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Waxman poetic: Climate hawk leaves an impressive stache of green achievements
2014-01-31 00:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: To young environmentalists, Rep. Henry Waxmans (D-Calif.) name is virtually synonymous with climate action. In the heady days of November 2008, after President Obamas landslide victory, it seemed as if a cap and trade bill might actually pass Congress. Democrats controlled the House, Senate, and White House. There was only one problem: House Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.), who represented the automakers and was subservient to what he perceived as their interests. Like a mustachioed...
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Poetic justice for the most-contaminated nuclear site in the U.S
2013-10-02 12:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: We dont always allow poetry on our site (especially after the Great Rhyming Curse of 2012), but well make an exception for Washington state poet laureate Kathleen Flenniken. In Shell Game, a short made in four days for the 2013 International Documentary Challenge, Flenniken describes what it was like to grow up next to the Hanford Nuclear Site. Flenniken covers the history of the location from national pride to Superfund site and the conflicted feelings that arise from calling Hanford home....
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