Word: environmentalism
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It was a long, scrappy fight, but Obama at last won his party's nomination. With the prospect of Democratic unity now on his side and an anti-GOP electoral environment, the Republicans begin this phase somewhat on the defensive.
3 | Washington Cutting Out Carbon The U.S. Senate began debating legislation that would establish a cap-and-trade system aimed at slashing greenhouse-gas emissions nearly 70% by 2050. The bill has slim chances of passing; critics say it would bruise the faltering U.S. economy by hindering manufacturers and saddling...
Although our economy has thus far dealt with the current oil price shock comparatively well, the United States and the rest of the world still face significant challenges in dealing with the rising global demand for energy, especially if continued demand growth and constrained supplies maintain intense pressure on prices...
“This is the antidote to top-down centralization,” said Provost Steven E. Hyman, whose office focuses on organizing many cross-school initiatives. “That is, central administration convening the key stakeholders and creating a collaborative environment.”
McCain is right about this. He's right that he has a far longer, far more substantive record of forging bipartisan consensus - and of resisting the demands of party loyalty - than does Obama. On the environment, energy policy, campaign finance, tobacco, torture, pork-barrel spending, immigration and more, McCain has...