“Clean Energy Works” launches push to pass “a climate bill”.

Sep 9th, 2009 in Newswire Politico New climate coalition launches By: Lisa Lerer September 8, 2009 01:47 PM EST Unions, environmentalists, hunters, farmers, veterans, and religious groups launched a major new campaign on Tuesday to push for congressional action on global warming this year. The powerful coalition forms as prospects for passing a climate bill have dimmed. The contentious health care debate is expected to take center stage in the Senate through the fall. And the Obama administration has signaled that passing health care reform should take precedence over a climate and energy bill. Democratic Sens. John...

Big Greens & Friends Spend $2.9 million in Aug 09 pushing self-dealing climate bill

Sep 9th, 2009 in Newswire While so called “environmentalists” join industry members of the US Climate Action Partnership in spending millions to promote a flawed climate bill that will do more harm than good, Climate SOS is taking the lead in demanding that the U.S. Senate reject an anticipated cap and trade scheme  bill.  According to Senators Boxer and Kerry, the upcoming Senate climate change  bill will be modeled on the House ACESA bill.  As reported last week, one of the largest environmental groups, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), was caught astro-turfing: paying people to call their Senators to support...

Climate SOS in E&E News 9-8-09: SOS wants bill “grounded in science instead of politics”

Sep 8th, 2009 in Newswire POLITICS: 60 groups form coalition to promote climate legislation  (Tuesday, September 8, 2009) Alex Kaplun, E&E reporter About 60 advocacy groups — including environmentalists, organized labor, hunters and fishers, and military veterans — announced the formation of a coalition today aimed at pushing a climate bill across the finish line in the Senate….. …..Left-wing coalition hopes to stop bill As Clean Energy Works prepares to promote a Senate climate bill, another coalition of left-wing groups is launching its own effort aimed at killing the measure and...

Climate SOS in E&E 9-8-09: SOS takes a stand

Sep 8th, 2009 in Newswire CLIMATE: Letters on cap and trade pour into Senate  (Tuesday, September 8, 2009) Darren Samuelsohn, E&E senior reporter The Senate climate bill may be in limbo, but that has not stopped an onslaught of opinions about what the legislation should look like. Letters, ad campaigns and even a few threats are piled up for lawmakers on the global warming issue as they return to Washington from their monthlong summer break. Pushing for quick action, a group of 32 former senators, Cabinet officials and other U.S. leaders released a statement today linking global warming to national security and urging...

TOUR BLOG: Day Three

Sep 7th, 2009 in Featured Articles, Newswire, Tour Blog North Dakota’s promise and lethal challenge were both on display today along my 100-mile bus route from Minot to Bismarck. Lethal Challenge: The highway went past the entrance to a large surface coal mine. The crane used to bucket the coal from the earth was simply the biggest piece of machinery I have ever seen. Its boom thrust up toward the clouds as if it owned them, too. In masterful stillness (today is Labor Day), the crane dominated the landscape. But this machine provides the ore that powers the generators that make the electricity that keeps most North Dakotans alive. Not just warm and...