Reuters’ Deborah Zabarenko reports that the U.S. Army has started a new initiative to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2015. In addition to the environmental benefits, the Army is motivated by the belief that less fuel equals less risk to American troops. “If we can reduce consumption on our forward [...]
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Advertising Age reports that “some of the reddest states at the polls are among the greenest at the grocery checkout.” In fact, solidly red states such as Idaho, Utah and Alaska are home to some of the greenest shoppers around, according to a recent marketing survey.
It’s just more evidence that my Party would do [...]
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I’ve been saying for a long time if Republicans will step up and start offering solutions to climate change and discussing them in terms that reflect our Party’s principles, then we could take a key election issue away from Democrats. Or at least wrestle them to a jump-ball on the issue. This is what George [...]
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Check out Rebecca Smith’s piece in today’s Wall Street Journal – it confirms what Terra Rossa writers have said for a long time: cap and trade could be a real boon to nuclear energy in the US.
Cap & trade rewards companies that are early leaders in producing clean energy (nuclear has no carbon emissions, of [...]
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If anyone asks for proof that conservatives can confront carbon emissions and climate change, I like to point West.
First, I urge people to examine the record of George Schultz. As I’ve said, he’s a long-time supporter of cap & trade.
Then, I point to the chairman of Townhall.com, Doug Wilson. He’s blogged for us here at [...]
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So warbled Kermit the Frog many years ago. Wikipedia says the song “is associated with problems with identity,” and I’m sure a few noteworthy conservative conservationists can relate.
Newt Gingrich is one. As my fellow Terra Rossa contributor Whit Ayres pointed out last week, Newt has been feeling the heat for his position on climate [...]
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