Climate Bill

Copenhagen Now; Inhofe Is The Fourth Horsemen

Jerry Cope | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green


Jerry Cope

President Obama must do more than merely acknowledge the science; his administration must ensure that a legally binding agreement to reduce carbon emissions is reached in Copenhagen.

Enough With the Global Warming Graphics, Get to the Choices

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green


Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson

Only 30 percent of Americans say global warming should be a top priority for Congress and the President. Activists need to lose the graphics and get back to the basics: the facts.

Sam Stein

Prominent South Carolina Conservative Offers Support For Graham

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


A prominent South Carolina conservative offered support for Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Wednesday after a local Republican party censured the s...

Lindsey Graham Censured By SC County GOP For Working With Democrats On Climate Bill

AP | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


CHARLESTON, S.C. — Republican leaders in a South Carolina county have censured their own U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham for working with Democrats on ...

Veterans, Clean Energy, and Common Sense

Rob Perks | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green


Rob Perks

There's a growing consensus that one of the best things we can do to enhance our national security is to get off fossil fuels and transition to clean, home-grown energy.

Tea Party's Next Target: The Climate Bill

Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


The Tea Party movement earned its stripes at town hall protests this summer by claiming that Democratic health care reform efforts would result in def...

Climate Change Threatens Our National Security

Ginna Kelly | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green


Ginna Kelly

Climate change threatens our national security in two ways. First, U.S. dependence on oil entangles America with hostile regimes. Second, climate change creates chaos, tension, and human insecurity.

The Good, Bad, and Ugly: A Look Back at the Drama Over the EPW Bill

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green


Gillian Caldwell

In the past week, a drama unfolded around the Senate EPW Committee hearings for the new Senate bill on climate and clean energy jobs. Declarations! Boycott threats! Power plays!

Senate Climate Bill Passes Panel, Baucus Only Dem Against It

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats sidestepped a Republican boycott Thursday, pushing a climate bill out of committee in an early step on a long and ...

Inhofe and Republicans are Right: Analysis of Climate Bills is Flawed

A. Siegel | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green


A. Siegel

Republicans are absolutely right and absolutely wrong when it comes to EPA analysis of climate legislation. They are right that the analysis has flaws, but they are wrong about what should be done about it.

Climate Bill Boycott Held By GOP Senators

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO and H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — European leaders pressed Congress and the White House on Tuesday to unite on a plan to combat global warming, even as a Republican ...

Republicans Move To Obstruct Climate Bill Progress With Boycott

Reuters | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - All seven Republicans on the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee plan to boycott next week's work session on a c...

President Obama Must Take the Lead on Climate Finance

Amb. Nancy E. Soderberg | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green


Amb. Nancy E. Soderberg

The developed world -- responsible for both today's financial as well as climate crisis -- must help pay the costs for the developing world to do the right thing.

It's the Economy, Stupid: U.S. Can Cash in on Clean Energy Legislation

Rob Perks | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green


Rob Perks

New analysis shows that adopting comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation could create up to 1.9 million new jobs.

Net Neutrality, Green Tech and the Pong Republicans

Bennet Kelley | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics


Bennet Kelley

The ultimate question is whether we will summon our resources to meet the challenges of a new era and be at the forefront of innovation -- or whether we will be content simply playing Pong.

Obama team: US needs bill to lead in clean energy

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT and DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — The Obama administration warned on Tuesday that the U.S. could slip further behind China and other countries in clean energy develo...

Latest Draft of Senate Climate Bill: What's Good and What Needs Work

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

The bill ensures the vast majority of allowances go to helping consumers, providing a level playing field for energy intensive industries, deploying low-carbon technologies, and preventing deforestation.

Lessons from Jon Stewart and the Green Tea Parties: Recast the Coalition for Climate Protection

Bill Shireman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green


Bill Shireman

This past weekend, people in 181 countries came together for what may have been the "most widespread day of environmental action in the planet's history." But you wouldn't have known it here in the U.S.

Telling the Whole Story on Global Warming

Sen. Barbara Boxer | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green


Sen. Barbara Boxer

Global warming is one of the greatest challenges of our generation. Addressing this challenge also represents enormous opportunities for economic recovery and long term prosperity.

Walking Down the Avenue

Carl Pope | Posted 10.24.2009 | Green


Carl Pope

While we should applaud the Administration for doing what the law and common sense require to protect the polar bear, we mustn't lose sight of the larger remaining challenges.

The Walls Come Tumbling Down: Is Stonewalling Finally Over on Energy?

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green


Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson

Now that even the most staunch critics have conceded that the US needs to reduce emissions, it's time to stop sitting on our hands and commit to weaning off fossil fuels.

Let's Be a Low Impact Nation: Support the Climate Bill

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

Individual actions is dwarfed by the most important thing we can do: push our lawmakers to protect the environment. No impact men and women are good. But a low impact nation is even better.

Stephen Colbert Takes On Coal Lobby And Bonner And Associates (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green


Thursday night on the Colbert Report, Stephen weighed in on the allegations that Bonner and Associates, a lobby group for the coal industry had sent f...

Necessary But Not Sufficient: Congress' Climate Bill

Anne Butterfield | Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver


Anne Butterfield

The planet's survival relies partly on a climate bill but mostly on continued grassroots assault on coal plants and other offenders, plus disruptive clean technologies to take our markets by storm.

American Farm Bureau Aims To Kill Climate Bill

New York Times | Kate Galbraith | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green


The politically influential American Farm Bureau, the self-described "national voice of agriculture," has outlined a new campaign effort to derail Con...