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Senator Lieberman: The Joe I Know

Jim Kennedy | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe Lieberman, Scott Mcclellan, Health Care, Barack Obama, Rosemary Woods, Sarah Palin, Gulf War, Anita Hill, Bob Kerrey, Right Wing, Medicare, Frank Sinatra, Democratic Party, Clarence Thomas, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Politics News
Jim Kennedy

As someone who worked for Joe Lieberman for more than 17 years, I'm often asked, "What's wrong with your old boss?" Some fellow former "Lieberstaffers" have even been privately critical of his recent actions.

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What the Battle Over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Tells Us about Public Opinion and Climate Change Legislation

Levi Novey | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Research, Social Science, Public Opinion, Climate Change, Messaging, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Climate Bill, Communication, Energy, Green Jobs, Clean Energy, Green News
Levi Novey

The sales pitch for legislation needs to focus on America obtaining cheaper long-term energy from our own sources, creating steady jobs for Americans that pay well, and giving Americans a less polluted country.

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Santorum 2012 Run Against "Injurious" Obama Considered

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, 2012 Presidential Election, Oil Drilling, Anwr, President Obama, Rick Santorum, Health Care Legislation, Reconciliation, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Politics News

Rick Santorum affirmed on an RNC conference call -- aimed at attacking Arlen Specter -- that he's considering a run for president in 2012 -- because, ...

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Obama: The Environmental President?

Bill Chameides | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Yosemite, Clean Air Act (1990), Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Cap and Trade, Ronald Reagan, Fish & Wildlife Service, George W. Bush, Air Quality, Woodrow Wilson, Endangered Species Act, Barack Obama, Clean Air Act, National Park Service, Clean Water Act, Legislation, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Diane Feinstein, Theodore Roosevelt, Water Pollution, Richard Nixon, Montreal Protocol, Kyoto Protocol, Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Oceans, Air Pollution, Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Will Obama be able to advance an environmental agenda? If so, he will have distinguished himself from Democratic administrations that promised a lot but delivered little on the environment.

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The Top 5 Environmental Newsmakers of 2008

Maura Judkis | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Cap and Trade, T. Boone Pickens, Alternative Energy, Electric Cars, Sarah Palin, James Hansen, Green Living, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Green News
Maura Judkis

Here are five of the most environmentally newsworthy people of the year, both good and bad. Who would be on your list?

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Environment Slips As Key Factor In Virginia Presidential Vote

Mark Meier | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home

Read More: sciencedebate2008, Charlottesville Virginia Election 2008, Cap and Trade, Green Collar Jobs, Virginia Uranium, League of Conservation Voters, Virginia Environment, Assateague National Seashore, Environment McCain, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Offshore Drilling, National Academy of Sciences, Charlottesville Virginia Obama, Environment Obama, Carbon Sequestration, Environment Election 2008, Gallup September, Laura Kolar, Green Economy, Steve Keach, Home News
Mark Meier

The presidential race in Virginia is heating up--so is the environment. In the same week that an autumn heat wave brought 80ยบ days to the Commonwealt...

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Joe Six-Pack Demands Answers From Anti-Union McCain & Co.

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: John L. Lewis, John McCain, Wall Street, Joe Sixpack, Employee Free Choice Act, Todd Palin, Democrat, Health Care Tax, United Steelworkers, Tax Credit, Health Care, Economic Policy Institute, Sarah Palin, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Republican, Joe Si, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Like many Republicans, McCain has made it clear that he feels about unions the way an Alaskan aerial hunter does about wolves -- best when dead.

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Not All Lobbyists Are Created Equal: The Current Energy Bills

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Big Oil, Energy Bill, Oil Shale, Global Warming Pollution, Big Oil Profits, Global Warming, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, Shareholders, NDRC, Lobbyists, Exxon Mobil, Nonprofits, Environmental Advocate, Pet Legislation, Green News
Frances Beinecke

I am an environmental advocate. Sometimes I travel to D.C. to lobby on behalf of issues NRDC cares about. Big Oil companies dispatch lobbyists to the Hill as well. Does that make us equals?

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Palin Maintains Global Warming Skepticism

David Roberts | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil, Climate Change, Charlie Gibson, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Sarah Palin, Politics News
David Roberts

While Palin has stepped back from her position two weeks ago, it still falls short of McCain's position and the position of the scientific community, that human emissions are very likely the primary cause of warming.

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4 Things Sarah Palin Believes About the Environment

Maura Judkis | Posted 09.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil Drilling, Mining, McCain Palin, Mccain's Vice President Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, Environment, Oil, 2008 Campaign, Polar Bears, Sarah Palin Vice President, Governor of Alaska, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Fishing, Alaska Oil, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Sarah Palin Vp, Sarah Palin Reaction, Green News
Maura Judkis

Palin believes that we should drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which McCain has previously opposed. She also supports offshore drilling.

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Sierra Club RAW: Bachmann Drilling Overdrive (And Other Assorted Idiocy)

Josh Dorner | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

Read More: House of Representatives, Anwr, Minnesota, Jesus, Senate Republicans, Caribou, Energy Policy, Michele Bachmann Caribou, House Republicans, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Michele Bachmann, Offshore Drilling, 2006 Election, Laura Ingraham, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Sali, Drilling, Energy Tax Incentives, President Bush, Sierra Club, State of the Union, Mn-6, Green News
Josh Dorner

Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota personifies just how haywire House conservatives have gone lately, particularly on energy issues.

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Whalers Fear Effects Of Off-Shore Drilling

Eric Kroh | Posted 09.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Exploration, Alaska, John McCain, Conocophillips, Alaska Wilderness League, Anwr, Drilling, Oil, Thomas Napageak, Whaling, Barack Obama, Nuiqsut, Offshore Drilling, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Home News
Eric Kroh

McCain and Obama debate offshore drilling but Alaskan whalers whose families have hunted in Arctic waters for centuries witness the environmental impact firsthand, from inevitable spills to routine sonic bombs.

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House GOP Leader: "[Alaskan Wildlife] Couldn't Care Less Whether...The Pipeline Was There"

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Video, John Boehner, Environment, Oil, Alaska, Glen Beck, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Green News

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) appeared on Glenn Beck's CNN Headline News show tonight to opine that a pipeline through the Arctic Nation...

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Alarming Gains for Big Oil Need a Response

Tom Matzzie | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Gas Prices, John McCain, Bush, Big Oil, Exxon Mobil, George W. Bush, Oil Prices, Oil, Iraq, Republicans, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Politics News
Tom Matzzie

Progressives are losing ground with the public on drilling. We must create a message-frame that attaches all of the negatives of Big Oil companies to the drilling proposals under consideration.

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"Oil Rigs Are Pretty": Senator McConnell

PolitckerKY | Trey Pollard | Posted 07.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Alaska Oil, Mitch McConnell, Offshore Drilling Ban, American Oil, Gulf of Mexico Oil, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Offshore Drilling, Green News

A proponent of expanded drilling in both the Gulf of Mexico and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, incumbent U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Louisvi...

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GOP Campaigning In Alaska's Artic Wildlife Refuge To Promote Drilling

The Hill | Posted 07.11.2008 | Green

Read More: GOP and Arctic Wildlife Refuge, Gas Prices, ANWR Drilling, GOP and ANWR, Oil, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, GOP Drilling, Green News

Five Republican congressional candidates will travel to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to promote drilling there to reduce the U.S.'s d...

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Offshore Drilling Comes Up Empty

Bill Scher | Posted 06.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Offshore Drilling, Gas Prices, John McCain, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Green News
Bill Scher

John McCain's call to increase offshore drilling is not a pragmatic, short-term solution. Will the media report on how little oil is off our coasts and how long it would take to get it into people's gas tanks?

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