Grist: In a post earlier today, I mentioned a mistake that many enviros made in the run up to the great cap-and-trade wars of 2009-10: they saw national polls showing support for clean energy and clean air and took those polls as evidence of political strength.
But as I noted in the post, political strength does not arise from broad, shallow support. It comes out of passionate, activated, well-funded constituencies that target specific legislators. That`s what moves votes in Congress.
Fortuitously,...