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Climate Legislation: Countdown to the House Showdown

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Politics, Cap and Trade, Economics, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Policy, Legislation, Global Warming, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Green News
Bill Chameides

wo recent polls show that a large majority of Americans want the United States to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Today the U.S. House of Representatives just might deliver.

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Last Minute Deals To Move Climate Bill

msn.com | Posted 07.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Congress, Congress-Climate-Bill, Environmentalists, Legislations, Green, Legislators, Lawmakers, Legislation, Rural Areas, Farmers, Environment, Climate Change, Climate Bill, Green News

WASHINGTON - Concessions to farmers and lawmakers from rural areas erased a major obstacle facing a massive climate bill before the House but divided ...

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Cap and Trade Part 5: What's With the Add-Ons?

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Economics, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Washington Post, Policy, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Legislation, Green News
Bill Chameides

The Waxman-Markey climate bill is attracting a lot of criticism aimed at the non-cap-and-trade add-ons, which begs the question: are they really necessary?

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The Real Danger of Tobacco Legislation

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 07.13.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Big Tobacco, Reform, Tobacco, Legislation, Monty Python, Comedy News
Jeff Kreisler

"Mr. Pringle, you claim your product's not addictive, but didn't you sign this memo: 'Once you pop, you can't stop'?"

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Food, Inc. Gets Rave Reviews, Big Ag Shudders

Paula Crossfield | Posted 07.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Movement, Michael Pollan, Gmos, Food Inc., Fast Food, Genetically Modified Food, Food Policy, Regulation, Big Ag, Hillary Clinton, Food Safety, Legislation, Food Safety Enhancement Act, Green News
Paula Crossfield

Today, Food, Inc. debuts: it is certainly not a film to miss. Big Ag realizes that the tide is turning on the corporate control of our food system, and that their message is in jeopardy.

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Cap and Trade Part 2: Walking the International Tightrope

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Cap and Trade, Global Economy, Economics, Economy, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, United States, Policy, China, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Legislation, Politics, U.S. Congress, Climate Change, Paul Krugman, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Any international climate treaty that omits an eventual cap on China's emissions will be a treaty that fails to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference on the climate.

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Climate Bill: Families To Receive $300 In Rebates

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Congress, Environment, Climate Change, Rebate, Low Income Families, Pollution, Energy Bills, Legislation, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Green News

WASHINGTON — A new analysis predicts that low-income families will receive hundreds of dollars a year to help pay higher energy bills if Congress en...

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Cap and Trade Part 1: It's About the Cap, Stupid

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Politics, Cap and Trade, Global Economy, Climate, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Policy, Business, Legislation, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Where the climate is concerned, don't be fooled: it's ultimately about the "cap" not the "and trade" part.

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Missed Opportunities in Texas

John Terzano | Posted 06.27.2009 | Home

Read More: Electronic Recording, Texas, The Justice Project, Governor Perry, Eyewitness Policy, Legislation, Home News
John Terzano

Last night, as the Texas House of Representatives hit the deadline to consider Senate bills, the state lost the opportunity to act on a host of import...

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Swiped! Did The Credit Card Industry Just Hijack Credit Card Reform Legislation?

Harry Moroz | Posted 06.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Senator Richard Shelby, Senator Chris Dodd, And Disclosure Act, Credit Card Accountability, Victoria McGrane, Carl Hulse, Legislation, House, Compromise, Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act, Debt, Credit Cards, Representative Carolyn Maloney, Senate, Resonsibility, Business News
Harry Moroz

The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act, though an important milestone in consumer protections, exhibits the signs of the credit card industry's powerful influence.

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The Front Group Behind Cockfighting Criminals

Michael Markarian | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Virginia, Money Laundering, Political Contributions, Legislation, Cockfighting, Politics News
Michael Markarian

VGBA wants to keep weak laws on the books for strapping razor-sharp knives to the legs of roosters, forcing them to hack each other to death for gambling profits and spectator enjoyment.

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Moving Ahead on Reforming the Credit Card Industry

Jose A. Garcia | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Demos, Legislation, Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Credit Card Industry, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, Recession, Credit Card Regulations, Banking Industry, Predatory Interest Rates, Economy, Credit Card Debt, Chuck Schumer, Carolyn Maloney, Politics News
Jose A. Garcia

It is projected that, between 2020 and 2030, developing country emissions of carbon from energy use will exceed those of developed countries.

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Maximum Platform Versus Basic Floor: The Case for Autism as its Own Universe

Amanda Copeland | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Films, Entertainment, Aidan Quinn, Federal Government, Documentary, Autism, Documentaries, Travel, Film, Camino De Santiago, Legislation, Spain, Living News
Amanda Copeland

We autism parents know our children. We know they can struggle for recovery and get there in varying levels of ability. But we know they can earn recovery if they just get a chance.

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Correcting Credit Abuses by Banks are a Number One National Priority

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Credit Cards, J.P. Morgan Chase, Curb Interest Rate Abuses, President Barack Obama, Banks, Bankers, Congress, Legislation, Chicago-Illinois, Business News
Ray Hanania

What do we have when a banking tyrant like J.P. Morgan Chase decides on its own to jack up the interest rates?

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Concerned About Coerced Abortions? Try Saying No to Cesarean Surgery

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Ethics, Birth, Abortion, Women, Coercion, Pregnant, Cesarean Section, Woman, Pregnancy, Legislation, Reproductive, Cesarean-Section, Health, Cesarean, Hospitals, Missouri, Episiotomy, Medical Costs, Medicine, Vbac, Politics News
Lynn M. Paltrow

The rise in cesarean surgery rates has not been accompanied by overall improvements in maternal or child health and creates risks to pregnant women and babies that do not exist with vaginal births.

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3 Weeks Later, Still No Co-Sponsor for Presidential 'Birth Certificate' Bill

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Birth Certificate, Michele Bachmann, Birth Certificate Bill, Legislation, Bill Posey, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

Bill Posey, who last month introduced a bill that would require presidential candidates to present a birth certificate establishing their U.S. citizenship before running for office has yet to find a single co-sponsor.

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Examining the Fairness and Accuracy of the Penal System

John Terzano | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dna, Wrongful Conviction, The Justice Project, Legislation, Jim Webb, Senator Webb, Politics News
John Terzano

For the government to reshape our criminal process from "top-to-bottom," as Senator Webb's legislation calls for, it is crucial this commission examines the causes and costs of wrongful convictions.

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Identity Crisis: Voter Suppression Legislation Hits Texas

Rachel Farris | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Voter Disenfranchisement, Texas Politics, Voting Rights, Voter Turnout, Black Voters, Republican-Identity-Crisis, Voter Fraud, Legislation, Republican-Ideology, Democratic Voting Rights, Voter-Fraud, Voter Supression, Elderly Voters, Elderly-Voting, Voting, Voter-Supression, Politics News
Rachel Farris

Voter fraud in Texas is not any sort of epidemic. The voter-ID bill is designed to deter thousands of indigent, disabled and elderly voters, who might not have a form of photo identification, from voting.

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Questions to Ask of New Climate Legislation

Mike Sandler | Posted 04.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Carbon Tax, Legislation, President Obama, Carbon Emissions, Global Warming, Green News
Mike Sandler

Each climate change proposal has the potential to split allies into feuding factions. The danger is that the fossil fuel lobby will use their public relations machine to derail action another year.

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President Obama Signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, But Challenges Remain

Carey Alexander | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, 111th Congress, Women's Rights, S. 181, Legislation, Civil Rights, President Obama, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Congress, Equal Pay for Equal Work, Constitution, Lilly Ledbetter, National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights, Patricia Garrett, Worker's Rights, Equal Pay, Politics News
Carey Alexander

Though the Act is undeniably a tremendous victory for women and workers, it's far too soon to rejoice.

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Green Jobs to Meet America's Economic, Energy and Environmental Challenges

Peter Lehner | Posted 03.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Globalwarming, Publictransit, Greeneconomy, Climatechange, Greenjobs, Legislation, Cleanenergy, Transportation, Green Living, Green News
Peter Lehner

Today a new president and a new congress face an economy in crisis, a planet in peril, and an outdated energy infrastructure that cannot meet the demand for the future.

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Senate Wanking Committee

Mike Bonifer | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stimulus Package, Improvisation, Disney, Senate, Spolin, Government, The Senate, The Great Depression, Economic Injustice, Obama Administration, Bernie Madoff, Legislation, Injustice, The Stimulus Package, Wanking, John Lasseter, New Deal, TRON, Fdr, 1932, Shepard Fairey, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

Quit all the debating about the work and get to work, to the business of getting citizens into lifeboats. A seat on a lifeboat will lead to a profoundly productive life that will benefit all of us.

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The Price of Justice: Time to Invest in Criminal Justice Reforms

Ginny Sloan | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Exoneration, Wrongful Conviction, Criminal Justice, Dna, Ginny Sloan, Jon Gould, Lawyers, Criminal Justice System, Prisoners, Legislation, Politics News
Ginny Sloan

It is easy -- but wrong -- to say that we can save money by slashing government funding for lawyers for defendants who cannot afford to hire their own.

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Obama: The Environmental President?

Bill Chameides | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Yosemite, Clean Air Act (1990), Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Cap and Trade, Ronald Reagan, Fish & Wildlife Service, George W. Bush, Air Quality, Woodrow Wilson, Endangered Species Act, Barack Obama, Clean Air Act, National Park Service, Clean Water Act, Legislation, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Diane Feinstein, Theodore Roosevelt, Water Pollution, Richard Nixon, Montreal Protocol, Kyoto Protocol, Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Oceans, Air Pollution, Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Will Obama be able to advance an environmental agenda? If so, he will have distinguished himself from Democratic administrations that promised a lot but delivered little on the environment.

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Petland and The Puppy Mill Problem

Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff | Posted 01.23.2009 | Style

Read More: Petland, Humane Society of the United States, Animals, Legislation, Puppy Mills, Ohio, Animal Abuse, Style News
Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff

Petland claims that animal advocacy groups tie their annual protests to year end fundraising drives and prey on the sympathies of consumers to increase donations.

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