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Barack Obama

Obama’s state of yin and yang

by Dave Pidgeon on January 29, 2010

The smart and the shortsighted aspects of President Barack Obama’s state of the union address.

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You choose the next national park

by Dave Pidgeon on December 15, 2009

Your turn. Compass Points invites you to take a poll about where the United States should establish the next natural national park like Yosemite or Denali.

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TRAIL TUNES: Change the climate change debate

by Dave Pidgeon on November 18, 2009

The current narrative about reversing global warming – or the planet will perish – is going in the wrong direction. A message about the daily fiscal benefits of living green is how environmentalists will win the political debate. Oh, and there’s a song and video at the end of this post. It’s Trail Tunes, after all.

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A Jarvis profile

by davepidgeon on July 20, 2009

He’s summitted Mount Rainier twice, worked to make western national parks carbon neutral by 2016 and nearly jeopardized his career by tangling with the Bush administration. He’s Jon Jarvis, President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the National Park Service. After reading the profile published Sunday in the Kansas City Star, I reflected on how refreshing it [...]

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