With Virginia's bar & restaurant smoking ban taking effect on December 1st, I thought I'd organize a happy hour to welcome Virginia's newly clean indoor air. You're invited to join us Tuesday from 6-8pm:
The Green Miles is driving up to Massachusetts for Thanksgiving with my family. Don't worry, I'm carpooling in my re-used '99 Saturn (35mpg highway).
On Tuesday, the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee begins its mark-up of the Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act. Here's a video from Committee Chair Barbara Boxer on why it's so critical we act now: 
You hear about plenty of greenwashing -- companies trying to look green with token environmental efforts. But rarely do you see a company actively trying to look less green.
Here are some details on an Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment event coming up tonight in Ballston:
When is an endorsement not an endorsement? When it calls the candidate great because he'd do the opposite of what his voters want.
Just a quick heads up that the Virginia Power Shift 2009 conference on clean energy & climate action will take place on Saturday at George Mason:
A sunset!
The Green Fiancee and I headed to the DC Improv recently to see the standup act of John Oliver, a correspondent for The Daily Show.
Learn more about the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's opposition to clean energy & climate action at the NRDC Switchboard, then go sign the SEIU petition:
Every time I go to a Virginia ABC store to buy liquor, they insist on giving me a plastic bag. It's against Virginia law, they tell me, to have a bottle of alcohol in public that's not covered.
A friend writes:
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Today's Washington Post takes a look at some polluter-funded front groups that have recently sprung up to fight clean energy & climate legislation. In a classic example of reporting to the controversy, the article tries to paint the debate as getting more and more heated' [...] 
What's with the New York Times' environmental reporter approvingly posting links to a shadowy global warming denial group?
Global warming continues to revolutionize the Arctic, allowing two German ships to travel from South Korea along Russia's coast to Siberia:
Anyone else find this terrifying?
It might have looked something like this:
A friend just alerted me to the website PlantsNeedCO2.org, which is running ads on NYTimes.com. From the site's "about us" page:
Via West Virginia Blue, CREDO Action has gotten a response from Verizon on its sponsorship of a pro-polluter rally:
Don't forget to check out the Arlington County Fair, going on now through Sunday! Look for The Green Miles volunteering at the Arlington Democrats booth on Saturday from 1-4pm. 
While at Netroots Nation in Pittsburgh last weekend, we spotted several barges of coal being pushed up the Alleghany River. The barges belonged to Consol Energy, a coal company I'd never' [...] 
The Green Miles is in Pittsburgh this week for Netroots Nation. I just got done taking part in on the panel at right, an emergency pinch-hitter for one of our National Wildlife Federation scientists who [...] 
Busy day! First a new poll shows 71% of likely voters favor the American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act. Then we learn a judge threw out the mercury permit for Dominion Virginia Power's controversial new coal-fired power plant in Wise County.
Very cool clip from German solar manufacturer Solon AG Fuer Solartechnik:
