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Exposed: The Worldwide Efforts Of The Global Energy Lobby To Kill Progress On Climate Change

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Lobby, Copenhagen 2009, cop15, Greenhouse Gases, Brazil, Killing Climate Bill, Climate Change, Climate Legislation, Lobbyblog, Coal, Global Warming, Coal Lobby, Green News

The Center For Public Integrity just released a blockbuster investigative report that details the intense corporate pressure to block an effective glo...

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

A. Siegel | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Kerry-Boxer, James Inhofe, Analysis, George Voinovich, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Climate Legislation, Climate Change, Climate Bill, Green News
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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It's the Economy, Stupid: U.S. Can Cash in on Clean Energy Legislation

Rob Perks | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Congress, Climate, Green Jobs, Dirty Energy, Environmentalism, Clean Energy, Climate Legislation, Climate Bill, Global Warming, Green News
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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Obama team: US needs bill to lead in clean energy

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

Read More: Kerry-Boxer-Bill, Kerry-Boxer, Climate Change, Climate Legislation, Climate Bill, Green News

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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If Deryl Metcalfe Thinks I'm a Traitor, He Must Resign

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

Read More: Climate Legislation, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Deryl Metcalfe, Climate Change Bill, Operation Free, Veterans, World News
Richard Allen Smith

I left home a week after my first child was born to serve my country honorably in Afghanistan, and Pennsylvania State Representative Deryl Metcalfe thinks I'm a traitor.

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The Incredible Shrinking U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Pseg, MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, PG&E Corp, Apple, Nike, PNM Resources, Exelon, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Silicon Valley Leadership Council, Climate Legislation, Tom Donohue, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, Levi Strauss, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

It turns out that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce only has 300,000 members, not the more than 3 million it claimed to represent just a day ago.

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Nobel Prize Recognizes Link Between Peace and Climate Action

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Legislation, Nobel Peace Prize, Al Gore, Copenhagen 2009, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Climate Change, Obama Nobel, Green News
Frances Beinecke

After eight costly years of inaction, the United States has begun to lead. Since taking office, Obama has moved quickly to put climate change near the top of his agenda.

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Tell Your Senators to Save Our National Parks From Global Warming

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Conservation, Wyoming, Saguaro, Wildlands, Biogems, Wildlife, Cap and Trade, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Teddy Roosevelt, Rocky Mountains, Grand Tetons, Sudden Aspen Decline, Western Us, John Muir, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey, Glacier National Park, Climate Legislation, Joshua Tree, Ken Burns, Global Warming, National Parks, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Glacier National Park could lose all its glaciers, Joshua Tree National Park all its Joshua trees and Saguaro National Park all its saguaros, according to a new report on climate change from NRDC.

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Green News Report - October 1, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Green Building, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Plastic Bottles, Coal, Barbara Boxer, Rising Sea Level, Mountaintop Removal, Green News, Logging, Climate Change, Climate Legislation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Chamber of Commerce, Global Warming, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Landmark clean energy legislation finally drops in the U.S. Senate; EPA plows forward anyway; Scientists revise their pred...

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Coal Baron Don Blankenship's Crazy Talk on Climate Change

Rob Perks | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate, Massey, Coal, Mtr, Dirty Coal, Dirty Energy, Clean Energy, Dirty Fuels, Don Blankenship, Climate Change, Mountaintop Mining, Climate Legislation, Mountaintop Removal, Climate Bill, Coal Mining, Global Warming, Green News
Rob Perks

Perhaps Blankenship's extreme wealth is why Forbes magazine decided to interview him. But what shines through more than anything is Blankenship's extreme anti-environmental worldview.

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PG&E Quits U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Nike Fed Up Too

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Legislation, Front Groups, Nike, PG&E Corp, US Chamber of Commerce, Accce, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

Bravo to Pacific Gas & Electric for taking a stand against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's head-in-the-sand approach to climate change threats.

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"Climate Week" and My Talks With China's Top Negotiator

Frances Beinecke | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Legislation, Clinton Global Initiative, Beijing, Copenhagen 2009, Global Warming, China, Climate Bill, Climate Week Nyc, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Minister Xie said he hopes that Congress will pass a U.S. climate bill before international negotiations begin in Copenhagen in December.

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Obama vs. Krugman: Five Reasons the President's Right on Carbon Tariffs

Jake Colvin | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: International Trade, Cap and Trade, Global Economy, Copenhagen 2009, Climate, Waxman-Markey, Globalization, Free Trade, Climate Change, Climate Legislation, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Unfccc, Carbon Tariffs, Climate Bill, Green News
Jake Colvin

President Obama and Congress must make sure that U.S. climate policy efforts encourage other countries to reduce their carbon emissions and spur global demand for U.S. clean energy technologies.

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On the Climate Bill Fence: Senator Dick Lugar

Bill Chameides | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, U.S. Senate, Climate Legislation, Global Warming, Indiana, Waxman-Markey, Dick Lugar, Green News
Bill Chameides

Everything seems to presage a Lugar "yes" on climate legislation. Everything but Lugar's take on the current state of the U.S. economy.

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Oil Lobby's 'Energy Citizens' Astroturf Campaign Exposed

Kevin Grandia | Posted 09.13.2009 | Home

Read More: American Petroleum Institute, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Waxman-Markey, National Association of Manufacturers, Environment, Climate Change, Climate Legislation, Global Warming, Astroturfing, Home News
Kevin Grandia

An internal memo obtained recently by Greenpeace USA details polluting interests' plans to launch a nationwide astroturf campaign attacking climate legislation at public events.

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Town Hall Talks about Climate Should Be About Solutions, Not Intimidation

Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Town Hall Debate, Energy Efficiency, Climate Legislation, Clean Energy, Green Jobs, Americans for Prosperity, Global Warming, Green News
Frances Beinecke

While the primary target of town hall vitriol has been health care reform, recent accounts make it clear that some corporate-funded efforts also want to sink clean energy and climate legislation.

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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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What You Need To Know About The Climate Bill

AP | Posted 07.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Congress, US Global Warming, Climate Bill, Climate Legislation, US Climate Bill, Global Warming, Congress Climte Bill, Green News

(AP) Cap-and-trade? Offsets? Pollution credits? The climate bill passed Friday by the House tackles global warming with new limits on pollution and a ...

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Obama Makes 11th-Hour Climate Bill Push

AFP | Emmanuel Parisse | Posted 07.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Legislation, Barack Obama, Climate Bill, Green News

US President Barack Obama urged lawmakers Thursday to pass a historic global warming bill, amid down-to-the-wire campaigning on the eve of a tense vot...

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Time to Take a Decisive Step: Climate Vote Scheduled for Friday

Frances Beinecke | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Climate Legislation, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Economy, Obama Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Global Warming, Green News
Frances Beinecke

In the nearly two decades I have been advocating for climate solutions, I have never witnessed a more urgent moment or stronger leadership.

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How Much Will The Climate Bill Cost You?

msn.com | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Congress, Climate Change, Congressional Study, Democratic Proposal, Greenhouse Gases, Climate Legislation, Climate Bill, Global Warming, Cardon Dioxide, Republicans, Green News

A nonpartisan congressional study projects only modest household cost increases as a result of a Democratic proposal to limit carbon dioxide and other...

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Big Agriculture Wants To Plow Under Climate Bill

Grist | Posted 07.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Climate Legislation, Gmo, Monsanto, Climate Bill, Green News

If the ag giants get their way, they could seriously compromise the legislation's ability to mitigate climate change. Few deny that changes in agricul...

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Acting in Time on Climate Change

Michael Moynihan | Posted 06.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Green, Climate Legislation, Energy Policy, Ndn, Climate Change, Green News
Michael Moynihan

One of the things that has struck me more than anything else in directing the NDN Green Project over the last year and a half is how events have so often outstripped policy.

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Do We Have a Cap? Midwest Governors and Climate Leadership

Henry Henderson | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon, Cap and Trade, Midwest Governors Association, Illinois Governor, Minnesota, Carbon Cap, Midwest, Climate, Nrdc, Minneapolis, Governor Quinn, Clean Energy, Climate Legislation, Clean-Energy-Investments, Energy Policy, Green Energy, Green News
Henry Henderson

D.C. should take notice that the Midwest is opening the road to a reinvigorated economy and clean energy future.

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Green News Report - May 14, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Pesticides, Evangelical Christians, Epa, Green News, Religious Right, Glenn Beck, Climate Change, Climate Legislation, Green News Report, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In Today's Audio Report: Zombie lies that just won't die; EPA bans pesticide in U.S.; Just whose side is God on in the climate legislation debate?

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