Photo via Black River Falls Those who’ve long waited for climate and clean energy legislation to make its way out of the Senate are nervously watching the days tick away before the November elections — wherein the prospect of lost Democratic seats will make it much harder to seriously reform US energy policy and address climate change. As the bill has mutated, been abandoned , picked up again
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Could Obama Help Sell Energy Reform Even If He Wanted To?
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‘We were as shocked as Katy Perry when we saw that these were not Haribo Goldbears but poor imitations,’ rep says. By Kara Warner with Jem Aswad Gummi Bears in Katy Perry’s video for “California Gurls” Photo: Capitol Records The badly behaving Gummi Bears featured in Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” video have manufacturers of the candy saying: Those aren’t our bears! Despite the video’s cheery feel, it features two otherwise friendly-looking, oversized Gummi Bears greeting Perry not with hugs and a hello, but with a rude hand gesture: The offending bear in question apparently gives the singer the finger early in the clip. Perry told MTV News earlier this week that she likes to inject her own “naughty twist” into her work, but representatives from well-known manufacturers Trolli and Haribo have insisted that their bears would never behave in such a way. “Those are definitely not Trolli Gummi Bears in the video because Trolli Gummi Bears would never be that rude,” John Leonardo, senior brand manager of Farley’s and Sathers (which owns Trolli), told MTV News on Wednesday. “Trolli bears would extend their chubby little arms and give Katy a big old bear hug and whisper, ‘Everything is going to be alright.’ ” And on Thursday (June 17), a representative for Haribo, another manufacturer, told MTV News: “We were as shocked as Katy Perry when we saw on closer inspection that these were not Haribo Goldbears but poor imitations. “After all, Haribo Goldbears are happy, fun and sweet, not rude and crude!” Between both manufacturers, if Perry decides to film a video where the Gummi Bears have undergone anger-management therapy and been rehabilitated, she’ll know exactly where to look. What do you think of the Gummi Bears’ behavior in Katy Perry’s “California Gurls”? Let us know in the comments below! Related Videos Katy Perry’s ‘California Gurls’: Frame By Frame Related Artists Katy Perry
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Katy Perry’s ‘California Gurls’ Gummi Bears Are ‘Rude, Crude Imitations,’ Haribo Says
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Photo via the NY Times …According to Rachel Maddow Plenty of people felt let down by Obama’s oval office speech on the BP Gulf spill , and believed it was as a lost opportunity to rally for more progressive energy policy in a meaningful way. I was one of them, admittedly. But one pundit did more than complain about what was left unsaid — Rachel Maddow and her writers drafted up their version of a superior speech; one that included taking a hard line on the oil industry, f… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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What Obama’s Oval Office Speech Could Have Sounded Like (Video)
Photo via the NY Times …According to Rachel Maddow Plenty of people felt let down by Obama’s oval office speech on the BP Gulf spill , and believed it was as a lost opportunity to rally for more progressive energy policy in a meaningful way. I was one of them, admittedly. But one pundit did more than complain about what was left unsaid — Rachel Maddow and her writers drafted up their version of a superior speech; one that included taking a hard line on the oil industry, f… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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What Obama’s Oval Office Speech Could Have Sounded Like (Video)
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It's official: the expansion of hydro-fracking operations is creating the biggest natural gas boom in US history… the film GASLAND explores this controversial method of extracting gas. (Don't know what hydro-fracking is yet? — Watch the trailer!) Oil and gas companies are going to start hydro-fracking operations to drill for gas in NY this year if the state's Dept of Environmental Conservation (DEC) approves the permits. The DEC needs to do the right thing: wait until the Environmental Protection Agency finishes a national study on the environmental impact of hydro-fracking in the next year or two. Hydro-fracking, despite polluting the groundwater in many documented cases across the US, isn't currently regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act. This loophole is unacceptable — and corrupt. It's known as the “Halliburton Loophole” because Dick Cheney (former Vice President and former CEO of Halliburton) requested the inclusion of the provision in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. “The Energy Policy Act of 2005 exempted hydraulic fracturing from federal regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Reports of ground water contamination have questioned whether the exemption is appropriate. A complete listing of the specific chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations are not currently made available to landowners, neighbors, local officials, or health care providers.” “The FRAC Act, introduced in June 2009, would eliminate the exemption and would require the disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.” (wikipedia) Why are companies being allowed to push ahead with this dirty, dangerous form of drilling? If it's as safe as the corporations say it is, then why can't they wait for confirmation from the EPA? Check out and support a group, called Frack Action, that has formed to oppose hydro-fracking and urge its regulation! Their website is really great: www.FrackAction.com added by: captainplanet71
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Photo via the New York Times Obama just wrapped his first address to the nation from the oval office, discussing the federal response to the BP Gulf spill and how the event relates to energy policy in general. The speech was pretty standard Obama — plenty of powerful rhetoric and sweeping appeals to look forward. What I was listening for, however, weren’t vague reassurances and calls to rally around clean energy. I was looking for any hints of the actual policy ideas the president intends to support to actually set those appeals into action. Here’s what I found: … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Obama’s Gulf Spill Speech: "We Cannot Consign Our Children to this Future"
photo: slagheap via flickr If you’ve paid attention at all to the headlines today, you’ve undoubtedly noticed that during his latest trip to view the BP oil spill clean-up efforts President Obama likened the changes this disaster could have in energy policy to the way 9/11 changed US security policy . I’ve been sitting with this comment all day, wondering if it’s accurate or just evocative rhetoric. The thing is, transforming the way we use energy is even more complex than changi… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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