Progressive Climate Journo Warns Progressives: This Is Our Last Chance:...
Guest: David Roberts of VoltsAlso: Update on stolen Dominion software released at Pillow Guy's failed 'Cyber Symposium' as CA Recall begins...Our guest on The BradCast today is virtually begging those...
View ArticleNever Mind Vaccines, 'Red' State Profs Fight for Masking at Universities:...
Guest: Dr. Matthew Boedy of the Univ. of North GeorgiaAlso: Shatner in spaceWorkers have had enoughBiden's big new off-shore wind plan...On today's BradCast: We're nearly two years into this seemingly...
View ArticleHaaland announces key Biden administration move to combat climate change
Interior Sec. Deb Haaland announced a major step toward fulfilling the Biden administration’s pledge of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030. Speaking at a wind power energy conference in...
View ArticleWhy the Last 2020 Election Challenge in GA Should Not Have Been Dismissed:...
Also: Why Bannon's in big trouble (probably)And why Trump may not be planning to run in 2024 after all...From legal and election wonkery to supply chain wonkery, there is no wonkery that is too wonky...
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For a few Hours Wind Generated More Electricity than Nuclear
This year, on two occasions, wind turbines generated more electricity than nuclear. The first was March 29 and the second was October 26. The chart below shows the second event where the green line...
View ArticleFix the Electoral Count Act BEFORE It's Used to Try and Steal ANOTHER...
Guest: Election law scholar and democracy activist, Paul LehtoAlso: Biden v. Putin; U.S. v. China; Meadows v. 1/6 Committee; DoJ v. Texas...On today's BradCast, we've got trouble both at home and...
View ArticleThe Year Without a Sanity Clause: 'BradCast' 12/21/2021
Biden addresses nation on Omicron emergency plans, begs vaccine disinfo peddlers to 'stop'Also: Trump got secretly boostedCoal miners union wants thin-skinned, corrupt Manchin to reconsider BBB...Today...
View ArticleSCOTUS Blocks OSHA from 'Protecting General Welfare' of Workers Amid...
Also: Oath Keepers founder charged with 'seditious conspiracy' for Capitol attackBernstein says Jan 6. 'cover-up in excess of Watergate'...Our guest on yesterday's BradCast nailed it. The stolen and...
View ArticleMeanwhile...Back at SCOTUS: 'BradCast' 3/3/2022
Guest: Legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern on KBJ, the EPA, dark money in the federal judiciary and much moreAlso: Latest good-ish news and bleak news out of Ukraine...We continue the impossible balancing...
View ArticleBanner Year Continues for the GOP 'Voter Fraud' Industrial Complex:...
Also: More record job growth under BidenMore lousy media coverage of itHuge majorities want climate change action, clean energy...On today's BradCast: Guilty pleas for voter fraud in a Trump stronghold...
View ArticleJ6 HEARINGS (Day 3): Trump, Eastman Knew VP Scheme Unlawful, Pressured Pence...
Special coverage with former DoJ fraud prosecutor Randall D. Eliason, Salon's Heather Digby Parton...On today's BradCast: Special coverage of Day 3 of the bipartisan U.S. House Select Committee...
View ArticleNo, 'Both Sides' Are Not the Same. Want Proof?: 'BradCast' 7/13/2022
GOP TX Reps threaten law firm for out-of-state abortions;Facing contempt trial, leaked Bannon audio reveals Trump scheme to steal 2020;DoJ sues AZ for vote suppression;WI's GOP Supremes ban drop-box...
View Articlethe High Winds of Slow Road
Don Quixote had nothing on us. In the 1970’s, the idea that we could harvest electricity from the wind was mocked in country song and political cartoons. They were channelling the skepticism of...
View ArticleEstablishment Pressure Haunted Manchin Into Huge Deal on Taxes, Health,...
Even more amazing: Schumer outfoxed McConnell to do it!Also: Deadly flash flooding in KYMore signs of UNconventional November elections...When Democrats outfox Republicans you know the world has gone...
View ArticleToo Little Too Late? Or Not a Moment Too Soon?: 'BradCast' 8/1/2022
Can Dems finally pass the critical Schumer/Manchin compromise bill to save the climate (and maybe themselves)?Also: Biden's 'rebound'KY's death tollTuesday's primariesAnd callers ring in...In our...
View Article'It is a Good Day': 36 Years Later, Senate Dems Finally Pass Major Climate...
Guest: Penn State climate scientist, author, Dr. Michael E. Mann on passage of $370 billion to combat global warming...We've been joined countless times over the years on The BradCast by renowned Penn...
View ArticleWARRANT REVEALS TRUMP ESPIONAGE PROBE; HOUSE ADOPTS 'TRANSFORMATIVE' CLIMATE...
Guest: Climate and energy journalist David Roberts of Volts...On some days, there is more huge news than others. This is about 10 of those days. With not one, but two absolute blockbuster stories...
View ArticleICYMI: Marjorie Taylor Greene Decries Wind Turbines and Solar Panels For not...
Ya I don’t know where to take this one. There are all sorts of directions one could go with a story like this. In reporting, one has to be careful not to libel, although the law generally recognizes...
View ArticleElectric Trucks; Election Recounts; Weisselberg 'Guilty'; Mar-a-Lago...
The Everything-Everywhere-All-At-Once Era continues… And we continue to try and help you (and us) make sense of it all...Years ago, the month of August was considered the slowest news month of the...
View ArticleAmerica's Authoritarian Dystopian Future Now. (And More Fun News of the...
DeSantis' shameful 'voter fraud' round-upBlistering progressive midterm adsDisastrous 'conservative' fiscal leadership in U.K., U.S.Good CO2 emissions news (mostly)Rubio bombs in FL debate with...
View ArticleNuanced News on Elections and Energy! Proceed at Your Own Risk!: 'BradCast'...
Good news on green energy, even from fascistsDisturbing news on Election Integrity and hand-counting, especially from fascists...Some good news, some bad news, and the most difficult news of all for...
View ArticleGood, Bad and Very Surprising News: 'BradCast' 10/27/2022
On climate, natural gas, 'junk fees' and other substantive issues worth knowing about ahead of our critical midterm elections...The element of surprise plays a central role in several of the stories...
View ArticleWind Power Increasing in Oklahoma
From the U.S. Energy Information Administration, one of the largest wind farms in the US opened recently. At 999 MW this wind center is claimed to generate enough power for 300,000 homes.The Traverse...
View ArticleHoping for 'Bad But Not Catastrophic' After SCOTUS Hears Fringe Election...
Guest: Slate's legal journalist Mark Joseph SternAlso: Griner heading home‘Respect for Marriage Act' to become lawReport: DoJ seeking to hold Trump in contempt in stolen docs case...It could have been...
View Article'Inmates Take Over the Asylum' at Year's End on Twitter, in US House in 2023:...
Guest: Salon's Heather Digby Parton joins us for our final show of 2022...Before our Holiday Hiatus, we wrap up the year on today's BradCast with a look both back and forward along with one of our...
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'Decisions are Imminent' in Trump Election Fraud Probe, Says Willis in GA:...
Also: Latest spate of mass shootingsPence found classified docs at IN home, returned themMedia still failing on Trump document theft story...Some tea leaf reading was necessary on today's BradCast, but...
View ArticleFossil Fuel's Under-the-Radar War on Farmers, Rural Communities, Clean...
Guest: Climate journalist, videographer Peter SinclairAlso: Farmers rally for climate in D.C.MI Democrats repeal GOP anti-union laws...All of that clean, green, renewable energy needs to come from...
View ArticleAlso, Could You Define 'Freedom' to Make Sure We're on the Same Page?:...
The Right's hilarious Anti-'Woke' Chronicles continueAnti-abortion Trump judge making chumps of SCOTUS majorityFL now where freedom goes to dieGA grand juror says Trump revelations 'gonna be...
View ArticleTRUMP CHARGED WITH 34 FELONIES, SURRENDERS IN NY; ACCOUNTABILITY BEGINS:...
Special coverage with guests Heather Digby Parton of Salon, ‘Driftglass’ of Pro Left Podcast...At long last. Criminal accountability for a U.S. President finally begins on today's BradCast Special...
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New Power Era: CO₂ from electricity generation has peaked, and now begins its...
Fossil-fuel emissions hit yet another all-time high in 2022. That news, though depressing, was totally expected because fossil-fuel emissions have been rising steadily since the beginning of the...
View ArticleA cheap, simple induction heat battery to avoid climate catastrophe?
This is a “please-tell-me-why-I’m-wrong” diary. I’m always been stunned by the intelligence and high level of science-knowledge among Dkos diarists and commenters. Mark Sumner is kind of awesome...
View ArticleAZ Repubs, with Dem SoS Support, Pass Landmark Election Transparency Bill:...
Guest: AZ GOP State Senator and former Sec. of State Ken Bennett...It will be a landmark moment for election transparency in Arizona, argues the man who has championed the bill for years, as discussed...
View ArticleThe 2024 Stakes: Democracy v. Autocracy: 'BradCast' 7/20/2023
Becoming a single-issue voter is getting pretty easyAlso: Holding election officials accountableBiden delivering on renewable energy projects in all 50 statesMadness in 'Darth Valley'...Today on The...
View Article'Clean energy powerhouse' Latin America gaining clout on global political...
The European Union decided to take Latin America seriously because it needs the region to help Europe solve its “urgent” energy needs in the wake of Russia’s illegal attack and war of aggression...
View ArticleHistory's Greatest Mysteries! (Well, This Week's, Anyway): 'BradCast' 11/2/2023
Is Brad actually dead?Why has the U.S. 'paused' gun exports?Does the new House Speaker have a bank account?Also: Santos expulsion fails (for good reason)A five-dollar question for Nikki Haley...Join us...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest - Saturday Science - Wind energy, Alzheimer’s cause,...
Welcome to Overnight News Digest- Saturday Science. Since 2007 the OND has been a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a...
View ArticleA REPUBLICAN Climate Change Solution? Really?: 'BradCast' 11/15/2023
Guests: Matthew Lee and Rev. Dr. Jessica Moerman of the Evangelical Environmental NetworkAlso: U.S. climate report details nationwide threatsU.S., China deal to displace fossil fuels with...
View ArticleBiden Gets the Lead Out, and Other Examples of 'What Govt Should be Doing':...
EPA to mandate removal of nation's lead water pipesInterior's firefighter, wildfire resilience fundingOPEC to cut production again; NY re-gags TrumpBiden in CO touts clean energy jobs, manufacturing...
View ArticleBiden’s Offshore Wind Target Slipping Out Of Reach As Projects Struggle
From Inside Climate News 12.16.23The Biden Administration’s Scaled-Back Lease Proposal For Atlantic Offshore Wind Projects Prompts Questions, CriticismThe Biden administration’s latest lease offering...
View ArticleGood News: Offshore Wind Industry Plans Comeback in 2024
From Reuters 12.22.23US offshore wind poised for success next year after turbulent 2023The U.S. offshore wind industry is eying a brighter 2024, with work expected to start on several projects...
View ArticleEnergy (and Other) Events Monthly - January 2024
These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that...
View ArticlePetition To Joe: You called climate "existential threat". We agree so let's...
Help Make These Go Viral: A Video and International Petition to President Biden to Declare a Climate and Ecological Emergency at a “For the Sake of All Our Children” Emergency Joint Session of...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest, Saturday Science
Welcome to Overnight News Digest- Saturday Science. Since 2007 the OND has been a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of science stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a...
View ArticleTrump's Very Bad Day in Court(s) and Other Good (and Not So Good) News:...
Three strikes for former Prez'No Labels' out; Soft sentence for GOP vote fraudsterWI reconsiders drop-boxesNE nixes Electoral College changeBiden v. IsraelSanders joins Biden to tout success against...
View ArticleMeanwhile... : 'BradCast' 7/11/2024
Biden's tenuous candidacy; Trump and Orban; Inflation, prices falling; Climate liar Inhofe dies; California's stunning solar revolution…We went to air on today's BradCast prior to Joe Biden's...
View ArticleRenewable energy companies bet big on Harris victory
The wind energy industry strongly signaled this week that it is ready to produce more renewable electricity for America, and that it’s optimistic about the direction of the election in November.On...
View Article'He Swallowed the Hook': Harris Dominated Trump in Philly Debate: 'BradCast'...
Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast'...I'm not sure I've ever declared a "winner" or "loser" in any Presidential debate, after covering them here for twenty years....
View ArticleThe Climate and Economy Stakes of 2024: 'BradCast' 9/25/2024
Guest: Ryan Cooper of The American ProspectAlso: Trump's Project 2025 in reality, in the U.S. House, and in song!...The stakes seem high enough on every level that it remains remarkable, as we muse at...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest for January 22 (And So It Begins edition)
The news from Washington has been widely reported on DailyKos, so I won’t be duplicating that coverage here… I’m even going to try to put up a few positive stories, because we need ‘em.But I’ve just...
View ArticleTrump's Day 1 Assault on America: 'BradCast' 1/21/2025
Pardons for all Jan. 6 insurrectionists and seditionistsPretend 'national emergencies'Executive Order-apaloozaAnd a fully captured Presidency on the 15th Anniversary of the 'Citizens United'...
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