Joe Barton

GOP Flexes Muscle On Light Bulbs

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Incandescent Lightbulbs, Video, Congress, Energy Efficiency, Fred Upton, House GOP, Joe Barton, House Republicans, Congress Lightbulbs, Gop Lightbulbs, Lightbulb Rules, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress are flipping the dimmer switch on a law that sets new energy-savings standards for light bulbs. They've re...

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Chu To Congress: Solyndra Decision Not Influenced By Politics

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Fred Upton, Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program, Bush Administration, White House Solyndra, Doe, Cliff Stearns, China Solar, Steven Chu, Obama Solyndra, Renewable Energy, Joe Barton, Henry Waxman, Secretary of Energy, Solyndra, Solar Loans, Green News

WASHINGTON -- In what amounts to the highest-profile testimony yet in the ongoing Solyndra saga, Energy Secretary Steven Chu took full responsibility...

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'Green News Report' - November 17, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Department of Defense, Australia, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, CAFE Standards, Drought, Video, Conservatives, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Fossil Fuels, Steven Chu, Climate Science, Julia Gillard, Gop, Diana DeGette, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Farming, Fuel Economy, Fred Upton, Carbon Emissions, Ipcc, Nuclear Power, Environmentalism, Henry Waxman, Barack Obama, Cliff Stearns, Dept of Energy, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Joe Barton, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Green News

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Newt Gingrich Calls For Steven Chu To Be Fired Over Solyndra Scandal

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Doe, Steven Chu, Joe Barton, Jonathan Silver, Newt Gingrich, Solyndra, Solar Power, Federal Loans, Cliff-Stearns, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Monday called for Energy Secretary Steven Chu to be fired for his decision to allow Solyndra to ke...

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Lawmakers: Popular Sites Must Stop 'Constant Abuse' Of User Privacy

Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Ed Markey, Cookies, Video, Supercookies, Do Not Track, Joe Barton Ed Markey, Online Tracking, Online Privacy, Joe Barton, Privacy Online, Privacy, Technology News

(Reuters) - Two leading lawmakers on privacy -- a Republican and Democrat -- have asked the Federal Trade Commission to look into MSN.com and Hulu.c...

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WATCH: Solyndra Executives Stay Silent At Hearing

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Brian Harrison, Solar Energy, Fred Upton, Energy and Commerce, Obama Administration, W.G. Stover, Joe Barton, Henry Waxman, Fifth Amendment Rights, Solyndra, Doe Loans, Solyndra Executives, Solyndra Hearing, Video, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Solyndra executives invoked their Fifth Amendment rights more than a dozen times as House Republicans pressed them for answers regarding...

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People Always Have the Right to Opt Out

Chuck Teller | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Consumer Privacy, Cancel Catalogs, Jay Rockefeller, John McCain, Paper Waste, Catalogs, John Kerry, Junk Mail, Rep. Edward Markey, Joe Barton, Online Tracking Opt Out, Stop Junk Mail, Jackie Speier, Green News

Americans receive nearly 90 billion pieces of advertising mail every year. With thousands of companies offering to share their mailing lists, that adds up to an information super highway where individuals are losing control.

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House To Vote On Repealing Light Bulb Regulations

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Energy, George Bush, Congress Light Bulbs, Energy Efficiency, Light Bulb, Fred Upton, Incandescent Bulbs, Nrdc, Epa, 112th Congress, Incadescent Light Bulb Ban, Joe Barton, Republicans Light Bulbs, Light Bulb Act, Incandescent Light Bulbs, Light Bulb Regulations, Politics News

Jordan Howard contributed to this report. WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives will vote Tuesday on whether to repeal light bulb efficiency s...

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Online Poker Bill Looks To Change The Rules Of The Game

AP | OSKAR GARCIA | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Online Gambling, Joe Barton Online Poker Bill, Online Gambling Bill, Joe Barton, Joe Barton Online Gambling Bill, Barton Online Poker Bill, Barton Online Gambling Bill, Congress Online Poker Bill, Online Poker, Politics News

LAS VEGAS — U.S. Rep. Joe Barton introduced a bill Friday to legalize online poker, hoping to pull the estimated $6 billion industry out of the ...

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House Republicans Grill Nuclear Watchdog Over Yucca Mountain Probe

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Rossana Raspa, Yucca Mountain, Energy, Inspector General, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Edward Markey, Tim Murphy, Joseph Mcmillan, Nuclear Power, Gregory-Jaczko, 112th Congress, Joe Barton, Henry Waxman, Hubert Bell, Green News

Members of a Congressional subcommittee grilled the inspector general of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Tuesday over a report in which he and...

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The GOP's Big Texas Gerrymander

The Washington Post | Aaron Blake | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Gerrymander, John McCain, Gerrymandering, Lloyd Doggett, Lamar Smith, Blake Farenthold, Mike Mccaul, Rick Perry, Texas, Quico-Canseco, Ciro Rodriguez, Bill Flores, Kay Granger, Gop, Joe Barton, John Carter, Republicans, Pete Sessions, Politics News

A new proposed congressional map in Texas goes to surprisingly long lengths to stretch the number of Republican districts in the state's delegation....

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Don't Get Fueled Again

Donnie Fowler | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Mitch McConnell, Bp, Clean Coal, John Boehner, www.cheapergas.us, Oil Prices, Environmentalism, Exxon, Joe Barton, Fred Upton, Chevron, Koch Brothers, Shell, Big Oil, Green News

It's deja vu all over again. Big Oil charges us record prices at the pump, gleefully takes welfare payments (our tax dollar subsidies) and then blames someone else for the problem.

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Congressmen Release 'Do Not Track Kids' Bill

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 07.07.2011

Read More: Do Not Track Kids Bill, Online Privacy, Do Not Track Bill, Joe Barton, Do Not Track, Edward J. Markey, Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011, Do Not Track Kids, Technology News

A draft House bill with bipartisan support would prohibit companies from tracking children on the Internet without parental consent, restrict online m...

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Weekly Diaspora: Texas Excludes Low-Income Latinos from Census, Expedites Visas for Wealthy Mexican Immigrants

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: 2010 Census, Immigration Reform, Redistricting, Lamar Smith, Mexico, Texas, Immigration, Joe Barton, New America Media, The American Independent, Hidalgo County, Texas Observer, Politics News

By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Newly released census figures show that the Latino population in the United States surged by 43 per...

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Suck on This

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Joe Barton, Alan Greenspan, Impunity, Transocean, Wall Street Fraud, Tim Geithner, Connck vs. Thompson, Politics News

Here are some notes from a nation in which the wealthy and powerful increasingly act with near impunity and the lesser off just have to "suck on this" -- in the immortal and unwittingly apt phrase of one of our elite pundits.

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GOP Climate Change Deniers Running For House Energy Committee

Grist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cap and Trade, John Shimkus, Henry Wasman, House Energy Committee, Regulation, Emissions, Cliff Stearns, Coal, Fossil Fuels, Climate Change, Joe Barton, Oil, Deregulation, Fred Upton, Global Warming, Politics News

The House Energy Committee is seeing an intense leadership fight, as four different Republicans are vying to take over the influential post from Democ...

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Green News Report: January 4, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Floods, Gas Prices, House of Representatives, Cap and Trade, Green Jobs, Fracking, Australia, Epa, Ireland, Regulation, Pakistan Floods, Pipelines, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Water Contamination, Apocalypse, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gases, US Senate, Coal Ash, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Fish Kill, Global Warming, Arkansas, Bp, Chris Christie, Fred Upton, Toxic Water, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Pakistan, Nuclear Energy, Environmentalism, Global Temperature, Pennsylvania, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Mining, San Bruno Fire, Green News, Oil, Sustainability, Climate Legislation, Joe Barton, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, China, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Snow-mage...

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Green News Report: December 30, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Gop, General Electric, Cap and Trade, Antarctica, Green Jobs, Epa, Factory Farms, Pakistan Floods, Regulation, Pipelines, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Rising Sea Level, Mountaintop Removal, Heat Wave, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gases, US Senate, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Cancun Climate Summit, Global Warming, Pcbs, Bp, Massey Energy, Toxic Water, Biofuels, Research, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Pakistan, Environmentalism, Global Temperature, Arctic, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Mining, Green News, Oil, Rare Earth Elements, Sustainability, Joe Barton, Natural Gas, Endangered Species, Climate Legislation, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, Upper Big Branch Mine, China, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The Green...

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Meet Your Incoming House Committee Chairs

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Lamar Smith, Darrell Issa, Hal Rogers, Buck Mckeon, Peter King, House Committees, Steve King, Dave Camp, House of Representatives, Joe Barton, John Boehner, Slidepollajax, Fred Upton, Spencer Bachus, Joe Pitts, Paul Ryan, Politics News

With the GOP taking over the House of Representatives, there's going to be a major change in direction legislatively. John Boehner's charges will take...

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The Crazy Lines Up Behind BP Apologist Barton

Miles Grant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Fred Upton, Joe Barton, Michele Bachmann, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Steve King, Politics News

If you were looking to make a list of the most unreasonable, most politically toxic members of Congress, you could save yourself a lot of time by just copying the roster of Camp Barton.

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Green News Report: November 30, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salmon, Google, Chevy Volt, Green Jobs, Fracking, Epa, United Nations, Regulation, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Greenpeace, Water Crisis, Water Contamination, cop16, Marcellus Shale, Rising Sea Level, Haiti Earthquake, Google Earth, Christiana Figueres, Fossil Fuels, Extinction, Greenhouse Gases, Electric Cars, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Bluefin Tuna, Cancun Climate Summit, Global Warming, Rggi, Gmos, Genetically Engineered Salmon, California, Carbon Emissions, Rainforest, Genetically Engineered Foods, Nissan Leaf, Global Temperature, Toxic Chemicals, Cancun, Senate, The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, BRAD BLOG, Water, Royal Society, Green News, Joe Barton, Endangered Species, Climate Legislation, Hydraulic Fracturing, Edward Wegman, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: After fai...

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House Republicans battle over committees, reinforce orthodoxy

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Fred Upton, Politics, Doc Hastings, Joe Barton, Republicans, Climate and Energy, Natural Resources Committee, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Green News

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Top Republican Compares Boehner To Eisenhower

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Nazi, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Obama, Omar Bradley, General Patton, Nazi Germany, Nazis, Barack Obama, Joe Barton, George Patton, Obama White House, House of Representatives, John Boehner, Wwii, Gop, Politics News

John Boehner is Dwight Eisenhower. Eric Cantor is Omar Bradley. And Joe Barton is George Patton. That's according to a presentation that Barton plans ...

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BP Apologist Looking To Bend Term Limits In Longshot Bid For Energy Chairmanship

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rep. Joe Barton, Joe Barton, Rep. John Shimkus, Gop Leadership, John Shimkus, Energy and Commerce Committee, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) is waging a complex campaign to win the chairmanship of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee -- an...

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BP Apologist Joe Barton Inching Closer To Energy Chairmanship

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe Barton Oil Industry, Joe Barton Bp, Joe Barton Energy Chairman, Barton Energy, Joe Barton, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Joe Barton's much-ridiculed campaign to win the chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee entered the realm of respectability on...

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