Oregon Democrats’ $1.4 billion carbon pricing plan looms over 2018 session

Four months before Oregon lawmakers return to Salem, it's already clear one Democratic priority will likely dominate the session: passing a bill to cap greenhouse gas emissions and charge some of the state's largest companies for their carbon output. This summer, at a screening of Al Gore's latest climate change documentary, Gov. Kate Brown announced her support for passing the so-called "cap and invest" bill.

Scientist Smacks Down Al Gore’s Claim That Harvey Brought ‘500,000 year rains’

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore attends a screening for "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni - Former President Al Gore said Monday that Hurricane Harvey brought once in 500,000 year rainfall to parts of Texas, only to be questioned by scientists challenging his data.

Clinton: Ita s time to abolish the Electoral College

Hillary Clinton told CNN on Wednesday that it is time to abolish the Electoral College, part of a sweeping interview where the former Democratic nominee sought to explain why she lost the 2016 election. "I think it needs to be eliminated," Clinton said of the Electoral College.

Are women too weak for real life?

Between 1972 and 2016, twelve different people -- George McGovern, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, George H. W. Bush, Bob Dole, Al Gore, John Kerry, John McCain and Mitt Romney -- ran for president of the United States as a major-party nominee and lost. We can safely assume that it hurt like all hell for every last one of them -- especially the few of them who lost in a landslide.

‘So Far There Is No Particular Evidence That Says Harvey or Katrina …

As Hurricane Irma pummels Florida, and armchair scientists blame global warming, a reminder from Reason Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey that data does not yet support the hypothesis of stronger hurricanes. After having pulverized islands such as St. Martin and Cuba, Hurricane Irma is now pummeling South Florida.

David Brooks Blames Al Gore For GOP Climate Change Denial

How can America's Most Ubiquitous Conservative Public Intellectual possibly explain how his Republican Party's position on climate change went from this -- Was it perhaps due to the concerted effort and billions of dollars spent by the moguls of oil and coal to set up a vast web of climate denial front groups and think tanks? To buy political campaigns? To underwrite right wing hacks on radio and teevee? DAVID BROOKS: Climate change, in the way it wasn't 20 years ago, it's a total partisan issue now. DAVID BROOKS: I happen to think he had some positive effects with the movement.

The climate truth we can no longer ignore

Residents clear debris in the city of Tacloban, devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, in the Philippines in November 2013. It was reportedly the deadliest storm in recorded history.a Just two or three decades ago, scientists were talking about the consequences of climate change manifesting in 50-100 years.

8Days: An Inconvenient Truth, Ron G, Comic Con, Wayne’s World

Remember when the PowerPoint-ish Al Gore documentary An Inconvenient Truth came out in 2006 and revolutionized public perceptions of climate change in a way that chartered a new policy course for the United States and the world? What? Something about President Trump and pulling out of the Paris Climate Accords? Sorry, we haven't been keeping up with the news lately. Self-care.

An Interview with Karenna Gore, Director, Center for Earth Ethics

Today is an exclusive live video interview I did with Karenna Gore, from my video interview series, Interviews with the Leading Edge . In this series of interviews, I engage with people who are on the leading edge of transformational change, doing work to further the consciousness revolution and how it is manifesting in culture, politics and spirituality, in order to help bring along a more enlightened society.

“An Inconvenient Sequel” conveniently leaves out one big truth

In this Jan. 26, 2015 file photo, a hornless cow stands in a dairy barn at Fair Oaks Farms in Fair Oaks, Ind. Fair Oaks, one of the nationA's largest dairy farms with 36,000 cows, is phasing out the use of milk cows with horns _ unruly cows can be hazardous because they can gore farm workers or other animals.

Hero push pram out of the way of van during Las Ramblas

American man who was on anniversary trip with his wife and a seven-year-old boy are among the missing after Barcelona attack as death toll rises to 14 and first photos emerge of victims 'I'm not talking to the president after what he said about my child': Heather Heyer's mother hits out at President Trump's reaction to Charlottesville 'That f***ing Steve Bannon is taking credit for my election!' Trump is running out of patience with his chief strategist over book that paints him as a strategic genius BREAKING: Multiple people injured and one feared dead after man armed with knives goes on rampage in Finland before being shot and arrested Father drives his car over OPEN drawbridge to save his family in spectacular escape when it begins lifting under them 'as the operator is blinded by the sun' Twin Peaks actor is charged with attempted murder after 'beating his girlfriend with a baseball ... (more)