by Kate Sheppard
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Don't mess with him
Badass mayor builds bridges between working class and enviros 3
Posted 3 months ago John Fetterman might look like a steelworker, but he's actually the 40-year-old, Harvard-educated mayor of Braddock, Pa., trying to revitalize his town with green jobs and an urban farm. Read More -
Lobby horse
Majority of ‘Energy Citizens’ rallies organized by oil-industry lobbyists 6
Posted 3 months ago Most of the folks organizing "Energy Citizens" rallies against climate legislation all around the country also happen to be registered lobbyists for the oil industry. Read More -
Windfall prophet
South Dakota Sen. Johnson comes out in favor of passing climate bill 1
Posted 3 months ago South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson (D), considered to be a fence-sitter on climate legislation, seems to be taking more of a strident stance in favor of passing a bill this year. Read More -
Mission possible
Veterans push for climate bill with new ‘Operation Free’ coalition 1
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago A new coalition of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans is hoping to counter the oil industry–backed "Energy Citizens" rallies with its own call to pass a climate bill and end dependence on fossil fuels. Read More -
Things that go clunk in the night
Cash-for-Clunkers to end Monday night, for real this time 2
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago The "Cash for Clunkers" program has been so successful that it will have to be wrapped up earlier than expected, the Obama administration announced on Thursday. Read More -
For what it's Wirth
Former Sen. Tim Wirth stirs up controversy over cap-and-trade, tries to tamp it down 3
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago Tim Wirth -- former Democratic senator from Colorado, former Clinton-era climate negotiator, and current U.N. Foundation president -- raised quite a hubbub this week when he told Bloomberg news that the cap-and-trade bill in Congress had "gotten out of control." Now he's come out with a "clarification." Read More -
Face lift
Who are the faces behind FACES of Coal? 5
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago Yet another pro-coal group has popped up to rally folks against climate action. The Federation for American Coal, Energy and Security -- or FACES of Coal -- joins a growing list of "grassroots" groups formed to support fossil fuels. Read More -
Ya down with NRDC?
NRDC Action Fund goes on offense against opponents of climate action 3
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago The Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund is bashing representatives who voted against the House climate bill as "villains" and lauding reps who voted for it as "heroes" in a new campaign. Read More -
A senior moment
More anti-climate-bill letters forged under names of senior-citizen groups 1
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago More fake letters opposing climate legislation have come to light, with this latest batch being falsely attributed to senior-citizen organizations. Read More -
Man, or astroturf man?
Industry groups launch astroturf ‘Energy Citizens’ website 0
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago The American Petroleum Institute has launched an "Energy Citizens" website to promote its anti–climate bill astroturfing efforts. Read More
