What I’m Reading, Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Politics

• Here’s Romney’s latest attack on green investment: A123 Systems | Grist
• The Radical Is Romney, Not Ryan
• ‘American Dream,’ Betrayed By Bad Economic Policy : NPR
  • Donald L. Barlett – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • James B. Steele – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• The book (I just ordered the Kindle edition)—The Betrayal of the American Dream
• Home | What Went Wrong: The Betrayal of The American Dream

The Debate

• Winners and losers from the second presidential debate
• 2012 presidential debate: President Obama and Mitt Romney’s remarks at Hofstra University on Oct. 16 (running transcript) – The Washington Post
• Fact Checking The Points In The Debate Election 2012
• The Sound Of Climate Silence: Romney And Obama Spar Over Who Wants To Drill For More Fossil Fuels During Debate | ThinkProgress

Climate & Climate Politics

• Did Global Warming Really Stop in 1997? – US news – Environment – LiveScience | NBC News
• Hot September: Man-Made Global Warming at Work | Sci-Tech Today
• Climate change forces corn production north – AMERICAblog
• Is David Axelrod responsible for climate change inaction? | Grist
• Someday A Climate Hawk Will Run For President, Energizing Democrats And Independents, But Not This Year | ThinkProgress

Just thinking & wondering out loud after seeing BP PR over and over again on the TV I thought I would investigate since while I like what I see I remain very skeptical….

• BP’s Slick Greenwashing | Mother Jones

Misc

• Why do people steal art?
• Dutch art heist ‘a nightmare for any museum director’ (+video) – CSMonitor.com