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Guardian Environmental Network
By Bob Deans
Let's Not Weaken a Good Law
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May 22, 2013: Gutting the National Environmental Policy Act will remove the public's voice from the critical dialogue on the environment.
The Historic Climate Moment
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February 21, 2013: President Obama's promise to take action against climate change in his second term couldn't have come at a more pivotal moment.
A Twenty-First-Century Agenda
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November 30, 2012: Presidential campaigns can seem to take more than they give, taxing our patience, insulting our intelligence, and generally setting us all on edge through what can sometimes feel like a ceaseless deluge of attacks, denials, obfuscation, and deceit.
Let the Wind Carry Us Forward
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August 22, 2012: Four centuries ago, the first Europeans to settle on this continent arrived in wooden ships, guided by the stars and driven by the wind. They were resilient people who put their fears behind them and their faith in the future.
Will Climate Doubt Dry Up with the Drought?
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August 6, 2012: Rod Berning remembers the thunderstorms. From the time he was a boy, they gathered dark and powerful in the afternoon, a summertime staple almost as regular as the sunset, and quenched the west Kansas fields his family has... read more >
Building Community in the Catskills
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July 28, 2012: Here in the heart of the Catskill Mountains, it's high season for nature's bounty.While corn fields could use a bit more rain, dairy farmers are laying in a bumper crop of hay. Meadows and fields have run riot with... read more >
Get Over THIS, George Will: America Just Finished the Hottest Year Ever
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July 10, 2012: It’s never been this hot in the United States. Really. We just finished the hottest year on record. For the contiguous United States, the 12 months between July 2011 and the end of June marked the hottest year since record... read more >
The Economist: 'World Would Be Mad to Ignore' Global Warming
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June 21, 2012: From the top of the world come troubling new reports this week over the widening impact of climate change. Vast reaches of Arctic sea ice are gone for good, along with huge glacial caps in Greenland. "It is a stunning... read more >
The Road to Cheaper Gas
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June 1, 2012: The country has entered the summer driving season with gasoline prices gliding surprisingly downward. By late May, Americans were paying an average of $3.71 per gallon for regular, down from this year's $3.94 peak on April 2... read more >
The Right Wing vs. The Pentagon
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May 1, 2012: With an annual energy bill that tops $19.4 billion, the Defense Department is the largest oil and electricity consumer in the United States.
Big Coal, Cold Cash, and the GOP
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February 22, 2012: Democrats aren't the only ones alarmed by the GOP's anti-environment blitz in the House.
Game Over? The Final Corporate Takeover of Congress
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November 30, 2011: What would be the best way to kill or stall federal regulations that protect public health and the environment, but that rankle industry lobbyists and their political allies? The following, taken from the current... read more >
Bob Deans
Bob Deans spent 30 years in the newspaper industry as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and other publications and is a former president of the White House Correspondents' Association. Currently NRDC's associate director of communications, Deans is the author of... More
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