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Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

Tamminen: Why Does Oklahoma Want To Drown New York? (Commentary)

cnbc.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

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

Mike Sandler | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

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 10.29.2009 | Green

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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Senate Delays Climate Change Bill

Roll Call | Emily Pierce | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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 08.23.2009 | Politics

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 08.21.2009 | Green

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 02.09.2009 | Green

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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