The funding bill the House of Representatives voted in favor of is an attack on climate change solutions and climate change science. The House cuts would: Prohibit the EPA from setting limits on greenhouse gas pollution from power plants, factories and refineries, among the most significant sources of greenhouse gas pollution in the United States. [...]
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Attack on climate change solutions through a government funding bill
Posted in Air Quality, Climate Change, Global Warming, tagged climate change, greenhouse gas, house of representatives, United States Environmental Protection Agency on February 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Help Stop Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Bill, call, clean water protection act, climate change, Coal, coal mining, Congress, Global Warming, h.r. 1310, house of representatives, i love mountains, Mining, mountain top, mountaintop, mtr, protest, removal, representative on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Please join us in supporting ILoveMountains.org in their ongoing campaign to bring a halt to Mountaintop Removal (MTR) Coal Mining. There is a bill in front of the House of Representatives that would do a great deal to help stop this incredibly destructive operation. As you probably know, MTR is one of the most ecologically [...]
EPA Should Use Clean Air Act to Address Climate Change
Posted in Global Warming, tagged clean air act, climate change, Coal, copenhagen, corporate interest, energy program, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, greenhouse gas emissions, house of representatives, oil refineries, polluters, power plants, Public Citizen, tyson slocum on November 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Statement of Tyson Slocum, Director, Public Citizen’s Energy Program *Note: Tyson Slocum is delivered this statement today at a public hearing held by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on regulating greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing industrial facilities under the Clean Air Act. As we approach the 40th anniversary of the Clean Air Act, [...]
Hutchison Takes “Head in the Hot Sand” Approach to Climate Bill
Posted in Global Warming, tagged andy wilson, cap and trade, CBO, climate change, Coal, economic crisis, Energy Efficiency, energy policy, EPA, global waming, green jobs, house of representatives, kay bailey hutchison, kbh, Nuclear, oil, renewable energy, sen. hutchison, solar, union of concerned scientists, wall street journal, wind power, wind turbines on September 10, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Check out our editorial in the Round Rock Leader, in response to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s piece “Cap and Trade is No Good For Texas”: A rebuttal to Sen. Hutchison’s piece concerning Cap and Trade policies By ANDY WILSON Special to the Leader United States Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison takes a head-in-the-hot-sand approach to climate [...]
Governor’s office: Lock up the Opposition
Posted in Energy, tagged Brian Lloyd, CleanTX, Governor's Office, house of representatives, Imprisonment, Legislature, Lock, republicans, Rick Perry, solar, Texas, Tied, Voter I.D on July 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
While attending the Austin CleanTX foundation panel to hear their take on a post-legislative wrap-up, we overheard Governor Perry’s energy advisor Brian Lloyd say the following: Ouch!! While I don’t think Mr. Lloyd literally supports imprisoning his political adversaries and their supporters, it is somewhat surreal to hear one of our public figures suggesting it. [...]
The Influence of Energy Industry Contributions
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, campaign contributions, Clean Energy, Contributions, Energy, Energy and comm, house energy and commerce committee, house of representatives, jim matheson, oil, renewable energy, waxman-markey, Ways an, ways and means committee on May 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Last week we saw the Waxman Markey bill go to the Energy and Commerce committee. Watching the markup process increased my interest in the role special interest money plays in the political process. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is responsible for oversight in legislation concerning: telecommunications, energy, international commerce, public health, consumer protection [...]
House Democrats Want More!
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, tagged air pollution, Bill, capture, conservation, Energy, energy emissions, energy technology, greenhouse gases, house of representatives, Markey, obama, reduction, renewable, Waxman, Waxman-Markey bill on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
President Obama has voiced that two of his top priorities will be climate change and energy. Earlier this month he announced an energy plan that would call for 14% reduction in emissions from the 2005 levels by 2020, and an 83% reduction by 2050. But House Democrats Henry a. Waxman (California) and Edward J. Markey [...]
Youth Storms US Congress at Powershift–Largest Lobby Day in Environmental History
Posted in Coal, Global Warming, Toxics, tagged Air Quality, carbon cap, Carbon Dioxide, Clean energy corps, climate change, Coal, Congress, Department of Energy, geothermal, global climate treaty, green jobs, greenhouse gas, house of representatives, obama, powershift 09, Public Citizen, renewable energy, Renewables, senate, solar power, stimulus package, student activists, washington dc on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the fight for a greener future, America’s youth has and is continuing to be one of the strongest forces. Recently, I participated in Powershift 2009–the largest summit on climate and energy in United States’ history. Roughly 12,000 attended the conference, and the overwhelming majority of participants were students from high schools and colleges spanning [...]
Stimulating Facts on the Green Stimulus
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged climate change, Energy Efficiency, green spending measures, house of representatives, mass transit, president obama, public transportation, renewable energy, republican minority whip eric cantor, senate, speaker nancy pelosi, stimulus package, ways and means committee on January 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This week the House passed the $819 billion stimulus package, and even more exciting is that over $100 billion of the package is allocated to green spending. Amazingly, the package passed without a single Republican vote. Only 11 Democrats voted against the bill, with a final vote of 244-188. Here is a breakdown of the [...]
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