"We are subsidizing fossil fuels to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars a year while the greatest minds in science agree that we are destroying our planet. It is not a matter of ideology to say that this [...]
David Bohrman, president of Current TV, remembers pioneering astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space and an inspiration to many women in science. Bohrman produced the first network interview with Ride before she was selected for the space [...]
Jennifer Granholm says that we need to get one thing straight: In our politically divided country, no big plan will get through Congress. The solution? Go around Congress. Here's how.
"Tax carbon emissions. That way, we create an incentive to use non-carbon-based energy sources, and then use all the revenue to fund a reduction in other taxes, from the individual income tax to the payroll tax to the corporate tax." [...]
Jennifer Granholm echoes President Obama's call for a U.S. economic policy that makes the country competitive in energy, education, infrastructure and innovation.
"Facebook had a bad week in the short term, with the stock price and the IPO debacle. But in the deeper sense, as part of the tech revolution that has shaped the political world we now live in, advancing freedom [...]
