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Ask Budweiser to Step Down From the Chamber of Commerce

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 12.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Bud, Epa, Horses, Environmentalism, Budweiser, Environmental Protection Agency, Satire, Parody, Environment, Climate Change, Anheuser-Busch, Chamber of Commerce, Bud Light, US Chamber of Commerce, Clydesdale, Climate Bill, Green News
Matthew Filipowicz

Many companies have quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its extreme anti-environmental views and actions. Apple has quit. Nike has quit. Exelon ...

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GiveGreen this Holiday Season

Gene Karpinski | Posted 12.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy, 2010 Elections, Climate Bill, Green News
Gene Karpinski

With regards to clean energy and environmental protection, this year has seen great progress and renewed hope, thanks in large part to President Obama's leadership. But there is still much to be done.

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Copenhagen Climate Summit Already a Success

Steve Westly | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green

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Steve Westly

Even reasonable voices have been lukewarm on the Copenhagen summit, maintaining that no multilateral agreement will be formalized. Here's why their criticism misses the point.

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The Iron Chef and Climate Change: What A.B. 32 Means for Small Business

Christina Erickson | Posted 12.15.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: AB 32, Small Business, Climate Bill, Green Jobs, Green Economy, Climate Change, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Chamber of Commerce, Global Warming, Los Angeles News
Christina Erickson

Mary Sue Milliken, Iron Chef competitor and small business owner, agreed to have her business scrutinized for a study on the financial impacts of California's climate change legislation.

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My Climate Change Talk with Paul Krugman

Alison van Diggelen | Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

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Alison van Diggelen

In a recent interview, I asked Paul Krugman the question on many lips: Will climate legislation kill the economy?

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Climategate and the Life-Cycle of Nontroversy

Matt Osborne | Posted 12.04.2009 | Green

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Matt Osborne

Nontroversy feeds on empty, twisted brains. In this case, a general unfamiliarity with the language of scientific banter allows the "climategate" nontroversy to overwhelm the consensus on global warming.

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New Poll Shows Americans Prefer Fee-and-Dividend

Steve Kirsch | Posted 12.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Cap and Trade, Fee and Dividend, Climate Change, Climate Bill, Green News
Steve Kirsch

What the US does to control carbon emissions may well be the most important decision we will ever make. The bad news is we are on the verge of blowing it ... big time.

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Copenhagen Now; Inhofe Is The Fourth Horsemen

Jerry Cope | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green

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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.

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Enough With the Global Warming Graphics, Get to the Choices

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Green Energy, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Green News
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.

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Sam Stein

Prominent South Carolina Conservative Offers Support For Graham

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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

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

AP | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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

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Veterans, Clean Energy, and Common Sense

Rob Perks | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy, Climate Bill, Operation Free, Green Jobs, Climate, Veterans, Wind Power, Frances Beinecke, Solar Energy, President Obama, votevets.org, Obama, Leon Panetta, Anthony Zinni, Lee Gunn, Green News
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.

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Tea Party's Next Target: The Climate Bill

Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Climate Change Threatens Our National Security

Ginna Kelly | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

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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.

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

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Copenhagen 2009, Clean Energy, Lindsey Graham, Frank Lautenberg, Coal, Barack Obama, Clean Air Act, Dirty Coal, Environmental Protection Agency, Senate, Barbara Boxer, Sheldon Whitehouse, Big Oil, Bob Menendez, John Kerry, Max Baucus, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Bill, 1sky, Green News
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!

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Senate Climate Bill Passes Panel, Baucus Only Dem Against It

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

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

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

A. Siegel | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green

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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.

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Climate Bill Boycott Held By GOP Senators

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

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

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Republicans Move To Obstruct Climate Bill Progress With Boycott

Reuters | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green

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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...

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President Obama Must Take the Lead on Climate Finance

Amb. Nancy E. Soderberg | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green

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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.

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

Rob Perks | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green

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Rob Perks

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

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Net Neutrality, Green Tech and the Pong Republicans

Bennet Kelley | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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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.

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Obama team: US needs bill to lead in clean energy

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

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

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

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

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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.

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

Bill Shireman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green

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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.

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