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Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant Wins First Reactor Construction Permit In A Generation

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 02.09.2012 | Green

Read More: Nrc, Nuclear Reactor, Ed Markey, Fukushima, Southern Company, Gregory Jaczko, Solyndra, Nuclear Power, Georgia Power, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Federal safety officials voted 4-to-1 to approve the first nuclear reactor construction permit in almost 35 years, overriding U.S. Nucle...

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'Green News Report' - December 15, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.15.2011 | Green

Read More: Fracking, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations, National Journal, Michael Mann, Global Climate Mitigation, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Wyoming, Green News Report, Pollution, Radiation, Methane, Video, Conservatives, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Durban, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Tea Party, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Wisconsin, Fukushima, Carbon Emissions, Ipcc, Nuclear Power, Environmentalism, State Department, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Water, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Japan, Unfccc, 350.Org, Environmental Integrity Project, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Safe Drinking Water Act, Gregory Jaczko, Coal, Darrell Issa, Ohio, Jason Chaffetz, John Boehner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gasoline Prices, Congressional Oversight, Coal Ash, Gasoline, Ed Markey, Arsenic, Water Pollution, Toxic Waste, Green News

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NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko: 'I Have No Plans To Resign'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.14.2011 | Politics

Read More: William Ostendorff, Nuclear Regulator Commission, Kristine Svinicki, Ed Markey, Video, Fukushima, Barbara Boxer, Darrell Issa, Issa Investigation, George Apostolakis, Nuclear Chairman Gregory Jaczko, William Magwood, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko on Wednesday said he will not step down despite a unified attack on his leadership...

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UK Police Spent Only $125,000 Investigating 'Climategate' Hacking, Can We Get A Real Investigation?

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 01.26.2012 | Green

Read More: Thanksgiving Climate, Ed Markey, Britain, Foia, University of East Anglia, Climate Science, Climategate, Hackers, Climategate Investigation, Climategate Police, Green News

The UK police force tasked with investigating the hacking of emails and documents from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia seems to have quietly de-prioritized its investigation earlier this year.

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A Changing Climate About Climate Change in D.C.?

Bill Chameides | Posted 01.15.2012 | Green

Read More: Ben Santer, House of Representatives, Ed Markey, Richard Muller, America?S Climate Choices, Climate Scientist, Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature, Temperatures, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Solar Forcing, Climate Skeptics, Best, Henry Waxman, Policy, Climate Change Attribution, Temperature Station, Legislation, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Sunspots, Temperature Records, Politics, U.S. Congress, Climate Change, Climate Science, Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming, Global Temperatures, Green News

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a Congressional resolution marking the end of climate skepticism -- or the beginning of major climate legislation -- any time soon.

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WATCH: Koch-Funded Climate Skeptic Warns Congress That Global Warming Is Real

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 11.15.2011 | Green

Read More: Ben Santer, Ed Markey, Richard Muller, Video, Climate Change Deniers, Koch Brothers, William Chameides, Climate-Change, Climate Change, Henry Waxman, Climate Change Skeptics, Climategate, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Global Warming, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Richard Muller, a prominent scientist long skeptical of the science behind climate change, declared at a congressional briefing on Monda...

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Iran Threat Reduction Act Actually Enhances Threat of War

Stephen Zunes | Posted 01.14.2012 | World

Read More: Ed Markey, Ben Ray Lujan, Yvette Clark, Sam Farr, John Lewis, Barney Frank, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Obama Administration, Diplomacy, Karen Bass, Janice Hahn, Laura Richardson, Chaka Fattah, Jared Polis, Jerrold Nadler, Emmanuel Cleaver, Iran, Frederica Wilso, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Hank Johnson, Jr., Rosa DeLauro, David Cicilline, Elijah Cummings, Steve Cohen, Charles Rangel, Corrine Brown, Iran Sanctions, Michael Honda, Jesse Jackson, Bob Filner, Carolyn Maloney, Frank Pallone, William Clay, Jan Schakowsky, Peter Welch, Linda Sanchez, Marcy Kaptur, Peter DeFazio, Robert Brady, Mazie Hirono, David Loebsack, Louise Slaughter, World News

Never in the history of this country has Congress ever restricted the right of the White House or State Department to meet with representatives of a foreign state, even in wartime. If this measure passes, it will establish a dangerous precedent.

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Farm Dust Fear Is 'Fairy Dust,' Democrats Charge

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Farm Dust, Farm Dust Rules, Ed Markey, Video, Rep. Henry Waxman, Kristi Noem, Kristi Noem Farm Dust, Epa, War on the Epa, Henry Waxman, Democrats, Epa Farm Dust Rules, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Democrats mocked a GOP push to bar tougher regulation of "farm dust" Tuesday, saying the idea that the federal government even wants to ...

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Ed Markey Leads Coalition to Cut Nuclear Weapons Budget

Joe Cirincione | Posted 12.14.2011 | Politics

Read More: Ed Markey, Nuclear Weapons, Debt Deal, Supercommittee, Michael Turner, Defense Spending, Defense Cuts, Budget Control Act, House Armed Services Committee, Politics News

The first shots were fired on Oct. 11, when Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the 12 members of the supercommittee signed by 65 lawmakers.

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Lawmakers: Popular Sites Must Stop 'Constant Abuse' Of User Privacy

Posted 11.27.2011 | Technology

Read More: Ed Markey, Cookies, Video, Supercookies, Do Not Track, Joe Barton Ed Markey, Online Tracking, Online Privacy, Joe Barton, Privacy Online, Privacy, Technology News

(Reuters) - Two leading lawmakers on privacy -- a Republican and Democrat -- have asked the Federal Trade Commission to look into MSN.com and Hulu.c...

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Government Panel: U.S. Nuclear Plants Need Better Protections From Catastrophes

AP | By DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 09.11.2011 | Green

Read More: Nrc, Energy. Us Nuclear Plants, Ed Markey, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fukushima, US Nuclear, Nuclear Plant Safety, Nuclear Regulatory Task Force, Us Nuclear Power, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Calling the Japan nuclear disaster "unacceptable," an expert task force convened by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has concluded that...

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Dems Blast 'Wall Street Crude Oil Casino'

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 07.11.2011 | Politics

Read More: Gas Prices, Dodd-Frank, House GOP, Financial Reform, Speculation, Barney Frank, Wall Street Reform, Obama, Collin Peterson, Democrats, Cftc, Ed Markey, Wall Street, Oil, Oil Prices, Maxine Waters, Position Limits, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A cadre of top Democrats said Wednesday that heavy Wall Street speculation was driving up gas prices and blasted Republicans for pushing...

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Congressmen Press Steve Jobs On iPhone Tracking

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 06.21.2011 | Technology

Read More: Steve Jobs, Ed Markey, iPhone Privacy, Al Franken, Iphone Tracking, IPhone Security, Technology News

[UPDATE: 7:25 p.m.] Android devices have been found to cache location data in a similar manner. --- Freaked out that your iPhone may be tracking...

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A Year on, BP Oil Still Mars Gulf Communities as Public Scrutiny Dries up

Michelle Chen | Posted 06.17.2011 | Green

The April 14 meeting proceeded efficiently, as scheduled, for BP shareholders. For the workers, environmentalists and community members rallying in protest, though, the day of reckoning had yet to arrive.

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1.3 Million Gallons Of Diesel Fuel Into The Ground? State Looking Into Accusations

Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

Read More: Oil and Gas, Ed Markey, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Fracking, Dave Neslin, Gas Drilling, Natural Gas, Diana DeGette, Henry Waxman, Diesel Fuel, Denver News

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) is investigating claims made in a congressional report regarding the injection of diesel fuel...

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Key Hand Sanitizer Ingredient May Cause More Harm Than Good

Wenonah Hauter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Triclosan, Ed Markey, Environmental Protection Agency, Raul Grijalva, Lab Studies, Us Consumers, Ciba, Epa, Us Market, Betty McCollum, Fda, Green News

Our exposure to triclosan is so widespread that it lurks not only in our soap, but in our own bodies. Studies have found traces of it in urine, breast milk, and umbilical cord blood.

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BP: Making it Right (for BP)

Scott Edwards | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Ed Markey, Making It Right, Bp, Epa, Obama Administration, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup, Gulf Coast, Exxon Valdez, Green News

Over the past nine months, BP has conducted a full-throttle charm offensive. But their bottom line doesn't account for the cost of restoring the health of our communities. They're in it for the money.

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RIP Select Committee On Global Warming

Mother Jones | Kate Sheppard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming, Ed Markey, Nancy Pelosi, 2009 Climate Bill, Climate Bill, Global Warming, Green News

The Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming, created by Nancy Pelosi in 2006, has been shuttered under the new Republican leadersh...

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Rep. Ed Markey makes bid for ranking spot on Natural Resources Committee

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011 | Food

Read More: Politics, Ed Markey, Climate and Energy, Natural Resources Committee, Food News

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Time for climate hawks to take to the hills?

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Politics, Ed Markey, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Fossil Fuels, Climate Hawks, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Business, Climate and Energy, Feed-in Tariffs, Green News

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Why Voting Matters for the Climate Movement

Liz Butler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

People in the climate movement -- or anyone who believes in what we're doing to avert a climate crisis and bring about an energy revolution -- can push back on Big Oil and Dirty Coal by exercising their right to vote.

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Cory Gardner Ad Pulled By Denver TV Station For Falsehoods, Replaced With Corrected Version

Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

Read More: Fox 31, Ed Markey, Colorado CD-4, Betsy Markey, Cory Gardner Ad, Cory Gardner, Kdvr, Video, Denver News

A Denver TV station has stopped running an attack ad from Colorado congressional candidate Cory Gardner because it says the 30-second spot is "so blat...

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Building Online Ramps to Equal Access

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Accessibility, Deafness, Ed Markey, Communications, Blindness, Politics News

By Congressman Edward J. Markey, Mike Festa and Steven M. Rothstein If you're an individual who's blind, deaf or both, navigating an intersection can...

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What Price Beauty? New Legislation Seeks Safety Regulations

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Most Americans would be astonished to learn that of the approximately 12,500 individual chemical ingredients in personal care products, the overwhel...

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Green News Report: August 24, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Chile, David Koch, Oil Spill Response, Lobbyists, Renewable Energy, Factory Farms, Obama Administration, Sustainable Agriculture, Clean Energy, Green News Report, China, Eggs, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Tennessee, Climate Science, Electric Cars, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Astroturf, Global Warming, Bp, Nuclear Power, Salmonella, Open Secrets, Ed Markey, Ocean Dead Zones, BRAD BLOG, Mining, Charles Koch, Noaa, Green News, Koch Industries, Climate Legislation, Food Recall, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, Chilean Miners, Green News

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