Climate economics until recently mostly treated global warming as a challenge of distributing scarce resources (e.g., the right to pollute), not of creating new ones (e.g., cheap zero carbon energy sources). Climate models treated technological innovation as a given, not as a dependent variable.
So we asked our loyal Facebook Fans what animal should represent Independents, and got some interesting responses...
Most Popular Response: Owl "because we are wise"
Close Second: Eagle "signifying its freedom from the tyranny of the two party dictatorship"
Honorable Mention: Tyrannosaurus Rex with robotic gun arms
Personal Favorite: The honey badger because they're the world's most fearless creature
After scoring two victories in yesterday's primaries, winning the majority of votes in both Kentucky and Arkansas, it looks as though former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will secure the Republican nomination with a likely victory in Texas. And while it took a while for the GOP to warm up to him, there are indications of growing momentum for the Romney campaign, solidified by his lead in recent polls.
Candidates are stepping up across the country to fill a void for voters – the void is where the Republican and Democratic parties have become so overwhelmingly ‘controlled’ by people who refuse to have dialogue and conversation with the people who make up their parties. Ask most people, and they will agree – they are looking for “down-to-earth” individuals who want to be public servants and represent others versus politicians, who are looking to fulfill their own agendas.
Cheers! #SFChron's @joegarofoli presents his totally irreverent @BarackObama California Fundraising Drinking Game" sfg.ly/JVS4Jh
Today marks the first presidential election in Eygpt since the fall of former President Hosni Mubarak in last year's Arab Spring revolutions.
The results are in for the IVN Independent Voter Survey in California’s 52nd Congressional District.
Over a thousand voters participated in the first of its kind demonstration project. The election was by secret ballot, conducted by Everyone Counts, the international leader in online election technology.
Voters received a unique ID assuring that they could only cast one vote in the survey. All candidates were informed of the Survey by email and registered mail in advance of the election.