Senator John Kerry’s Posts

• The shark of history bends toward justice

  It's time to end the practice of shark finning 5

  Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago

  Every half-second a shark is killed for its fins. “Finning," as the practice is known, is decimating shark populations world-wide. Every year up to 73 million sharks are caught, stripped of their fins, and left for dead in the ocean.

• The energy bill

  After many years of trying, we're moving in the right direction at last 21

  Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

  I'm a bit bleary eyed after midnight votes, and about to do an event in Boston on the energy fight, but I wanted to come back here to Gristmill to tell you how good it feels to have gotten something good done in the Senate instead of just stopping bad things from happening.

  A year ago I was battling to stop drilling in ANWR. Last night, finally -- after years of battling and five years after we introduced the Kerry-McCain legislation to raise fuel efficiency standards -- we actually accomplished things in the Senate that will improve the environment.

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• The fight in the Senate

  More intransigence on climate change 38

  Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

  Hello! I just wanted to drop by Gristmill to give all of you an update on the energy bill. To no one's surprise, the Republicans are throwing sand in the gears and trying to block any meaningful progress.

  The energy bill, as it stands, is not nearly strong enough, so there are a number of amendments that must be adopted to give us a bill that actually gets us started on that path of dealing with our energy crisis and our climate crisis.

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