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Mass. religious, environmental leaders beseech Obama to take action

WWLD: What Would Lincoln Do? 2
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago Conjuring images of another world leader faced with a profound moral challenge, Massachusetts religious and environmental leaders call upon Obama to act on climate quickly.
Pretty words

Obama energy speech contained few policy specifics, but shaped forward-looking narrative 1
Posted 4 weeks ago Obama delivered a speech on energy at MIT on Friday, marking the kick-off for what is likely to be a protracted effort by the administration and Democrats in the Senate to pass the Kerry-Boxer clean energy bill.
A senior moment

More anti-climate-bill letters forged under names of senior-citizen groups 1
Posted 3 months ago
More fake letters opposing climate legislation have come to light, with this latest batch being falsely attributed to senior-citizen organizations.
Hawthorn Group claims it's an innocent victim -- oh, really!?

Forgery Farce 1
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks 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."
The Negotiators

The Non-Concession concession? 1
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Henry Waxman and Ed Markey seem to have mastered the art of the non-concession concession: striking deals with potential opponents in ways that meet their needs while minimizing (though not entirely eliminating) the negative impacts.
Press conference and rally for the American Clean Energy & Security Act 0
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Organically grown offsets

A climate policy for agriculture that works 7
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Not since Earl Butz's famous "hedgerow to hedgerow" comment of the 1970s have America's farmers been at such a turning point. The current climate legislation offers an unprecedented opportunity to rethink the way America farms.
Three men walk into a microphone ...

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Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The winner of our caption contest is ...
Green sector creates 50 percent of new jobs 1
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
... in Ireland. Where you at, U.S.?
Delay of game

Republicans plan to offer hundreds of amendments to slow climate bill 0
Posted 6 months ago
The House Energy and Commerce Committee kicked off debate on the Waxman-Markey climate bill on Monday, beginning what will likely be a grueling week of work to move the bill forward before Memorial Day.
Barack and roll

Obama praises breakthrough on climate legislation in weekly address 1
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
In his weekly address on Saturday, President Barack Obama praised Democratic Congressional leaders for their breakthrough on climate and energy legislation as a "promising sign of progress" on a top issue for his administration."
Let's make a deal

Revamped House climate and energy bill has the votes to pass, says Waxman 4
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Democrats in the House have come close to agreement on a sweeping climate and energy bill. It's weaker than the original version, but backers say it has enough support to pass.
Better speculate than never

Speculation runs rampant as Dems reportedly reach a deal on climate bill 4
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
House leaders have reportedly reached a tentative deal on a climate and energy bill -- and in the absence of details, speculation is rampant about how the bill has been weakened or otherwise changed.
Fast forward?

House climate bill could get fast-tracked 1
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
The House climate and energy bill is getting bogged down, so Rep. Henry Waxman is talking about bypassing a reluctant subcommittee.
The Rock Obama

Obama to meet with swing Dems on climate and energy bill 2
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
President Barack Obama is inviting key House Democrats to the White House on Tuesday to discuss the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill.
Republicans try to hold EPA air nominee hostage

Senate Spoil Sports 0
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Sunset the rip-offsets

One simple change that could vastly improve Waxman-Markey 1
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Certainly the weakest part of Waxman-Markey is the 2 billion rip-offsets that polluters are allowed to purchase each year in place of reducing their own greenhouse gas emissions. After all, total U.S. GHGs in 2005 were about 7.2 billion tons.
But What'll It Cost Us?

As House digs into climate bill, debate focuses on costs to American families 3
Posted 7 months ago
As the House begins serious debate on a climate bill, the biggest sticking point is shaping up to be how much it will cost average Americans.
Rep. Markey on the EPA finding 0
Posted 7 months ago
Our carbon pricing system should not be a shotgun marriage

Why two climate bills are better than one 8
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Two different House committees are considering climate legislation -- and that's not a bad thing.