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Gays and Corpses

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.23.2013 | Politics
Read More: Rep. Edward Markey, Worcester, Tbilisi-Georgia, Gays, International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, Tamerlan Tsarnaev Burial, Politics News
Christopher Brauchli

May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, a mob of more than 10,000 people led by men of the cloth from the Georgian Orthodox Church, attacked 50 gay rights demonstrators marching in downtown Tbilisi, Georgia.

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Markey: Mark His Words

Edward Flattau | Posted 03.11.2013 | Green
Read More: Rep. Edward Markey, Kerry's Replacement, Kerry-Senate-Seat, Markey, Green News
Edward Flattau

From an environmental perspective, it is hard to imagine a better choice than Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., to fill the vacancy created by Senator John Kerry's departure to the State Department.

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Has The Energy Department Gone Completely Off The Rails?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 08.19.2012 | Politics
Read More: Iran Nuclear Talks, Green, Rep. Edward Markey, Obama Administration, Business, Opec, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, Politics, Dept of Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate, Oil, US Enrichment Corporation, Nature Magazine, Solyndra, Energy, Politics News
Raymond J. Learsy

During the course of the Obama Administration under Energy Secretary Steven Chu, the Department of Energy has almost totally abdicated its responsibility to the day-today consumers of energy. But the latest news of its flubs goes even beyond that.

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People Always Have the Right to Opt Out

Chuck Teller | Posted 10.03.2011 | Green
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
Chuck Teller

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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Nuclear Naysayers and the National Interest

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.28.2011 | Green
Read More: France, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Nuclear Energy, Dept of Energy, Reprocessing, Gregory-Jaczko, Russia, Rep. Edward Markey, Jimmy Carter, Sen. Harry Reid, Green, Business, Novaya Zemlya, Energy, Yucca Mountain Repository, Green News
Raymond J. Learsy

Certainly the benefits and risks inherent in a nuclear energy program are enormous. But such a program is important for the nation's future when all is said and done, in spite of the current reaction to events in Japan.

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GOP Chooses Non-Scientist Lord Monckton as Sole Expert Witness at Climate Change Hearing

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Climategate, Lord Christopher Monckton, James Mccarthy, Peter Sinclair, House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Climate Deniers, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), Rep. Edward Markey, Climatic Research Unit (CRU), Lisa Graumlich, James Hurrell, Global Warming Deniers, Ben Wessel, Chris Field, Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Green News
Brendan DeMelle

With such a long record of inflammatory, baseless statements, what could the GOP possibly see in Monckton that would warrant his appearance as an expert witness on a climate science panel otherwise made up of scientists?

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Oil Industry's "Island Vacations" from Regulation

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Ed Markey, Oil Drilling, Transocean Horizon, Edward Markey, Rep. Edward Markey, Deepwater Horizon, Clean Energy, BP Oil Spill, Live Video BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Offshore Drilling, Business News
Rep. Ed Markey

The administration's safety pause isn't about ending offshore drilling, it is about ending the oil industry's practice of offshoring the safety of rigs by using various "island getaways" from regulation.

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Time for Net Neutrality

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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Palin: Birthing Global Warming Denial

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Ed Markey, Copenhagen 2009, Epa, Sarah Palin, Waxman-Markey, Rep. Edward Markey, Climate Change, Climate Legislation, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Global Warming, Politics News
Rep. Ed Markey

The right-wing misinformation machine is in full swing. And that machine doesn't have its final cylinder cranking until Sarah Palin jumps into the fray, which she did today in a mistake-riddled, anti-clean energy op-ed.

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Stop The Energy Department From Hiking Oil Prices By Reinstituting Purchases For The Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Oil, Rep. Edward Markey, Bush Administration, Congress, Department of Energy, Secretary Bodman, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Ukraine, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

In essence the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, rather than being our oil safety valve, has become a welfare program for the oil industry and one of the nation's most outrageous boondoggles.

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