Environment

Failed Emissions Trading Reform: ‘The End of a European Climate Policy’

Posted April 17th, 2013 by Der Spiegel

History of US Energy Consumption

Posted April 17th, 2013 by Real Clear Energy

Climate Scientists Struggle to Explain Warming Slowdown

Posted April 16th, 2013 by Reuters

Gallup: Americans Still Divided on Energy vs. Environment

Posted April 15th, 2013 by Real Clear Energy

Millions Face Starvation as World Warms, Say Scientists

Posted April 14th, 2013 by Guardian

It’s Official: EPA Delays Climate Rule for New Power Plants

Posted April 14th, 2013 by Washington Post

US Wind Energy Installations Could Now Power 15 Million Homes

Posted April 12th, 2013 by Quartz

Climate Change Did Not Cause 2012 US Drought, Says Government Report

Posted April 12th, 2013 by Guardian

The Electric Car’s Short Circuit

Posted April 12th, 2013 by Project Syndicate Op-Ed

Overlapping Wind Energy initiatives Spark Claims of Waste, as IRS Increases Tax Credit

Posted April 10th, 2013 by FOX News

Latest State

Tax Exemptions are Starting to Draw an Uncomfortable Spotlight

Citizen's Commission Refers a Few Breaks for Further Staff Review -- Real Decisions Come Later

By John Stang | Crosscut
Burgess Explains His Exit

Campaign Was Going Nowhere, Former Mayoral Candidate Says -- Was Leading Fund-Raiser in Race

By Joe Copeland and Berit Anderson | Crosscut
Senate Majority Names 33 Bills for Budget Talks

Senate Majority Has Long List of Priorities

By Mike Baker and Rachel LaCorte | Associated Press
Tim Burgess Out of Mayor’s Race, Still Wants McGinn Gone

Filing-Day Shocker! Top-Tier Candidate in Seattle Race Drops Out

By Joel Connelly | Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Hererra-Beutler Heads to Afghanistan, Talks Women’s Rights

How Congresswoman Spent Her Spring Vacation

By Stevie Mathieu | The (Vancouver) Columbian
PDC Earns A Grade for PAC Money Disclosure — With Little Help From Legislature This Time Around

Meanwhile, Not Much Happens on Disclosure Legislation

By Brad Shannon | The Olympian
Time for a Comprehensive Transportation Plan

This is the Year for Legislature to Pass Comprehensive Transportation Package

By Editorial | Seattle Times

Latest National/World

Washington State Is Outdoing California and Texas in Renewable Energy

Hydro continued to be the overwhelmingly dominant source of renewable power consumed nationwide, accounting for 67 percent of the total, followed by wind with 25 percent, geothermal with 4.5 percent, and solar with 3.5 percent.

By Slate
Living by the Numbers: Big Data Knows What Your Future Holds

Big Data promises both total control and the logical management of our future in all aspects of life.

By Der Spiegel
Western Leaders Study ‘Gamechanging’ Report on Global Drugs Trade

Review by Organisation of American States on illicit drugs 'could mark beginning of the end' of prohibition.

By Guardian
Hearing on IRS Scandal: Live Updates

Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.), the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, delivered a stinging rebuke of the IRS and the Obama administration more broadly in his opening remarks.

By Washington Post
Kathleen Sebelius: What’s At Stake if the Health Law Is Repealed

Because of the law, we're increasing access to affordable care, slowing premium increases, and bringing down health spending growth to its slowest rate in half a century.

By Huffington Post
Watching ObamaCare Unravel

The most obvious difficulty in implementation stems from the unwillingness of many states to participate in its two gargantuan initiatives, even with heavy federal support: the private exchanges (now called “marketplaces”) for individuals, and the Medicaid extension to additional individuals.

By Real Clear Politics
Psychiatry’s Revamped DSM Guidebook Fuels Debate

The new criteria are among the changes that will be released with the publication this weekend of the long-awaited guidebook that psychiatrists and other mental health clinicians use to diagnose mental disorders.

By Washington Post