Every policy is shaped by two forces: background analysis and foreground politics. The political forces are loud, self-serving and, in the case of energy policy, well known.
From Donella Meadows
A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor.
Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it.
Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany have detailed plans to cut their greenhouse emissions by 20 to 50 percent.
Everyone except the far right wing of the Republican Party realizes that oil, gas and coal burning are the main activities that have sent the climate into bigger floods, droughts, hurricanes, and El Ninos.
George W. cares as much about climate change as you would expect from a Texas oilman.
Glaciers are almost gone from Glacier National Park.
I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest.
In 1994 the U.S. Court of Appeals decided in the case of Oliver North to permit the release of grand jury evidence, because it had already been so thoroughly leaked.
Once again I stopped listening to the news this week.
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