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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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The Era of Xtreme Energy: Life After the Age of Oil

Michael T. Klare | Posted 09.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, Renewable Resources, Energy Bill, Climate Change, Peak Oil, Green News
Michael T. Klare

Barring a staggering surprise, we will remain for years to come in a no-man's-land between the Petroleum Age and an age that will see the great flowering of renewable energy.

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Natural Gas Hits A Roadblock In Energy Bill: Coal Lobby

The New York Times | CLIFFORD KRAUSS | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Climate Change Bill, Coal Lobby, Coal, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Politics, Natural Gas, Congress, Energy Bill, Energy, Clean Coal, Politics News

For all its pronouncements that gas could be used to replace aging, inefficient coal-fired power plants -- and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the ...

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The Wizards of "No"

Carl Pope | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Fillibuster, Energy Bill, Senate, Town Hall Meetings, John Shimkus, Green News
Carl Pope

The American people have not consented to the continued control of our lives, environment, and economy that is currently enjoyed by the coal and oil industries.

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This is Why You Were Elected: Be A Hero

Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: NRDC Action Fund, Aces, Cliamte Bill, Global Warming, Energy Bill, Green News
Heather Taylor-Miesle

Rebuilding a stronger America will take elected-officials who are so consumed with finding the right answers to our problems that they aren't thinking about their next elections.

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Astroturfing Oil Company Picnics - All the Intel You Need

Kevin Grandia | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Citizens Rallies, American Petroleum Institute, Api, Energy Bill, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Greenpeace, Waxman-Markey, Green News
Kevin Grandia

Members of the Texas Public Citizen group attended the rally against the Waxman-Markey clean energy bill, and as they rightly report these were more of a company picnic than a spontaneous uprising of citizens.

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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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The Next Generation's Great Adventure

Jonathan Powers | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Project-Free, Energy Security, Climate Change, Apollo Project, 40th Anniversary Moon Landing, Lunar Landing, Energy Bill, Global Warming, Green News
Jonathan Powers

Our generation's great adventure is to find our way out of this energy and climate mess we find ourselves in.

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Waxman-Markey Will Mandate Greener Building and Drive Green Renovation

Brett Freeman | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Energy Bill, Green Energy, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Sustainability, Green Techology, Green News
Brett Freeman

As green buildings become the norm, owners of older homes face an important decision: use green technology, or struggle to keep up with increasing energy prices and plummeting property values.

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Obama Calls On House To Pass Energy Bill; Says Polluters Will Pay

AP | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Energy Bill, The House, Barack Obama, Obama Energy Plan, Green News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is calling on members of the House to pass legislation that he says will "spark a clean energy transformatio...

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Old Habits Die Hard

Carl Pope | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Bill, Congressman Jerry Lewis, Coal Ash Spill, Big Coal, Solar Power, Green News
Carl Pope

And although we are seeing real leadership from the Obama administration on coal issues, Big Coal implanted itself deep in the federal bureaucracy during the Bush years, and it still has powerful allies it can call on.

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Energy Bill Advances In Senate: Offshore Drilling, Renewables Nearer

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 07.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Energy, Green Energy, Senate, Energy Bill, Green News

WASHINGTON — Legislation that would require greater use of renewable energy, make it easier to build power lines and allow oil and gas drilling ...

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House GOP's Energy Bill Calls For 100 Nuclear Plants

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 07.11.2009 | Green

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans are calling for a hundred new nuclear power plants to be built in the next two decades as part of an energy plan ...

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Jeff Muskus

McCain Abruptly Flips On Climate Change Legislation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator John McCain, Energy Bill, Mccain, Climate Change, Cap-and-Trade, John McCain Climate Change, Mccain Twitter, Politics News

Sen. John McCain now appears to oppose climate-change legislation, an abrupt switch that could seriously threaten any movement on such a bill. "Near...

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Rep. Joe Barton: Waxman 'Doesn't Have the Nuts' to Pass Energy Bill

David Murdock | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Republican, Joe Barton, Obama, Waxman-Markey, Henry Waxman, Climate Control Debate, Climate Change, Global Warming, Energy Bill, Green News
David Murdock

The global warming debate is heating up in the House, leading to the kind of quirky moments that are a common feature of life on the Hill. Next week,...

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Speaker Pelosi: "I Know That We Can Get This Job Done"

Mike Lux | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Senate, Congress, Nancy Pelosi, Obama Administration, Energy Bill, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Mike Lux

We now have a president pushing to do big transformative change, and a Speaker who says clearly she can get that big change through the House.

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Missed Opportunities: What Congress Did and Didn't Do for America's Energy Future

Frances Beinecke | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Tar Sands, Gas Prices, Renewable Energy Tax Credit, Biofuels, Energy Bill, Oil Shale, CAFE Standards, Global Warming, Clean Tech Sector, Politics News
Frances Beinecke

These are times when the economy is sinking, global warming is looming, and our oil addiction is undermining national security. We need our leaders to propel America into a safer, cleaner, more sustainable energy future.

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Not All Lobbyists Are Created Equal: The Current Energy Bills

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Big Oil, Energy Bill, Oil Shale, Global Warming Pollution, Big Oil Profits, Global Warming, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, Shareholders, NDRC, Lobbyists, Exxon Mobil, Nonprofits, Environmental Advocate, Pet Legislation, Green News
Frances Beinecke

I am an environmental advocate. Sometimes I travel to D.C. to lobby on behalf of issues NRDC cares about. Big Oil companies dispatch lobbyists to the Hill as well. Does that make us equals?

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A Towering (if Temporary) Triumph Over Nuke Power

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 10.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Environment, Solartopia, Congress, Green Energy, Nuclear Power, Energy Bill, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

Since last fall the new nuke builders have been badgering Congress to vote them gargantuan subsidies and guarantees.

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Putting the Past Behind Us: A New Energy Future for America

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Green Energy, Energy, Alternative Energy, Fuel Cells, Alternative Fuels, Energy Bill, Drilling, Clean Energy, Politics News
Rep. Louise Slaughter

As we fight to lower energy prices and lay the groundwork for a clean, independent energy future, I can't help but ask -- how did we get here?

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Sticks and Stones Will Break My Bones but Words...

Carl Pope | Posted 10.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Energy Bill, Big Oil, Oil, Green News
Carl Pope

The Paid-for-by-Big Oil faction in the Congress was almost frothing at the mouth about the Sierra Club today.

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The "Drill Here, Innovate Less" Crowd Gets in the Way of Cleaner Legislation

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Energy Efficiency, Energy Bill, Clean Energy, Offshore Drilling, Nancy Pelosi, Green News
Frances Beinecke

It is my hope that both the House and Senate enact legislation that will move us forward with clean energy, not backward with dirty energy.

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Sam Stein

Senate GOP Set To Block Troop Funding Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy Bill, Senate Democrats, Politics War, War Funding, Funding Troops, Gop Obstructionism, Dems Funds Troops, Politics News

Republicans in the Senate may be walking into a political trap this week, in which their insistence on considering energy legislation leads them to bl...

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Life Cycle: Look into the Light

Simran Sethi | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Compact Florescent Light Bulb, Coal-Plant, Cfl, Green, Kathleen Sebelius, Coal, Rod Bremby, Union of Concerned Scientists, Light, Climate Change, Energy Bill, Mercury, Environment, Global Warming, Incandescent, Kansas, Coejl, Green News
Simran Sethi

People give you this whole rap about how easy saving the planet is. Change a light bulb and save the world. Yes and no. How about we consider it a start rather than an end destination?

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