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 Stories About: Congress AND energy AND legislation AND politics AND US Senate
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Oh, the Drill of It All
Drilling a hot topic as Congress gets back in action |
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09 Sep 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:46 PM on 09 Sep 2008 Drilling will be a hot topic as Congress swings back into action for the next three weeks. Having heard the GOP convention delegates' none-too-subtle chants of "drill, baby, drill," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says that next week will be "Energy Week" in the chamber: "We are offering Republicans multiple opportunities to vote for increased drilling." ... |
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| Topics: Congress, energy, legislation, news, offshore drilling, oil and gas drilling, politics, US House of Representatives, US Senate (all these topics) |
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What about Bob?
Sen. Robert Menendez chats with Grist about climate legislation |
Kate Sheppard |
25 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Sen. Robert Menendez. In the Senate debate over the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act last month, Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) stood out as one of the most vocal advocates for making polluters pay to emit greenhouse gases rather than giving them free carbon credits. He also spoke up about the need to spend more on clean technology and help developing countries adapt to climate shifts. Menendez floated a handful of proposed amendments to the climate le ... |
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| Topics: climate, Congress, energy, interview, legislation, Muckraker, politics, US Senate (all these topics) |
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Green-collar jobs in Congress
A new amendment from Sanders and Clinton |
David Roberts |
19 Jun 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Over at The Hill's Congress Blog, Sen. Bernie Sanders touts his green-collar jobs amendment to the energy bill, which will come up for debate this week. (Sen. Clinton also put her name on it.) Great to see this issue getting attention. See, again: Van Jones. |
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| Topics: Congress, energy, legislation, politics, US Senate (all these topics) |
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Breaking: Senate fights off liquid coal
More victories |
David Roberts |
19 Jun 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Sweet! Here's a press release I just got from Friends of the Earth: ----- WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate today voted against two attempts to encourage the use of liquid coal, rejecting a pair of amendments to the energy bill that would have alternately mandated 6 billion gallons of liquid coal use annually by 2022 or provided $10 billion in loan subsidies to produce liquid coal. 'This is a victory for anyone who takes global warming seriously or cares about env ... |
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| Topics: climate, coal-to-liquid fuel, Congress, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, politics, US Senate (all these topics) |
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The fight in the Senate
More intransigence on climate change |
Senator John Kerry |
14 Jun 2007 |
Gristmill |
| 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.But when we tried to brin ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, Congress, energy, legislation, politics, US Senate (all these topics) |
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