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...fairly remarkable that a position that would have been considered extreme eight years ago - when a certain Nobel laureate was running for President - is now orthodox in the Democratic party. And even though GOP candidates have been less forthcoming, with the occasional exception of John McCain, Republican politicians like Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have showed leadership on climate change at the state and local level. (You can hear Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope talk about climate change and the 2008 election on this Greencast, attached to this story...
...energy will be enough to stave off the worst consequences. That requires far-sighted political action from the top, starting in the capital of the world's biggest carbon emitter: Washington. Unfortunately, while scattered cities and states across America have begun to move on climate change - Gov. Schwarzenegger, take a bow - the federal government has been more roadblock than revolutionary...
...more than 50 times in the past. But for nearly two years, the EPA has delayed making a decision. The federal agency says it needs more time to make the right call; its critics claim the Bush Administration is playing politics. Finally today California ran out of patience, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state Attorney General Jerry Brown announced from the steps of the state Capitol that they would sue the EPA, demanding immediate action on the waiver. "California is ready to implement the nation's cleanest standards for vehicle emissions, but we cannot do that until the federal government...
...state’s governor. Each day they passed a gauntlet of violent parents and students, and the nine students became symbols of the civil rights movement. Last night, LaNier and her fellow classmates guests of honor spoke before a crowd of more than 300 that included Gov. Deval L. Patrick ’78 and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino. It was a role she had never imagined. “I had no idea we would be honored in this great city of Boston, in this great state of Massachusetts,” she said. The Faneuil Hall...
...fires already have burned hundreds of acres to the east, north and south of that community, and the devastation has attracted the attention of the White House. President Bush declared Southern California a federal disaster zone after speaking to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week. Meanwhile, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff compared the fires to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans two years ago. "I think there's no question that a couple of lessons from Katrina we're putting into effect here are, first of all, planning and preparation in advance for these kinds of challenges," Chertoff said...