They may seem like two disparate topics: climate change and an archaic Senate procedural rule. But they have more in common than you might think. Thanks to the Senate filibuster rule, essentially any piece of legislation needs 60 votes, a super-majority, if it hopes to pass.

I've taken to writing with some frequency about the mainstream media's failure to cover climate change. Among the many reasons I do so is, well, because of the mainstream media's persistent and rather abhorrent failure to cover climate change. Make sense? Thought so. And while I did dole out some blame to the media for helping to kill the climate bill, I feel that the subject warrants a post of its own.

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A total of 10 petitions, including one from the US Chamber of Commerce, were sent to the EPA challenging its 2009 ruling that it can regulate greenhouse gases as a harmful pollutant under the Clean Air Act.

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You'd be forgiven for thinking that AB 32, California's climate change law, was truly controversial. Republican candidates running for office this year have taken to publicly bashing it, calling it a job killer and worse.

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This guest post was contributed by Robert Redford.

A small minority of Senators robbed America of a cleaner, more prosperous future last week.

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The future of climate policy is very much up in the air right now.

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I've already done my fair share of helping to direct the blame at those who helped kill the climate bill (these 7 were responsible, by my reckoning).

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Since comprehensive climate and energy reform has gone the way of the buffalo, it's time to look at the bills being rolled out in the Senate and House to tackle the BP spill.

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Pat Sajak? The "Wheel of Fortune" guy? Yes, that Pat Sajak. He says in a post at Ricochet.com that the solution to manmade global warming lies with men (and women).

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Well, the dust is still settling from the massive failure in the Senate to produce a meaningful energy bill -- fingers are being pointed, everyone's angry, and there's a