Rick Boucher

Congress Weighs Landmark Change In Web Ad Privacy

AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 11.08.2009 | Media


WASHINGTON — The Web sites we visit, the online links we click, the search queries we conduct, the products we put in virtual shopping carts, th...

Climate Bill Earmarks $500M for Clean Coal 'Admin Expenses'

David Sassoon | Posted 07.04.2009 | Green


David Sassoon

Republican opponents of climate legislation told the public that a cap-and-trade bill would impose a "light switch tax." It was a witty and effective slogan used to scare voters.

9 Democrats Environmentalists Have To Worry About

Grist | Posted 06.27.2009 | Green


Let's call them the Carbon Nine: Jason Altmire (Pennsylvania), Rick Boucher (Virginia), Artur Davis (Alabama), Baron Hill (Indiana), Charlie Melancon ...

Clean Energy Climate Bill Gives Coal a Competitive Future

David Sassoon | Posted 06.19.2009 | Green


David Sassoon

The state legislature, under the influence of the utility lobby, is turning a blind eye to the survival strategy of a dinosaur responsible for close to half of the CO2 emissions in the state.

Major Compromise on Clean Energy and Green Jobs Bill

Josh Nelson | Posted 06.13.2009 | Green


Josh Nelson

Roll Call is reporting that Representatives Waxman and Boucher have reached an agreement on several critical provisions of the American Clean Energy and Security Act.

Support John Conyers' Truth Commission

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Are you frustrated by all the "we need to look forward, not backward" language from Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders? Well, now you can do something about it.

Markey Takes Chairmanship of Key Energy & Environment Subcommittee -- House Geared for Action

David Roberts | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green


David Roberts

This is a big deal, even if you don't particularly care about inside Congressional baseball. The Energy and Environment Subcommittee has something the Select Committee does not: subpoena power and legislative jurisdiction.

US Congress: Bloggers Are Journalists Too

Read/Write Web | Josh Catone | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Ars Technica reported late last night that the Free Flow of Information Act, which would grant protection of sources and documents at a federal level ...