:43

I was inspired to write this after reading this excellent diary: I'm a Petro-holic by ASiegel

My name is Cathy, and I’m a fossil fuels addict. I was born into a family of addicts, in a nation of addicts, and I adopted this lifestyle quite naturally. As I got older and learned more about the concept of sustainability, I began to rethink my lifestyle. At various points in my adult life, I tried to kick the habit. I lived car-free for several years, walked and took public transit, and used very little electricity. But inevitably something would happen - a move, a new job - and I’d fall back off the wagon.

Then, a few years ago I finally got help.

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Wednesday October 22, 2008 · 7:54 AM PDT

2008/10/22 · 07:54

First let me say that abortion has never resonated with me as a particularly important political topic. On my list of big problems confronting us that we need to deal with, it’s about #72. To me, it’s part of the “God, Guns and Gays” wedge issues that have been co-opted by the right in order to get people to vote against their economic self-interest. How else do you convince the middle class to support the party of big business and tax breaks to the wealthy?

I’ve always been a staunch Democrat and have supported a woman’s right to choose, but had trouble with what I viewed as an open-arm acceptance of abortion and abortion rights by my party. There are inherent contradictions for me in my position of being against the death penalty and supporting abortion rights. I’m even more perplexed by the “pro-life” stance of the right that opposes abortion yet supports the death penalty, guts services that help women and children, fights for destructive environmental practices and supports senseless wars.

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Monday October 06, 2008 · 9:59 AM PDT

2008/10/06 · 09:59

It looks as if the McCain campaign is pulling out the Rev. Wright and Bill Ayers associations now. Since the economy is doing great, stock market is surging ahead, and we aren't at war or anything, then I guess this is what we should be talking about, right?

I don't usually like to dwell on the non-issue stuff like personal attacks, but I feel compelled to fight back against these smears. NY Times did an interesting article about Obama and Ayers and came to the conclusion that there is really no close connection between the two, other than the fact that they both are interested in and involved in education reform in Chicago and both sat on two separate education boards at the same time.

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