Daily Briefing - 4/26/07

Happy birthday John James Audubon (and my sister)!

MW

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Daily Briefing – 4/26/07
557 days until the NEXT election… and global warming is an integral part of our nation’s agenda!

Key Issues in the News
Global Warming
- McCain: Climate change is a security issue… and he ain’t one of those Hollywood people, either.
- Indian MPs urge their country to take action
- Well golly, looks like the folks at Ford are a bit more progressive than previously thought
- Frontline pounds both parties for inaction on global warming
- California’s global warming law is about to go from theory to practice
- Global warming comes to coal country
- Swindle movie makes a long catalog of fundamental and profound mistakes
- A new island?
- This thermostat goes to 11
Washington/Legislation/Politics/People/etc.
- House passes Iraq pullout timetable
- Proving Arnold wrong… democrats DO have muscles!
Potential ‘08ers…
- McCain (a second try), Obama (and his Nieburhian instincts), Giuliani (broadening his message on terrorism), McCain (Gonzales should resign), Romney (paying 2$ million for ad airtime), Gilmore (if a person announces their candidacy and nobody notices, does it make a sound?), Obama again (catching up to Clinton in polls), McCain (the honest republican?), Gore (Bloomberg supports him), Brownback (rescinds support for immigration bill), Clinton (breaking out the drawl?), Biden and Brownback (discussing plan B for Iraq)
Other News from the Media
- Hypocrisy at the Capitol? Noooo, never!
- Well we know carbon dioxide is bad news… but how about carbon monoxide?
- The Governator threatens the EPA
- Online publishers taking advantage of environmentalism. Great, being green will be played out any day now.
- Fish killing virus spreading in the Great Lakes
- Canadian environmental plan leaked
…and the Blogosphere
- Earth Portal, where scientists finally get their say!
- The Fix: The First Democratic Presidential Debate
- MYDD: National Democratic polling trends
- Grist:
o T.S. Munkhbayar and his fight against mining in Mongolia
o The Nation takes on climate change
o British Columbia joins WRCAI
Miscellaneous… or just plain weird
- One giant leap for Stephen Hawking
- Can we start buying real estate on it yet?
- Is this an insight into dogs’ political tendencies?
- Seriously, who throws… beans??
- Passed over AGAIN. That’s it, I’m holding a grudge.
Quotes O’ the Day : Two for the price of one today…
“In heaven all the interesting people are missing.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.” ~ Albert Einstein

Daily Briefing - 3/27/07: 83% of Americans, India, Local Climates, and Global Warming

83% OF AMERICANS...

What percentage of our politicians?

MW

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Daily Briefing – 3/27/07
587 days until the NEXT election… and global warming is an integral part of our nation’s agenda!

Key Issues in the News
Global Warming
- Scientific American: 83% of Americans say global warming is a serious problem
- British economists: India must mitigate climate change
- Driving the message
- Heat invades cool nights over Arizona desert
- Top EU energy official comes to Washington
- Local climates at risk… may create novel climates or eliminate some altogether
- U.S. magazines going green
- A rush for riches in the Arctic
- Laurie David and Sheryl Crow hit the road on the Stop Global Warming College Tour
Washington/Legislation/Politics/People/etc.
- Tony Snow’s cancer has returned
- Webb aide mistakenly tries to take gun into Senate building
- Republicans soften stance on pullout message
- Poll backs Attorney General investigation
Potential ‘08ers…
- Obama (his back story), Clinton (cultivating the military), Giuliani (wooing anti-Hillary crowd), Clinton again (takes on White House), Edwards (Elizabeth is buoyed by supporters), Edwards again (gains support as he remains in the race), Romney Paying off students), Romney and McCain (touring Texas), Thompson, Fred (gaining support in the House), McCain (traveling through SC)
Other News from the Media
- You, too, can be a banker to the poor
- Taking green up a notch
- Mr. Puck’s good idea
- Global boom in coal power… and emissions
…and the Blogosphere
- The Fix: The Case Against Fred Thompson
- The Caucus: Couric criticized for Edwards interview
- Huffington Post: Science for Sale
- MYDD: As Dems’ Senate field expands, GOP admits concern
- The Man in Seat 61: Traveling without flying
- Tell your clean energy story, get in Rep. Jay Inslee’s book!
- Grist:
o Investing in wind
o As farms succumb to chemical factories, bullets fly
o Conservatives and global warming
Miscellaneous… or just plain weird
- Cool, robot worms
- Rudy gets shunned by Mets fans
- A solar powered Wii
Quotes O’ the Day
"The planet has a fever. If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor. If the doctor says you need to intervene here, you don't say 'Well, I read a science-fiction novel that told me it's not a problem.' If the crib's on fire, you don't speculate that the baby is flame-retardant. You take action.” ~ Al Gore, during Congressional testimony