Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

Lucia Graves

David Vitter Presses NRC Chairman On Whether He Made A Woman Cry

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Bill Magwood, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Barbara Boxer, Darrell Issa, Women Mistreatment, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Bill Daley, Sexual Abuse, Brent-Furer, Gregory Jaczko, David Vitter, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) raised eyebrows on Thursday when he questioned Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko about his...

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Lucia Graves

New EPA Regulations: Lisa Jackson Denounces Utility Giant's 'Doomsday' Scenario

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, Michael Morris, American Electric Power, Toxic Air Pollution, Epa, Mercury, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 112th Congress, Power Plants, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson hit back against powerful coal-burning utility American Electric Power on Wednesday, ...

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A Moon Mission For Safer Plastics?

Elizabeth Grossman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Epa, Toxic Chemicals, Sen. Lautenberg, Oregon, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Sen. Vitter, Bisphenol A, Sen. Whitehouse, The American Chemistry Council, The North American Metal Packaging Alliance, Green News
Elizabeth Grossman

From what the chemical and packaging industries have been saying in response to questions about the safety of certain products, American innovation may be in trouble.

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Will Boxer, Pelosi, and Waxman Pre-empt Their Own State?

Mike Sandler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: AB 32, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Boxer-Kerry, Green News
Mike Sandler

The climate change bill pre-empts California's ability to set a tighter cap on greenhouse gas emissions. Why have Boxer, Pelosi, and Waxman traded away their own state's special status?

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The Race Is On for Clean Energy

Gene Karpinski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cap and Trade, Barbara Boxer, Economic Stimulus Package, Green Jobs, John Kerry, Steven Chu, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Green Energy, US Chamber of Commerce, Global Warming, Green News
Gene Karpinski

As President Obama has said many times: the nation that leads in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy.

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Tamminen: Why Does Oklahoma Want To Drown New York?

cnbc.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Barbara Boxer, Green Jobs, James Inhofe, Carbon Regulation, John Kerry, Climate Change, Lamar Alexander, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Clean Energy Economy, Clean Energy, Global Warming, Green News

Democrats Barbara Boxer (CA) and John Kerry (MA) moved away from discussing the environmental impacts of climate change -- and the reason, therefore, ...

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Senate Delays Climate Change Bill

Roll Call | Emily Pierce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harry Reid, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Barbara Boxer, Senate Finance Committee, Climate Change Bill, John Kerry, President Obama, Politics News

The Senate debate on climate change will be delayed until later this fall, given that two key players have said they will not even introduce their bil...

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Dude, Where's My Industrial Policy?

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Manufacturing, Industrial Policy, President Obama's Stimulus, Green Jobs, Nafta, Ohio, Senator Sherrod Brown, Manufacturing, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, China Currency, China, Manufacturing Jobs, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Face it, if we do not have an active and engaged industrial policy we are handing the business over to those who do. It is time to start discussing a national plan for manufacturing.

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Grading a Climate Bill, Part 3: The Top 10 Bogus Statements in the Climate Debate

William S. Becker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cap and Trade, Carbon Emissions, President Obama, John Barrasso, Clean Energy, Obama Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Coal, General Motors, Jon Stewart, David Hawkins, Mountain Top Removal, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Climate Change, Republican National Convention, Climate Bill, Green News
William S. Becker

Not all the American people are intelligent enough about climate change to know their intelligence has been insulted. It's a complicated topic made more complicated by bogus arguments.

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Tom Udall, Jeff Merkley Join Busy Senate Environment Committee

Grist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barbara Boxer, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Jeff Merkley, Tom Udall, Oregon, Green News

Two new senators, Oregon's Jeff Merkley and New Mexico's Tom Udall, will be joining the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, chair Barbara B...

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