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Rachel Maddow, Ed Markey Discuss Lobbyist Fraudsters

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ed Markey, Video, Accce, Rach Maddow, Bonner and Associates, Lobbyists, Waxman-Markey, Lobbyblog, Politics News

On last night's Rachel Maddow Show, she focused attention on two lobbying firms that have recently taken a turn in the baleful eye of the spotlight: s...

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Time for Net Neutrality

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Internet, Ed Markey, Congress, Net Neutrality Laws, Fcc, Rep. Edward Markey, Technology, Net Neutrality, Telecom, Politics News
Rep. Ed Markey

Since its earliest days, the Internet has been guided by the principles of non-discrimination and freedom. And as it continues to evolve, we are now faced with a choice.

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Astroturf King Jack Bonner's Long History of Deceitful "Grassroots" Lobbying

James Hoggan | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Ed Markey, Forged Letter Scandal, Sustainabiliy Rachel Maddow, Bonner and Associates, Climate Change, Jack Bonner, Environment, Global Warming, Politics News
James Hoggan

Jack Bonner and his 'Associates' are Astroturf specialists, working for the agendas of major corporate clients, who pay his firm large sums of money to manufacture 'citizen outrage'.

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Turning Up the Pressure on the U.S Chamber of Commerce

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Nrdc, General Electric, Ed Markey, South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, President Obama, Employee Free Choice Act, PNM Resources, Accce, San Jose Chamber of Commerce, Alcoa, Climate Change, Americans With Disabilities Act, New Yorker, Apple, Nike, Kevin Grandia, Adam Green, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, PG&E, Blue America, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Politics, Service Employees International Union, Exelon, CREDO Mobile, Global Warming, Family and Medical Leave Act, Political News, Steven Chu, Efca, Natural Resources Defense Council, Duke Energy, Health Care, Chamber of Commerce, Senator Graham, Frank Knapp, Levi Strauss, Move On, Seiu, Entergy, Psef, Green News
Josh Nelson

Companies should only be members of the Chamber of Commerce if they support hyper-conservative anti-regulatory policies across the board, and aren't afraid to show it.

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20 GOP Politicians Repeat $1,761 Clean Energy Bill Lie

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Treasury Department, Ed Markey, Waxman-Markey, Senator Murkowski, Senator Inhofe, John Boehner, Senator Wicker, Green, League of Conservation Voters, Joel Pollack, Deniers, Mike Pence, Cbs, Cynthia Lummis, Cap and Trade, Politifact, Nrcc, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Change, Politics News, Wonk Room, Congressional Budget Office, Washington Post, Environmental Defense, John Culberson, Senator Alexander, Oregon GOP, Fred Upton, Represenative Markey, Politics, Roy Blunt, Clean Energy, Mitt Romney, Global Warming, National Republican Congressional Committee, Blaine Leutkemeyer, Politico, Value Voters Summit, Mike Bearn, Politics News
Josh Nelson

For the past few weeks Republicans have latched onto the $1,761 energy tax lie to oppose clean energy legislation.

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Mitt Romney's Fuzzy Math on Clean Energy Legislation

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Ed Markey, Waxman-Markey, Mitt Romney, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Green News
Rep. Ed Markey

Romney, and the other opponents of clean energy legislation, are now claiming it will cost $1,761 per household. But the actual household costs are predicted to be about a postage stamp a day.

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Firm that Sent Fraudulent Climate Letters Accuses Temp Employee of Setting Them Up

Josh Nelson | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Ed Markey, Energy Policy, Clean Coal, Bonner and Associates, Global Warming, Energy, Coal, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Bonner, Climate Change, Green, Green News
Josh Nelson

Who could have predicted that hiring basically anyone off the street and training them for two hours in a "white-collar sweatshop" would lead to something like this?

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Members of Congress Received Fraudulent Letters Paid for by Coal Companies

Josh Nelson | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Nrdc, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Ed Markey, Accce, Avaaz, Global Warming, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Change, John Kerry, Chris Carney, Tom Perriello, Sierra Club, Clean Coal, Bonner, Kathy Dahlkemper, Move On, Think Progress, Politics, Green, Green Living, Politics News, Energy Policy, Energy, Green News
Josh Nelson

A burst of developments Monday considerably raised the profile of the latest attempt by polluting industries to thwart environmental legislation through fraudulent mailings to Congress.

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Seven Reasons Why We Need Net Neutrality Now

Timothy Karr | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Read More: SavetheInternet.Com, Congress, AT&T, Obama, Free Press, Net Neutrality, Ed Markey, Anna Eshoo, Media News
Timothy Karr

The Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 establishes the basic rules of the road for an open Internet. Its arrival couldn't be more timely -- we must act to pass this bill.

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Clunker Success Proves Clean Energy Legislation Is a Win for Consumers and the Economy

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Ed Markey, Cash for Clunkers Website, Edward Markey, Waxman-Markey, Cash for Clunkers, Aces, Clean Energy, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Rep.Ed Markey, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Green News
Rep. Ed Markey

Today we voted to extend the Cash for Clunkers program with $2 billion in additional funding. By empowering consumers, the program is racing past our expectations for fuel economy improvement.

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Landing a Clean Energy Victory

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Moon Landing, Edward Markey, 40th Anniversary Moon Landing, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Telecom, Ed Markey, Waxman-Markey, Telecommunications, Environment, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Politics News
Rep. Ed Markey

The clean energy race is the space race of our time. Yet so much more is at stake.

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A Clean Energy Moment: Where Hope and History Rhyme

Margie Alt | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Ed Markey, Nancy Pelosi, President Obama, Waxman-Markey, Henry Waxman, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Clean Air Act, Climate Change, Obama Climate Change, Green News
Margie Alt

Is the climate bill so compromised that we who care about clean energy and the fate of the planet should have opposed it? There are three main reasons why, despite its imperfections, we had to support it.

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Jeff Muskus

GOP Antics Helping Dems Push Climate Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Global Warming, Ed Markey, Waxman-Markey, Climate Change, Henry Waxman, Collin Peterson, Politics News

With the House of Representatives barreling toward a Friday vote on the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, Democratic leaders working to swing more "Y...

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Does the Waxman-Markey Bill "Give Away 85% of Allowances to Polluters"?

David Roberts | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Ed Markey, Emission Allowances, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey, Pork, Henry Waxman, Myths, Auctions, Allocation, Environment, Green News
David Roberts

As the Waxman-Markey climate/energy bill nears a make-or-break vote in the House, those who work to improve it need more than ever to understand it first.

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The Catch-22 of Waxman-Markey: Is Offsetting Inevitable?

Teryn Norris | Posted 06.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Offsets, Climate Policy, Energy Policy, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Bill, Waxman-Markey, Ed Markey, Henry Waxman, Green Energy, Green News
Teryn Norris

And finally, what happened to the "hard cap" and "emissions reduction certainty" that cap and trade advocates have long promised?

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Historic Vote Moves America Closer to Clean Energy and Climate Solutions

Frances Beinecke | Posted 06.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Ed Markey, Green Collar Jobs, Waxman-Markey, Us Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), Clean Energy, Clean Energy Economy, Henry Waxman, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Not only did the bill clear a major hurdle on Thursday night, but it did so with the backing of lawmakers from across the nation, representing a wide range of energy needs.

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Climate Bill's Clean Energy R&D Investments May Be 30 Times Smaller Than President Obama's Budget

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Climate Policy, Ed Markey, Research, Innovation, Clean Energy Economy, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Henry Waxman, Technology, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

The bill before us, depending on the allowance value it establishes, would invest just one-twentieth to one-sixtieth of the $15 billion President Obama has pledged -- and specifically requested from Congress.

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Solutions to the Draft Waxman Bill Expose Design Flaw in U.S. ETS

Karla Bell | Posted 06.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Ed Markey, Climate Change, Markey Waxman Climate Change, Henry Waxman, Climate Change Bill, Green News
Karla Bell

Proposed subsidies to less well off Americans waste money that should be going into making all American homes energy efficient and creating green jobs.

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The Waxman-Markey Green Jobs Bill Isn't Perfect, But it Is Absolutely Necessary

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.02.2009 | Green

Read More: House of Representatives, Ed Markey, Cap and Trade, Renewable Energy, Global-Warming, Renewable Electricity Standard, Politics, Climate-Change, Clean Energy, Congress, Henry Waxman, Green, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Climate Policy, Speaker Pelosi, Kyoto Protocol, Nancy Pelosi, Energy, Green Collar Jobs, Green Jobs, Green News
Josh Nelson

Representatives Henry Waxman and Ed Markey Tuesday at long last made public a discussion draft of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES). ...

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House Climate Bill Proposal Tougher Than Obama Asked For

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Ed Markey, Obama Environment, Climate Bill Proposal, Climate Bill, Henry Waxman, Green Politics, Barack Obama, Green News

There's finally a trailhead for the long, slow road toward a climate bill. Representatives Ed Markey and Henry Waxman announced their bill proposal, w...

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Ryan Grim

Pelosi Wants Climate Change Bill In 6 Months, With Or Without GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ed Markey, Climate Change, Nancy Pelosi, House GOP, Politics News

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) wants climate change legislation moved from draft to passage within the next six months -- with or without Repub...

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Ryan Grim

Waxman And Markey To Unveil Climate Change Legislation

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap and Trade, Ed Markey, Climate Change, Henry Waxman, Politics News

Two powerful House Democrats plan to unveil a draft of a climate change bill Tuesday, officially kicking off the legislative race to cap carbon emissi...

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What One Learns from Politicos Who Watch Movies...

Steve Clemons | Posted 03.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Week, Ed Markey, Andrea Mitchell, Andrew Sullivan, Seven Days in May, Team America World Police, Jane Harman, Christopher Dodd, Being There, Citizen Kane, Chris Matthews, Movies, Dr. Strangelove, The Candidate, Peter Sellars, Susan Collins, John Sununu, Margaret Carlson, A Man for All Seasons, George Vradenburg, Phillips Collection, Thelma and Louise, Alan Greenspan, Bob Schieffer, Entertainment News
Steve Clemons

Lindsey Graham hosted a movie night a couple of years ago and his selection was Seven Days in May. Other hosts were Jane Harman and Susan Collins who picked Thelma and Louise.

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The House Must Act Now on Cap-and-Trade Legislation

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: House of Representatives, Cap and Trade, Ed Markey, Green Jobs, Fossil Fuels, Cap-and-Trade, Economy, Nancy Pelosi, Renewable Energy, Environment, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Global Warming, Henry Waxman, Green News
Gillian Caldwell

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said this week that she has enough votes to pass cap-and-trade legislation aimed at curbing global warming, but would not commit to holding a vote in 2009.

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Markey Takes Chairmanship of Key Energy & Environment Subcommittee -- House Geared for Action

David Roberts | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, House of Representatives, Ed Markey, Democratic Congress, Congress, Rick Boucher, Nancy Pelosi, Environment, Climate Change, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Green News
David Roberts

This is a big deal, even if you don't particularly care about inside Congressional baseball. The Energy and Environment Subcommittee has something the Select Committee does not: subpoena power and legislative jurisdiction.

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