Henry Waxman

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The Terminator's Salvation for Allocation in Waxman-Markey

Mike Sandler | Posted 06.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Henry Waxman, ab32, Edward Markey, Waxman-Markey, Governor Schwarzenegger, Terminator Salvation, Green Energy, Green News

A group of robots (lobbyists) run by evil machines (coal-fired powerplants) have infiltrated the highest levels of government (Congress' Energy and Commerce Committee).

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The Catch-22 of Waxman-Markey: Is Offsetting Inevitable?

Teryn Norris | Posted 06.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Offsets, Climate Policy, Energy Policy, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Bill, Waxman-Markey, Ed Markey, Henry Waxman, Green Energy, Green News

And finally, what happened to the "hard cap" and "emissions reduction certainty" that cap and trade advocates have long promised?

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Green News Report - May 26, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Green News, House of Representatives, Climate Change, Henry Waxman, Green News Report, Ban Ki-Moon, Waxman-Markey, Green Living, Green News

In Today's Audio Report: Another step forward in the House for climate and energy legislation -- but is it enough? Plus: You are brilliant, and The...

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Historic Vote Moves America Closer to Clean Energy and Climate Solutions

Frances Beinecke | Posted 06.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Ed Markey, Green Collar Jobs, Waxman-Markey, Us Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), Clean Energy, Clean Energy Economy, Henry Waxman, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Green News

Not only did the bill clear a major hurdle on Thursday night, but it did so with the backing of lawmakers from across the nation, representing a wide range of energy needs.

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Waxman-Markey Bill Moves Forward, After Arrests and a Speed Reading

Alex Pasternack | Posted 06.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Congress, Henry Waxman, Waxman-Markey, Green News

After four days of attempts by Republicans to further water it down, the landmark greenhouse gas emissions bill is on its way out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee tonight.

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Rangel Wants Health Care Before Climate Change

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Energy and Commerce Committee, Charles Rangel, Climate Change, House Ways and Means Committee, Henry Waxman, Charlie Rangel, House Climate-Change Bill, Politics News

Don't even think about climate change before health care, Charlie Rangel said Wednesday night. Long on the periphery of the climate-change debate, Ra...

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Waxman Gives GOP One More Day To Stall On Climate Change

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Energy and Commerce Committee, Doyle, Shimkus, Amendments, GOP Holdup, House Climate-Change Bill, Van Hollen, Climate Change, Henry Waxman, Barton, Markup, Blunt, Politics News

Henry Waxman has had just about enough. The House Energy and Commerce Committee's climate-change bill has been besieged by hundreds of (mostly Republi...

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Climate Bill's Clean Energy R&D Investments May Be 30 Times Smaller Than President Obama's Budget

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Climate Policy, Ed Markey, Research, Innovation, Clean Energy Economy, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Henry Waxman, Technology, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Green News

The bill before us, depending on the allowance value it establishes, would invest just one-twentieth to one-sixtieth of the $15 billion President Obama has pledged -- and specifically requested from Congress.

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Joe Barton Begins "Guerrilla Warfare" On Climate Bill

The Washington Independent | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe Romm, Edward Markey, Waxman Markey Bill, Joe Barton, Henry Waxman, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Politics News

The markup session for the landmark Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill is underway in the House Energy and Commerce Committee (live webcast from C-...

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Solutions to the Draft Waxman Bill Expose Design Flaw in U.S. ETS

Karla Bell | Posted 06.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Ed Markey, Climate Change, Markey Waxman Climate Change, Henry Waxman, Climate Change Bill, Green News

Proposed subsidies to less well off Americans waste money that should be going into making all American homes energy efficient and creating green jobs.

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Rep. Joe Barton: Waxman 'Doesn't Have the Nuts' to Pass Energy Bill

David Murdock | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Republican, Joe Barton, Obama, Waxman-Markey, Henry Waxman, Climate Control Debate, Climate Change, Global Warming, Energy Bill, Green News

The global warming debate is heating up in the House, leading to the kind of quirky moments that are a common feature of life on the Hill. Next week,...

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Rethinking the Rules of Engagement

Billy Parish | Posted 06.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, New Yorker, Copenhagen 2009, Edward Markey, Climate, Waxman-Markey, Waxman, Henry Waxman, Malcom Gladwell, Green News

In many ways we still seem to be fighting the green battle on our opposition's terms, and right now it looks like we're losing. We need to rethink the rules of engagement.

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A Bump in the Road -- or a Detour?

Carl Pope | Posted 06.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Jeff Bingaman, Henry Waxman, Copenhagen 2009, Green News

At this point, no one on Capitol Hill is moving legislation that would achieve President Obama's goal of doubling renewable-energy generation.

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House Democrats Near Climate Bill Agreement

AFP | Posted 06.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Democrats Climate Bill, Climate Change, Climate Bill, Henry Waxman, Green News

Democratic lawmakers, who enjoy majorities in both houses of Congress, reached an agreement late Tuesday on a goal to reduce greenhouse gases by 17 pe...

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Major Compromise on Clean Energy and Green Jobs Bill

Josh Nelson | Posted 06.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, President Obama, Renewable Electricity Standard, Politics, Rick Boucher, Green News, Clean Energy, Copenhagen, Breaking Politics News, Congress, Green, Henry Waxman, Global Warming, Energy, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Change, Green News

Roll Call is reporting that Representatives Waxman and Boucher have reached an agreement on several critical provisions of the American Clean Energy and Security Act.

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Blue Dog Democrats Complain Of Being Shut Out Of Health Care Debate

New York Times | ROBERT PEAR | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Blue Dogs, Health Care Legislation, Blue Dog Health Care Reform, Health Care System, Henry Waxman, Blue Dog Democrats, Charles Rangel, Politics News

Forty-five House Democrats in the party's moderate-to-conservative wing have protested the secretive process by which party leaders in their chamber a...

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The White House Climate Meeting: Obama Reassures Swing Voters

Frances Beinecke | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama, Climate Legislation, Henry Waxman, Copenhagen 2009, Edward Markey, Global Warming, Green News

For the first time ever, the President of the United States invited a group of House Democrats to the White House on Tuesday to urge them to agree on draft climate legislation.

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Rep. Pence Caught Lying About Green Jobs Bill

Josh Nelson | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Policy, Politics, Green News, Henry Waxman, Mike Pence, Green, Cap and Trade, Global Warming, Energy, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Change, Political News, Green News

Less than an hour after the Think Progress interview Mr. Pence appeared on MSNBC again and repeated his discredited "$3,100 energy tax" lie. Watch the incredible video below.

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Waxman And White House Confirm: Climate Change Bill Coming This Year

The Hill | Sam Youngman and Mike Soraghan | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cilmate Change, White House, President Obama, Henry Waxman, Climate Change Bill, Politics News

Rep. Henry Waxman, fresh out of a White House meeting with President Obama on Tuesday, pushed back against those who have suggested climate change leg...

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Why Vets Are Backing Clean Energy

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, American-Clean-Energy-and-Security-Act-of-2009, Edward Markey, Alternative Energy, National Security, Terrorism, votevets.org, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Henry Waxman, Green Energy, Votevets, Veterans, Al Qaeda, Politics News

Why would veterans get involved in a fight over renewable energy and efficiency? Well, for those of us who served, fighting terrorists and insurgents, this support is a no-brainer.

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First 100 Days a Good Dress Rehearsal: Now We Need the Main Act

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Obama First 100 Days, Climate Legislation, Clean Energy, Federal Budget, Economic Stimulus, Henry Waxman, Global Warming, 100 Days, Green News

I have traveled to Washington many times since President Obama took office, and each time I go, I am struck by the action-oriented and economics-driven tone he has set for clean energy and global warming policy.

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Green News Report - April 28, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Swine flu protection, nuthin' but pork, said the Republicans; California's new fuel regulations threaten corn ethanol; Does ...

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Shocker: Blue Dogs Thwart Fellow Democrat

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Politics, Jim Matheson, Henry Waxman, Corporations, Global Warming, Kimberly Strassel, Politics News

Jim Matheson is one of 10 moderate Democrats (see: Blue Dog Democrats, what they call themselves so people stop confusing them with Republicans) who are all worked up over Waxman's climate bill.

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Newt King Coal & Other Big Oil Buffoons

Josh Dorner | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green

This week, the defenders of dirty energy really, really outdid themselves in their efforts to try and derail the clean energy jobs plan currently starting to wend its way through the House of Representatives.

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Helping Henry Waxman Get the Job Done

Bruce Nilles | Posted 05.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Henry Waxman, Coal, Sierra Club, Global Warming, Clean Energy, Clean Coal, Green News

His discussion draft is a good start to solving global warming. But he needs all the help we can provide to keep the coal industry and their allies on his committee at bay.

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