It was a tough week for advocates of doing something about climate change. Three bills were introduced in Congress to delay, curb or stop regulation of greenhouse gases by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Late Wednesday, Rep. Fred Upton (MI-06), the chairperson of the House Energy and Commerce...
Come Sunday, curbs on greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act begin. But not without a fight. Expect to hear the name Fred Upton a lot as this heats up. He's the new head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee who has said Environmental Protection Administrator Lisa Jackson will be testifying so often...
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Filed under: Environment, Climate Change
With emphasis on what has become a mantra in the past month - jobs, jobs, jobs - the White House today announced a stepped-up effort to meet a biofuels goal legislatively set in 2007. A push to have five to 10 commercial carbon capture and storage operations up and running by 2016 was also announced....
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At a press event Monday afternoon in Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it has ruled greenhouse gases are a threat to public health, opening the door for the regulation of carbon emissions from automobiles, power plants, and other sources.Filed under: Senate, Democrats, Republicans, Environment, The Capitolist
The process began nine months ago and there have been severe labor pains along the way, so when Sen. Barbara Boxer compared introducing climate change legislation to giving birth Wednesday, she wasn't too far off.
After seeing the House...
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Sen. John Kerry said Wednesday he would try again to pass a comprehensive energy bill aimed...