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Joe Barton not interested in moral implications of climate change 15
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
On Tuesday, I attended a hearing of the House Energy & Commerce Committee on "Allowance Allocation Policies in Climate Legislation." By and large, the testimony came from economists and executives from affected industries. But there was one exception: Rev. Dr. Maria Castellanos of the United Church of Christ.
“You should have a tremendous celebration tonight for your effort on this bill.”

Smokey Joe Barton (R-TX) throws in the towel to the Dems 0
Posted 6 months ago
Highly carbonated

The week in fruitloopery: jaw-dropping things Republicans are saying about climate and energy 4
Posted 6 months ago
I hope everyone's following the Waxman-Markey hearings via C-SPAN and Twitter, specifically @kate_sheppard @climatebill and @MarkeyMemo. If you're not, you're missing some vintage fruitloopery. Here are a few videos rounded up from the last few days.
Contempt of Congress 0
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
House GOP reveals its disdain for clean energy, livable climate with 450 planned amendments to Waxman-Markey and a more-of-the-same rehash of Cheney energy plan.
It Could Be Verse

A climate-news poem for the week of May 11 0
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
All the climate news you need, now in a convenient rhyming format.
ABC’s Jake Tapper and the AP blow the “White House disses EPA endangerment finding” non-story.

What exactly is the difference between journalism and blogging? 0
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
What are you smoking, Smokey Joe?

Barton worries that EPA will regulate runners 5
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) is concerned about the plight of marathon runners under a cap-and-trade plan. No, we're not making this up.
Rep. Barton says the only way to stop a global pandemic is if everyone does nothing 0
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Joe Blow

Joe Barton tries to stump Steven Chu with question about where oil comes from 3
Posted 7 months ago
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), a climate skeptic with some wacky theories of his own, tried to stump Energy Secretary Steven Chu at Wednesday's climate-bill hearing by asking, "How did all the oil and gas get to Alaska and under the Arctic Ocean?"
Joe Barton is dumber than you thought possible

Top Republican on House energy committee: “when it’s hot we get in the shade” 1
Posted 8 months ago