Big Oil Claims Climate Bill Would Shift Jobs Offshore, But Completely Ignores Border Tariff
October 28th, 2009
At today's Senate hearing on the Kerry-Boxer clean energy jobs and climate protection bill, the oil refinery lobby claimed, "this legislation will export carbon dioxide e more » Building a Smart Grid, Smartly
October 27th, 2009
President Barack Obama announced today $3.4 billion in government grants to help build a "smart" electric grid. Like many Obama initiatives, it’s a smart first step. But much more is needed and one piece is rarely mentioned at all. more » Senate Climate Bill To Protect Trade-Exposed Industries
October 26th, 2009
This past Saturday, 350.org kicked off the largest, most diverse, international day of action in the history of the environmental movement. more » Sen. Lindsey Graham Crosses The Climate Rubicon
October 11th, 2009
Last week, I struck a hopeful note after GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham expressed interest in a climate bill compromise that included a carbon cap in exchange for support for some nuclear power and coastal drilling. But my expectations it would really happen remained low. more » Thank You Sarah Palin
July 15th, 2009
Thank you Sarah Palin, for crystallizing the choice facing us on climate and energy. more » After Precarious Climate Vote, Grassroots Pressure Needed More Than Ever
June 29th, 2009
The House passed the first comprehensive clean energy and climate protection bill on Friday, but exactly in the way I worried about last week -- not on a wave of grassroots momentum, but last-minute cajoling by more » Betraying the Planet
June 29th, 2009
So the House passed the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill. In political terms, it was a remarkable achievement. But 212 representatives voted no. Most rejected the bill because they rejected the whole notion that we have to do something about greenhouse gases. And as I watched the deniers make their arguments, I couldn’t help thinking that I was watching a form of treason — treason against the planet.
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Why Do We Allow the U.S. to Act Like a Failed state On Climate Change?
June 26th, 2009
It would be laughable anywhere else. But, so everyone says, the Waxman-Markey bill which is likely to be passed in Congress today or tomorrow, is the best we can expect — from America, until the corruption of public life is addressed.
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Working America Rallies Behind Climate Bill
June 26th, 2009
It took a very long time to end the fallacy that you can't protect the environment and grow the economy at the same time. But that day has come. more » 'Green Stimulus' Gets $100 Billion Jolt
February 5th, 2009
A short-term booster shot for the economy? Or a complete rethinking of the way businesses and individuals consume energy? Those are the crucial questions as Congress debates the more than $100 billion in initiatives that are currently part of the nearly $900 billion stimulus package. more » 
