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• Lisa Murkowski’s bid to become a climate outlaw 0

  Posted 1 month, 2 weeks agoWhy is Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) behaving like an outlaw?

• Hawthorn Group claims it's an innocent victim -- oh, really!?

  Forgery Farce 1

  Posted 3 months ago

  One of the more macabre aspects of the still-evolving scandal involving the forged letters to Congress on the climate legislation was the disavowal of all responsibility by the Hawthorn Group -- the astro-turf lobbying group that has worked for nearly a decade to snooker public officials about allegedly "clean coal."

• Republicans try to hold EPA air nominee hostage

  Senate Spoil Sports 0

  Posted 6 months, 1 week ago

  Most of the news coverage in recent days, understandably has focused on the Markey climate hearings and speculation about when his subcommittee will actually start voting.  And now there is scrutiny of efforts by "moderate" House Democrats to gut the Waxman-Markey bill on behalf of Duke Energy, the Edison Electric Institute and other forces of darkness who assert with a straight face that "the consumer" is their only concern.

  Across the Capitol, however, another important mini-drama is playing out. There, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has recommended approval of the very qualified Gina McCarthy, the environmental commissioner from… Read More

• Paterson's polluted plan

  New York governor goes in the tank for industry, backs away from climate plan 12

  Posted 8 months ago

  It's a shocking reversal from one of the states that pioneered efforts to deal with global warming from electric power plants.

  The New York Times reveals that New York state's accidental Gov. David A. Paterson has caved in to energy industry demands and now appears ready to run roughshod over his own experts to give industry free carbon emission permits.

• Inaugural diesel stimulus

  Will Congress get a whiff and vote to clean up dirty diesel engines? 1

  Posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago

  The Washington Post has an interesting note about the armada of diesel buses that have rolled into the nation's capital for the Obama inauguration -- and the need to clean them up.

  The opportunity for the "policy change" described in the piece could be at hand as soon as the day after the inauguration, Wednesday, Jan. 21, when the House Appropriations Committee takes up the economic recovery bill. The committee already recognized the desire to include the cleanup of existing diesel engines as part of the stimulus bill. See the bottom of page 4 of the House plan… Read More

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  It is a court-ordered date, so the head of the US EPA could be held in contempt of court -- and go to jail -- if he doesn't make an official decision by the end of March 12. That won't happen. On Public health pitted against polluter pressure posted 1 year, 8 months ago 5 Responses

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  This is probably related to the efforts by hypocritical Duke Energy (part of ABEC) to weaken the already compromised Lieberman-Warner legislation.  

  Double-Dribbling Duke CEO Jim Rogers said he was going to take his case to the presidential contenders going into the Ohio primary. On ABEC ads in Ohio posted 1 year, 8 months ago 2 Responses

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  Inhofe

  Inhofe retreated today on his plan to retaliate against California for its global warming initiative.

  His "spin" is that he's delaying the attempted retribution because others want a hearing on the issue.

  The reality is that Inhofe found out that he didn't have the votes. On A proposed bill would double fines on certain businesses in the state posted 3 years, 1 month ago 6 Responses