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Baucus Makes A Grab For Climate Bill

Politico | Lisa Lerer | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap and Trade, Barbara Boxer, Senate Finance Committee, John Kerry, Max Baucus, Medicare, Healthcare, Climate Bill, Politics News

For liberal Democrats unhappy with the way Max Baucus is handling health care reform, here's another dose of bad news: He's got his hands on climate a...

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Cooking up Lies with Dirty Coal

Javier Sierra | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Latinos, Dirty Coal, Green Jobs, American-Climate-and-Security-Act, Big Coal, Creciendo Juntos, Clean Energy, Coal, Naacp, Hispanics and the Environment, Bonner & Associates, Latinos and the Environment, Fake Letters, Health, Asthma, Environment, Mercury, Aces, Climate Bill, Astroturf, Green News
Javier Sierra

Big Coal and Big Oil are determined to cover our ears so we can't hear about the overwhelming advantages of the climate and energy bill, especially for us Latinos.

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Let Your Lawmakers Know that the Clock Is Ticking on the Climate Bill

Frances Beinecke | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Harry Reid, Green Jobs, Barbara Boxer, Copenhagen 2009, John Kerry, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Despite the misleading right-wing onslaught, recent polling shows just how popular clean energy legislation is with most Americans. Still, it will take a relentless drumbeat of support to drown out the industry's fear mongering.

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Study: Climate Bill's Benefits Far Outweigh Costs

Wall Street Journal | Keith Johnson | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Waxman-Markey Bill, Waxman-Markey, Cost of Climate Change, Politics, Epa, Climate, Carbon Footprint, Green, Green Energy, Institute for Policy Integrity, Environment, Economic Benefits, Greenhouse Gases, Emissions, Nyu, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Energy, H.R. 2454, Economy, Climate Bill, Politics News

So much of the wailing and gnashing of teeth around the climate bill in Congress revolves around the costs of curbing greenhouse-gas emissions. What a...

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Alaska Fisherman Send Labor Day SOS-Call For Action to Protect Jobs, Fisheries from Climate Change's Evil Twin

Celia Alario | Posted 11.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Alaska Commercial Fishermen, Fishing Industry, Labor Day, cop15, Climate Change, Capitol Climate Action, Ocean Acidification, Aces, Alaska, Business, Fisheries, Copenhagen, Climate Bill, Green News
Celia Alario

More than 100 fishing boats, sail boats, skiffs and kayaks took to the waters Sunday to draw attention the threat of ocean acidification.

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Van Jones: The Partisan Politics of Mutually Assured Distraction

Beau Friedlander | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Nash Equilibruium, Game Theory, Van Jones Resigns, Green Jobs, Aces, Mad, Health Care Reform, Katrina, White House Special Advisor, Jeremiah Wright, 9-11, Van Jones, Mutually Assured Destruction, Climate Bill, Politics News
Beau Friedlander

Van Jones was the best person for the job he just relinquished. He would have helped Republican lawmakers in their districts. He would have created jobs. He would have made a difference.

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Workers Want Green Jobs, Not Astroturf

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Steelworkers, Labor, Green Jobs, Indiana, Clean Energy, Global Warming, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Bill, Green News
Frances Beinecke

People in Gary, Indiana don't support climate legislation because environmental groups or labor unions told them to. They support it because they believe in it.

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Barbara Boxer And Colleagues Feel The Heat On Cap And Trade

blog.newsweek.com | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade Legislation, Cap and Trade, Barbara Boxer, Environmentalists, Climate, Climate Change, Climate Bill, Green News

Later today, more than 320 environmental and energy groups plan to deliver a letter to Calif. Sen. Barbara Boxer and her colleagues on the Senate Envi...

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Barack Obama Is Not Bagger Vance

David Roberts | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Magic Negro, Bagger Vance, Health Care, Grassroots, Barack Obama, Climate Bill, Politics News
David Roberts

Obama can't save progressives. They'll save their agenda, if at all, with persistence and organizing. As it always was.

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Rallying for Green Jobs: The "Made in America" Tour Kicks Off

Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Labor, Green Jobs, Weatherization, Cleveland, Ohio, United Steelworkers, Clean Energy, Labor Unions, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Green News
Frances Beinecke

The "Made in America" nationwide job tour kicks off in Cleveland on Thursday with the first of 50 events in 22 states.

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A Well-Oiled Crowd Balks at Climate Fix

Russ Baker | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Propaganda, Oil, New York Times, Climate Change, Oil Companies, Climate Bill, Houston, Lobbying, Green News
Russ Baker

We are seeing the explosive growth of efforts by narrow interests in Big Oil, to leverage whatever they can to appeal to those don't have the luxury of thinking beyond their next paycheck.

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Climate Bill 'Out of Control,' Former Senator Says

Bloomberg | Kim Chipman | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Cap and Trade, Timothy Wirth, Barack Obama, Climate Bill, George W. Bush, Politics News

Cap-and-trade legislation to limit U.S. carbon dioxide emissions has "gotten out of control" and needs to be scaled back in Congress, said former Demo...

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Netroots Nation Frustration and the Impediments to Progressive Change

David Roberts | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ben Nelson, Netroots Nation, Grassroots, Waxman-Markey, Netroots, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Aces, Health Care, Astroturf, Blue Dog Democrats, Climate Bill, Politics News
David Roberts

It's become clear that structural features of American politics make it so change averse that virtually no progressive electoral sweep is enough to do the job.

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Add a Gigawatt a Day to Keep the Climate Crisis at Bay

Steve Kirsch | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Integral Fast Reactor, Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy, Lamar Alexander, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Green Energy, Global Warming, Al Gore Global Warming, Obama Global Warming, Obama Energy Bill, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Reactor, Green-Energy-Jobs, Energy Bill, Green Energy Economy, Climate Bill, Green News
Steve Kirsch

If we think we're going to make the goal from solar, wind, and other renewables alone, we must be smoking something. Every clean power technology, including nuclear, has to play a role.

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California Dreaming: Driving on Sunshine

Kevin George | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Co2 Emissions, Obama Environment, Energy Grid, Tesla Roadster, Plug-in Cars, Solar Panels, Environmentalism, Sustainability, Electric Vehicles, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Solar Power, Climate Bill, Gas Prices, Tesla Motors, Chrysler, Toyota Sales, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Obama National Security, Ford, Volkswagen, Nissan, General Motors, National Security, Hyundai, Toyota Prius, Electric Cars, California-Electricity, Us-Electricity-Grid, Battery Life, Gasoline, Clean Coal, Coal Industry, Incentives, Chevy Volt Battery, Bmw, Battery-Powered Car, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Gas Guzzlers, Green News
Kevin George

Bottom line, if your enthusiastic about EVs, this may be your time to plug-in and get involved. Find out for yourself why there's electricity in the air around EVs.

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Climate Change Heroes And Villains

James Boyce | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Aces, Climate Change, Climate Bill, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Green News
James Boyce

An overwhelming majority of Americans want to bring better jobs to their communities, end our dangerous addiction to foreign oil, and bring an end to climate change. Make your voice heard.

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New Film Reminds Us to Protect Ocean Economic Vitality from Global Warming

Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Ocean Acidification, Acid Test, Oceans, Discovery Channel, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Fish, Arctic Ice Melt, Green Living, Green News
Frances Beinecke

The long-term vitality of many important industries rests entirely on the vitality of the oceans, and right now, they are threatened by something called ocean acidification.

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Democratic Senators Send Obama Climate Bill Warning Letter

Treehugger | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Arlen Specter, Evan Bayh, Sherrod Brown, Russell-Feingold, Senate Climate Bill, Al Franken, John Rockefeller, US Climate Bill, Barack Obama, Letters, Robert-Casey, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Robert C. Byrd, Carl Levin, Climate Bill, Green News

A group of 10 moderate Democrats sent a letter to President Obama on Thursday saying that they will not support any domestic climate change bill that ...

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The Climate Bill: Ready, Fire, Aim

Brian Keane | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Renewable-Energy-Credits, Climate Bill, Green News
Brian Keane

The American Clean Energy and Security Act will lop off key players in our transition to a clean, renewable future. One early and unintended casualty: the voluntary renewable energy market.

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Climate Bill Will Only Cost You 23 Cents A Day

Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 09.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Secretary Chu, Energy Information Agency, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, Us-Department-of-Energy, Green News, Green, Climate Legislation, Green Living, Department of Energy, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Bill, Green News

You've surely heard various competing claims about how much the American Clean Energy & Security Act will increase energy prices. [...] New analysis ...

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Mark Kirk Backpedals On Climate Bill Vote After Pressure From Right

Huffington Post | Posted 08.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mark Kirk Senate, Mark Kirk, Video, Illinois Senate 2010, Kirk Climate Bill, Mark Kirk Energy Flip Flop, Senate Races, Mark Kirk Energy, Illinois Senate Race, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Mark Kirk Climate Change Bill, Climate Bill, Chicago News

Aspiring Senator and self-described moderate Republican Mark Kirk is fast backing away from his vote in favor of President Obama's cap-and-trade bill....

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Grading a Climate Bill, Part 3: The Top 10 Bogus Statements in the Climate Debate

William S. Becker | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Carbon Emissions, President Obama, John Barrasso, Clean Energy, Obama Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Coal, General Motors, Jon Stewart, David Hawkins, Mountain Top Removal, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Climate Change, Republican National Convention, Climate Bill, Green News
William S. Becker

Not all the American people are intelligent enough about climate change to know their intelligence has been insulted. It's a complicated topic made more complicated by bogus arguments.

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The Audacity of Nope: The GOP Channels Groucho Marx: "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It"

Joseph Romm | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Groucho Marx, Health Care Reform, Political Humor, Climate Bill, Politics News
Joseph Romm

The GOP reminds me of Groucho Marx in Horsefeathers -- though more Groucho than Marx brother, I'm afraid.

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Obama Needs to Show Less Paucity of Audacity

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress Stimulus, Wall Street Bailout, Obama Stimulus, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama, Obama Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Bailout, Stimulus Package, Health Care Reform, Obama Congress, Climate Bill, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

So far the only people Obama seems willing to make mad are the activist base of the Democratic party who helped him defeat Hillary Clinton and John McCain.

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Why Stand in the Way of Green Jobs and Economic Opportunity?

Frances Beinecke | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy, Green Jobs, Sarah Palin, Global Warming, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Waxman-Markey, Climate Bill, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Ignoring global warming may win elections for a few years, but when raging wildfires threaten communities from Salt Lake to Santa Barbara, denial won't be in anyone's interest.

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