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Bill Calls for Transportation Revolution, Obama Prefers to Wait

TreeHugger — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:45:00 +0000

An outline of the bill, hand-scribbled by Rep. Oberstar. (image via Blueprint America) America's "happy motoring" days are over; now is the time for a "transformational" transportation policy. On this point, the Obama Administration and Representative Jim Oberstar agree. However, while the Administration seems content to <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/06/obamas-transp...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Bill Calls for Transportation Revolution, Obama Prefers to Wait

Forged Letters Urging Opposition to Climate Bill Sent to Virginia Congressman by Lobbyists

TreeHugger — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:48:00 +0000

Prior to the vote on the climate bill back in June, Congressman Tom Perriello (D-VA) received a a letter from Hispanic community group Creciendo Juntos urging him to vote against the bill -- the trouble is that the letter was forged and sent on behalf of an undisclosed client by lobbyists Bonner & Associates. The Charlottesvill...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Forged Letters Urging Opposition to Climate Bill Sent to Virginia Congressman by Lobbyists

Cash for Clunkers is bankrupt

Jim Motavalli — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:34:27 +0000

Why didn't Congress and the Obama administration see this coming? With just $1 billion, the program was never going to last until November.

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Cash for Clunkers is bankrupt

Cash For Clunkers Breaks Its Bank in Less Than One Week (UPDATED)

TreeHugger — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:25:00 +0000

photo: Mike via flickr It's only been a short while that you could actually participate in the Cash for Clunkers program -- four days in fact -- but response was so overwhelming that the program has already depleted its $1 billion budget, Raw Story reports: ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Cash For Clunkers Breaks Its Bank in Less Than One Week (UPDATED)

Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, and Michelle Bachman Sing Duet About Climate Bill (VIDEO)

TreeHugger — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:45:31 +0000

Photo via Shoot the Messenger NYC Okay, I'm sick of the climate bill, too. But when I stumbled upon this little ditty, courtesy of Auto Tune the News, I had to share it (though maybe you've heard it already). I mean, it's Pelosi, Michelle Bachmann, and House Minority Leader John Boehner 'singing' about the climate bill. And it's hilarious....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, and Michelle Bachman Sing Duet About Climate Bill (VIDEO)

Exxon Spends More on Lobbying than Entire Clean Energy Industry Combined

TreeHugger — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:00:34 +0000

Photo via Frot Guess it pays to be the biggest oil company in the world--even though their profits are at the lowest they've been in six years, Exxon still managed to spend more money on lobbying efforts for the climate bill than the entire clean energy industry combined. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Exxon Spends More on Lobbying than Entire Clean Energy Industry Combined

Exxon Spends More on Lobbying than Entire Clean Energy Industry Combined

TreeHugger — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:00:34 +0000

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Exxon Spends More on Lobbying than Entire Clean Energy Industry Combined

There Will Be No Financial Monkey Business Under Senate Cap and Trade Bill: John Kerry

TreeHugger — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:19:00 +0000

photo: Matthew McDermott One criticism/fear of instituting a cap and trade program to reduce carbon emissions is that once Wall Street gets its fingers into it the whole thing is just going to run amok with speculation, derivatives and all the same sorts of things that led to the recent banking meltdown. Well, though the Senate's climate bill hasn't even been written yet, <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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There Will Be No Financial Monkey Business Under Senate Cap and Trade Bill: John Kerry

Henry Waxman’s decade-long fight to improve the Clean Air Act

Grist - the Latest from Grist — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:46:51 +0000

Rep. Henry Waxman is the chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee and coauthor of the ACES bill passed by the House in June. Naturally, political observers are curious about his thoughts on the fight to pass climate/energy legislation this year, but in media interviews he tends to be careful, measured, and fairly abstract. He doesn’t do his work in public.

It turns out, however, that Waxman has offered a fairly clear guide to his thinking, and even told us where to find it: it’s in chapter five of his new book, The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works.

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Henry Waxman’s decade-long fight to improve the Clean Air Act

Report Reveals: TVA was Warned of Ash Spill Danger 23 Years Ago

TreeHugger — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Photo via Jeffrey M Sanders If there's anything more appalling than massive man-caused environmental catastrophes, it's the ensuing reports on how each one could have been (often rather easily) prevented. In the case of the 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash that spilled out across Tennessee, it turns out the Tennessee Valley Authority had been warned of that exact scenario taking place--by its own employees, and as early as 1985. Oh, and along with this revelation comes the...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Report Reveals: TVA was Warned of Ash Spill Danger 23 Years Ago