Energy Legislation

Palin's Book Spreads Falsehoods About Environmental Policy

Grist | Joseph Romm | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Energy Efficiency, Green Jobs, Sarah Palin Going Rogue, Sarah Palin, Energy Legislation, Obama Administration, Going Rogue, Palin Book, Green News

In her upcoming book Going Rogue: An American Life, Sarah Palin made a slew of false charges concerning clean energy legislation....

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Poll: Americans support Obama on energy issues

AP | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

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WASHINGTON — A new poll says most Americans support the way President Barack Obama is dealing with energy issues, including his plan to limit gr...

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WATCH: Front Goup "Energy Citizens" Locks Out Real Grassroots: Why Does Big Oil Hate America?

Andy Wilson | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Taxes, Gas Prices, Cap and Trade, Senator Cornyn, Public Citizen, Jon Cornyn, Energy Citizen, Energy Legislation, Jobs, Texas, Costs, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Labor, Unemployment, Senator Hutchinson, Waxman-Markey, Climate Change Bill, Astroturf, Citizen, Green News
Andy Wilson

Though the Netroots has gotten the message loud and clear: these are really just company picnics, not uprisings of real grassroots support

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Kerry And Boxer Challenge Palin To Debate

The Washington Post | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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CBO Gets It Wrong on Climate Legislation

A. Siegel | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Cbo, Climate Change, Analysis, Waxman-Markey, Energy Legislation, Aces, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Global Warming, Green News
A. Siegel

The Congressional Budget Office has come out with an evaluation of climate change legislation that pegs the cost at just $175 per household, per year. The CBO is wrong, potentially seriously wrong.

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Eco-Hitched

Michael DeJong | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Tree-Hugging, John Muir, National Environmental Plan, Cleaning Industrial Complex, Insecticides, Market-Based Cap, Big Coal, President Obama, Energy Legislation, Carbon Pollution, Household Cleaners, Design for the Environment, Clorox Green Works™, Chairmen Waxman and Markey, House Energy and Commerce Committee, ” “Greenwashing” Niche Market, Big Oil, Dirty Coal, Loyal Consumers, Environmental Protection Agency, ” “Green, Clorox Corporation, House Democrats, Chlorine Bleaches, Clorox Net Earnings of $461 Million, Green Economy, Petrochemical-Based, Addicted to Oil, Sierra Club, “Natural, Green Living, Britta, Green News
Michael DeJong

I hope that the Sierra Club continues to support the new proposed bill more enthusiastically than they have the "greenwashing" efforts of their shot-gun bride, Clorox Corporation.

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Obama Weekly Address: "Two Pillars Of A New Foundation" (VIDEO)

Posted 06.16.2009 | Politics

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President Obama's latest weekly address is entitled "Two Pillars of a new Foundation." The two pillars he discusses in the video are health care refo...

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Senate's Knock-Down, Drag-Out Energy Skirmishes Ramp Up

Grist | Posted 05.10.2009 | Green

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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee took up the first four components of its pending energy package last week, focusing on job-training ...

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NY Times Offers Obama Easier Route On Health Care, Energy Legislation: Bypass The GOP

New York Times | John Harwood | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

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There is an easier way. An easier way, that is, for President Obama to achieve his huge health care and energy goals than begging, pleading and negot...

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Solar Legislation Stagnates Because of Bailout

EcoGeek | Hank Green | Posted 11.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, K.R. Sridhar, The Senate, Energy Legislation, Environment, Bailout Bill, Solar Power, Solar Power Projects, Greening the Bailout, Green News

At the top of my list of dropped stocks today you'd expect the banks. But what comes next... what, would you guess, is the biggest loser outside of th...

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