Energy Bill

$62 Million For Heating Bill Assistance

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Low Income Energy Efficiency Fund, Utility Bill Assistance, Dte, Michigan Legislature, Energy Bill, Low-Income Families, Thaw, Lieef, Detroit News

Republicans in Michigan's House announced a plan Tuesday that they say would decrease utility rates and protect low-income citizens from utility-shuto...

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The Case for a Federal 'Green Bank'

Martha A. Duggan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Energy Legislation, Climate Change, Energy Bill, Green Energy, Climate Bill, Green News
Martha A. Duggan

It's time for the creation of a federal "Green Bank", which would lower the cost of clean energy. We do not yet need to take the unpopular route of making carbon-intensive energy more expensive.

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A Win-Win Policy: Conserving Lands and Mitigating Climate Change in a Public-Private Partnership

Steven Apfelbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Soil, Greenhouse Gases, Western Climate Initiative, Bush Administration, Top Soil, Carbon Emissions, Energy Bill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green News
Steven Apfelbaum

A group of scientists, NGOs, and policy makers has been working on developing technical standards designed to allow soils to be put to work right now to sequester carbon.

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Climate FAIL: Senate Democrats Abandon Comprehensive Energy Bill

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy Bill, Climate Change, Kerry Lieberman Climate Bill, Climate Bill, Senate Climate Bill, Green News

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats on Thursday gave up plans to attempt to pass an energy bill that caps greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, ...

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Lucia Graves

Spill Bill Vote Delayed By Senators

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeff Binagaman, Liability Cap, Marjoirty Leader Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, Oil Spill Bill, Oil Spill Legislation, John Kerry, Energy Bill, Energy Legislation, Harry Reid, Robert Menendez, Spill Bill, Reid, Politics News

Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday that the Senate will postpone the vote on energy and oil spill legislation until lawmakers return from Au...

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For Energy Reform Advocates, Lessons From Health Care

Matt Bennett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Gore, President Obama, Progressives, Middle Class, Economic Growth, Carbon Pricing, Clean Energy, China, Energy Race, Economic Distress, Stability and Security, National Security, Cap-and-Trade, Energy Bill, Sen. Scott Brown, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Third Way, President Clinton, Global Warming, Clean-Energy Technology, Germany, Copenhagen, Congress, Democrats, Recession, France, Financial Reform Bill, South Korea, Energy Reform, Health Care Reform, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Republicans, Spain, Green News
Matt Bennett

Both Clinton's health-care reform experience and today's cap-and-trade defeat contain lessons for the next energy reform effort.

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Eliot Nelson

Natural Gas Critics Raising A Stink Over Lack Of Oversight

HuffingtonPost.com | Eliot Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Natural Gas, Natural Gas Effects, Hydraulic Drilling, Fracking, Natural Gas Critics, Energy Bill, Energy Legislation, Energy Debates, Green News

Last Tuesday, not long before Harry Reid unveiled a pared-down energy bill to the Senate, Representative Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) was the guest of ho...

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What Matters This Week: A Price for the Volt, but None for Carbon

David Ferris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mcdonald's Water, Harry Reid Energy Bill, Nasa, Chevy Volt, BP Oil Spill, Obama Energy Bill, Bp Caps Oil Spill, Google Windfarm, Energy Bill, Harry Reid, New York City Water, Nissan Leaf, Green News
David Ferris

General Motors finally named a price for the Chevy Volt, and the notion of cap-and-trade is, well, cap-and-dead.

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Lucia Graves

Liability Cap Fight May Sink Senate Spill Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Democrats Energy Bill, Bob Menendez, Energy Bill, Energy Legislation, Menendez, Harry Reid, Pared-Down Energy Bill, Robert Menendez, Reid Energy Bill, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Bp Liability, Bp Liability Cap, Oil Spill, Oil Spill Liability, Oil, Video, Green News

Top Senators argued Wednesday over whether oil firms should have to pay for all spill-related damages, and whether that requirement should be applied ...

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It's the Opportunity, Stupid!

Robert Redford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Energy Jobs, Comprehensive-Energy-Reform, Big Oil, Big Coal, Climate Change, Energy Bill, Clean Energy, Comprehensive Climate Legislation, Climate Bill, Green News
Robert Redford

A minority of Senators robbed America of comprehensive energy and climate legislation. The officials who steered this turnaround have shown us, and the world, an America woefully deficient in leadership and ingenuity.

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Four Ways to Kill a Climate Bill

Lee Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Energy Jobs, Public Climate Change, Green Jobs, Congress Climate Change, Climate Change, Energy Bill, Clean Energy, Obama Climate Change, Climate Bill, Green News
Lee Wasserman

With climate change a stated priority for Obama and Congress, how did they fall so short? This began long before Obama took office, but rather than rip up the old pattern, the president quickly took his place at the loom.

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Arianna On 'Countdown': You Never Just 'Have' The Votes For Anything Major, You Have To Go Get Them

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senate Energy Bill, Senate Climate Bill, Green News, Arianna, Energy Bill, Countdown, Climate Bill, Green News
Huff TV

Arianna appeared on MSNBC's "Countdown" Friday night to discuss the abandoning of a comprehensive climate and energy bill by Senate Democrats. Gu...

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Paving the Way to Our Clean Energy Future

Sen. Harry Reid | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carbon Emissions, John Kerry, Harry Reid, Energy Bill, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Global Warming, Republicans, Climate Bill, Green News
Sen. Harry Reid

The Republicans have decided, en bloc, to block sensible legislation that reduces pollution and lowers carbon emissions. They have chosen short-term political gains over solving our country's long-term energy challenges.

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A Global Village

Lance Simmens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Crisis, Energy Bill, Politics News
Lance Simmens

My professional dedication and personal passion over the past two decades has been the environment and what humans are doing to it, it is always interesting to listen to the views of those who see us through different lens.

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Weekly Mulch: How Reid's Energy Bill Undermines Senate Climate Efforts

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs Bill, Hydrofracture, Gasland, Renewable Energy, The Progressive, Jobs, Clean Energy, Linktv, Carteret Islands, Washington Independent, Harry Reid, Grittv, New Guinea, Mother Jones, Truthout, Energy Bill, Hydrofracking, Home News
The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) introduced a limited energy bill that responds to the oi...

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Closing the Toilet Gap -- Why the Democrats Abandonment of Energy Policy May Have Flushed Our Future

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Politics News, Energy Bill, George W. Bush, President Obama, Republican, Harry Reid, Gop, European Union, Cold War, Green Energy, Republicans, Green News
Brian Ross

After our eight year Bush and G.O.P. led holiday from reality we now find ourselves years, perhaps even decades, behind Europe in everything from waterless toilets to efficient cars and mass transit.

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Mitch McConnell's War on Jobs

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Energy Bill, Mitch McConnell, Politics News
Carl Pope

It's pretty obvious by now that Mitch McConnell's game plan is to prevent economic recovery, in the hope of profiting in the November elections. Even by the standards of Washington, this takes cynicism to new heights.

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David Leonhardt: Climate Bill, Like The Country, Overcome By Heat And Inertia

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, Senate Energy Bill, Heat Wave, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Energy Bill, Emissions, Obama Climate Change, Global Warming, Hot, Green News

This city just endured its hottest June since records began in 1872, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. So did Miami. A...

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Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt Join Fight on Nuke Vote Today

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Obama, Climate Bill, Green Energy, Nuclear Power, Energy Bill, Green News
Art Levine

The BP oil spill has provided an opportunity for the nuclear power industry to push for billions in added subsidies with the blessing of the Obama administration.

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Owning Up to Our Oil Addiction

Tom Schey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Oil Addiction, Oil Spill, Climate Legislation, Energy Bill, Clean Energy, Off-Shore Oil Drilling, Oil Dependence, Green News
Tom Schey

We, vain Americans, blame BP and all the others out there, but it's our addiction providing our neighborhood dealer with the incentives. Our dependency on oil is an addiction we need to break.

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OPEC Oil Is Still the Energy Issue

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NAT GAS Act, Energy Bill, Foriegn-Oil-Dependency, OPEC Oil, Importing Opec Oil, Politics News
T. Boone Pickens

The debate surrounding the balance between our environmental and energy polices, while important, should not delay us from adopting legislation to reduce our dependence on OPEC oil.

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Joe Lieberman On Massive Oil Spill: 'Accidents Happen'

The Huffington Post | Jeremy Binckes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy Bill, Oil Spill, Obama Energy Bill, Gulf Coast, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Joe Lieberman Offshore Drilling, Lieberman, Lieberman Energy Bill, Lieberman Oil Spill, Joe Lieberman Energy Bill, Joe Lieberman, Senator Joe Lieberman, Lieberman Offshore Drilling, Politics News

In a recent interview with National Journal, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Ct.) not only defended offshore oil drilling, but also sought to downplay the curre...

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$600 Million for BP Courtesy of the U.S. Taxpayer

Ken Cook | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Environmental Impacts of Ethanol, Tony Hayward, Bp, Oil Spill, Energy Bill, Taxpayer Money, Ethanol, Gulf Oil Spill, Ethanol Industry, Green News
Ken Cook

Congress is currently debating an energy bill that would extend VEETC so that BP and others, including our friends in the ethanol industry, can continue to be propped up with taxpayer dollars.

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The Lugar Energy Plan: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

David Doniger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Trucks, Energy Bill, Clean Cars, Greenhouse Gases, Clean Energy, Renewable Fuels, Climate Energy and Climate, Barack Obama, Clean Air Act, Oil Dependence, Obama Administration, Richard Lugar, Green News
David Doniger

Sen. Lugar is a realist who has long acknowledged the dangers of global warming, and who cares deeply about the U.S.'s leadership role in solving tough international problems. But his bill falls short

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Walking It Back: Kerry And Lieberman Say They Are Willing To Water Down Energy Bill For GOP Support

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kerry Lieberman Climate Bill, Senate Energy Bill, Energy Bill, Climate Bill, Green News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The authors of sweeping energy legislation stalled in the Senate said Tuesday they were prepared to scale back their bill to get R...

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