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Waxman Markey Climate Bill

Climate Change Threatens Our National Security

Ginna Kelly | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Kerry-Boxer Bill, Kerry-Boxer-Legislation, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Climate, John Kerry, Climate Change, Climate Bill, Green News
Ginna Kelly

Climate change threatens our national security in two ways. First, U.S. dependence on oil entangles America with hostile regimes. Second, climate change creates chaos, tension, and human insecurity.

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What the CBO Isn't Telling Congress: Climate Change Threatens Million of Jobs

Brendan Smith | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Polls, Politics, Green Jobs, Environment, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Congressional Budget Office, Green Politics, Global Warming, Green News
Brendan Smith

How many epidemics and Katrinas will it take to expose the myth that the U.S. economy is somehow exempt from the threats of climate change?

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Global Warming Debate Gets Strange

Bill Chameides | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Politics, Glaciers, Chewang Norphel, Nepal, Africa, John Kerry, U.S. Chamber of Congress, Maldives, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Policy, Global Warming, Kerry-Boxer Climate Bill, Legislation, Green News
Bill Chameides

Someone tell me ... which is the real environmental news and which is fake?

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Climate Cover-Up: Blockbuster New Book Exposes Anatomy of Denial

Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books

Read More: Tar Sands, Al Gore, Climate-Destabilization, John Kerry, President Barack Obama, Big Coal, Kevin Grandia, Climate Change, Climate Deniers, Oil, Canada, DeSmog Blog, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Coal, Jame Loggan, Books News
Jeff Biggers

In the end, unfolding like a chilling and disturbing thriller, Climate Cover-Up is about one of the greatest campaigns of misinformation in our time.

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Necessary But Not Sufficient: Congress' Climate Bill

Anne Butterfield | Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Clean Air Act, Climate Bill, Epa, Carbon Tax, Global Warming, Exxonmobil, Denver News
Anne Butterfield

The planet's survival relies partly on a climate bill but mostly on continued grassroots assault on coal plants and other offenders, plus disruptive clean technologies to take our markets by storm.

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Going To Copenhagen Empty-Handed

Robert Reich | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Robert Reich, Copenhagen 2009, Waxman-Markey, Climate Change, Obama Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Barack Obama, Obama Climate Policy, Green News
Robert Reich

There's no way between now and Copenhagen that Obama can get a strong climate bill through Congress. So here's my suggestion.

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Tell Your Senators to Save Our National Parks From Global Warming

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Conservation, Wyoming, Saguaro, Wildlands, Biogems, Wildlife, Cap and Trade, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Teddy Roosevelt, Rocky Mountains, Grand Tetons, Sudden Aspen Decline, Western Us, John Muir, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey, Glacier National Park, Climate Legislation, Joshua Tree, Ken Burns, Global Warming, National Parks, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Glacier National Park could lose all its glaciers, Joshua Tree National Park all its Joshua trees and Saguaro National Park all its saguaros, according to a new report on climate change from NRDC.

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Mitt Romney's Fuzzy Math on Clean Energy Legislation

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Ed Markey, Waxman-Markey, Mitt Romney, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Green News
Rep. Ed Markey

Romney, and the other opponents of clean energy legislation, are now claiming it will cost $1,761 per household. But the actual household costs are predicted to be about a postage stamp a day.

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No Climate Change Bill This Year, Says Obama Adviser

The Associated Press | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Cap and Trade, Carbon Emissions, House, Waxman Markey Bill, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Talks, Obama, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Carol Browner, Waxman-Markey, Emissions, Senate, Climate Bill, Politics News

WASHINGTON (AP)- President Barack Obama's top energy adviser says there is no way Congress will be able to pass a bill on climate change this year. "...

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Unions Need to Sever All Ties with Anti-Climate Bill Groups

Brendan Smith | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Labor, Green Jobs, Waxman-Markey, Green News, Afl-Cio, Environment, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Global Warming Deniers, Labor Unions, Boxer-Kerry, Afl-Cio Efca, Climate Bill, Energy Citizen's Alliance, Unions and Climate Change, Green News
Brendan Smith

Nike and utility giant, Pacific Gas & Electric, have publicly resigned from the US Chamber of Commerce over its opposition to climate protection policies. It's time for labor unions to follow suit.

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What's Spanish for Total and Complete BS?

James Boyce | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Senate, Clean Energy, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green News
James Boyce

The money spent presenting fiction as fact over the past decade has had a real impact on the average American. Still, to this day, you will hear that there is debate about global warming, about whether it's happening at all.

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Bangkok Climate Talks: Leaders Warn Time Running Out For Climate Deal

AP | MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hu Jintao, Copenhagen, Obama, Climate Talks, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, China, Global Warming, Bangkok, Climate Change, U.N., Emissions, Un, Greenhouse Gas Pollution, Climate Bill, Politics News

BANGKOK — The United Nations on Monday warned world leaders they have only 70 days to reach a new deal to limit global warming, while environmen...

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Green Workers Need a Voice in the Climate Change Debate

Brendan Smith | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Labor, Green Jobs, Work, Environment, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Labor Movement, Climate Crisis, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Green Politics, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Green News
Brendan Smith

What sort of future lies ahead for those of us who work in industries already being impacted by climate change?

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Climate Week Is Key Stop on Road to Copenhagen

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Edward Markey, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Un Negotiations, Climate Change, Global Warming, UN General Assembly, Green News
Rep. Ed Markey

This week, when leaders from the world's 20 biggest economies gather in Pittsburgh, I am looking for their commitment to a clean energy economy as the backbone of a rejuvenated global economy.

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Obama vs. Krugman: Five Reasons the President's Right on Carbon Tariffs

Jake Colvin | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: International Trade, Cap and Trade, Global Economy, Copenhagen 2009, Climate, Waxman-Markey, Globalization, Free Trade, Climate Change, Climate Legislation, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Unfccc, Carbon Tariffs, Climate Bill, Green News
Jake Colvin

President Obama and Congress must make sure that U.S. climate policy efforts encourage other countries to reduce their carbon emissions and spur global demand for U.S. clean energy technologies.

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Bonner & Associates Never Contacted Rep. Perriello and Several Charities Defrauded In Forged Letter Scandal

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: FACES of Coal, Adfero Group, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Astroturf, Bonner and Associates, Lobbying Disclosure Act, Coal Scandals, Big Coal, Coal Lobby, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

This latest evidence of insincerity and misinformation adds to a growing heap of scandals plaguing the coal industry's attempts to weaken action on climate and energy security.

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Bonner & Associates Coached Employees To Lie To Generate Letters to Congress - Will Congress Reign In Such Astroturf?

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Astroturf, Bonner and Associates, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

The clear solution: end the astroturf loophole in the Lobby Disclosure Act

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Bonner & Associates Spin Machine in Full Gear To Defend Sullied Brand

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Jack Bonner, Accce, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Astroturf, Bonner and Associates, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

Where is the rogue temporary employee to defend himself and shed light on the way Bonner's sweat-shop pro-coal lobby operation operates?

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ACCCE Coal Lobby Drops Bonner & Associates Over Forged Letters

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Jack Bonner, Accce, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Astroturf, Bonner and Associates, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

Bonner & Associates has a long record of shady Astroturf work on behalf of many polluting industries, pharmaceutical companies and Big Tobacco.

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Astroturfing Oil Company Picnics - All the Intel You Need

Kevin Grandia | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Citizens Rallies, American Petroleum Institute, Api, Energy Bill, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Greenpeace, Waxman-Markey, Green News
Kevin Grandia

Members of the Texas Public Citizen group attended the rally against the Waxman-Markey clean energy bill, and as they rightly report these were more of a company picnic than a spontaneous uprising of citizens.

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California Dreaming: Driving on Sunshine

Kevin George | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Co2 Emissions, Obama Environment, Energy Grid, Tesla Roadster, Plug-in Cars, Solar Panels, Environmentalism, Sustainability, Electric Vehicles, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Solar Power, Climate Bill, Gas Prices, Tesla Motors, Chrysler, Toyota Sales, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Obama National Security, Ford, Volkswagen, Nissan, General Motors, National Security, Hyundai, Toyota Prius, Electric Cars, California-Electricity, Us-Electricity-Grid, Battery Life, Gasoline, Clean Coal, Coal Industry, Incentives, Chevy Volt Battery, Bmw, Battery-Powered Car, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Gas Guzzlers, Green News
Kevin George

Bottom line, if your enthusiastic about EVs, this may be your time to plug-in and get involved. Find out for yourself why there's electricity in the air around EVs.

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Cap-and-Trade: A Fly in the Ointment?

Robert Stavins | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Regulation, Cap and Trade, Markets, Environmental Policy, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Green News
Robert Stavins

Cap-and-trade systems, in which emission permits or allowances can be traded among potential polluters, continue today to be at the center of this action.

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The Climate Bill: Ready, Fire, Aim

Brian Keane | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Renewable-Energy-Credits, Climate Bill, Green News
Brian Keane

The American Clean Energy and Security Act will lop off key players in our transition to a clean, renewable future. One early and unintended casualty: the voluntary renewable energy market.

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Relying on the Sausage Factory: The Best Way to Enact Health Care?

Lanny Davis | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Chris Dodd, Comprehensive Healthcare Reform, Senate Finance Committee, Rahm Emanuel, Michael Jackson Media Coverage, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Max Baucus, Henry Waxman, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Obama Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Lanny Davis

I know to be effective helping the president pass national health care at long last -- which I strongly support -- it would help a little if I understood a little more.

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Clunker Success Proves Clean Energy Legislation Is a Win for Consumers and the Economy

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Ed Markey, Cash for Clunkers Website, Edward Markey, Waxman-Markey, Cash for Clunkers, Aces, Clean Energy, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Rep.Ed Markey, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Green News
Rep. Ed Markey

Today we voted to extend the Cash for Clunkers program with $2 billion in additional funding. By empowering consumers, the program is racing past our expectations for fuel economy improvement.

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