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- Spending bill would open the world's largest intact temperate forest to logging Fri, 23 Mar 18, 4:55amThe world's largest intact temperate forest sits in southeast Alaska, where towering trees have been growing for over a millennium. But if Trump and his cronies have their way, those trees won't be around much longer. As...
- Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski wants her party to talk about climate change Wed, 21 Feb 18, 1:05amSenator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), the senior senator from her state and the chairwoman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, wants her party to start talking about climate change...
- Sanders’ amendment to Keystone bill states climate change is real and human-caused Sat, 17 Jan 15, 2:52amThe U.S. Senate is expected to vote on new amendments put forth by Democrats and Independent Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on whether or not climate change is real and a myriad of other issues as part of the Keystone XL Pipeline...
- Gina McCarthy’s Responses to Sen. Vitter’s Questions Part II: Fuel Economy* Thu, 16 May 13, 5:17amGina McCarthy — President Obama’s nominee to succeed Lisa Jackson as EPA Administrator — is often described as “straight shooter” and “honest broker.” Is that reputation deserved?...
- Gina McCarthy’s Responses to Sen. Vitter’s Questions Part II: Fuel Economy Thu, 16 May 13, 5:17amGina McCarthy — President Obama’s nominee to succeed Lisa Jackson as EPA Administrator — is often described as “straight shooter” and “honest broker.” Is that reputation deserved?...
- President Obama Nominates Gina McCarthy for Head of the EPA Tue, 5 Mar 13, 6:34amToday, President Obama announced that his nominee to replace Lisa Jackson as head of the EPA is Gina McCarthy. McCarthy, who currently manages the EPA’s Air and Radiation office, has played a critical role in developing...
- Why Courts Should Repeal EPA’s ‘Carbon Pollution’ Standard (and why you should care) Tue, 20 Nov 12, 5:25amNote: A nearly identical version of this column appeared last week in Forbes Online. I am reposting it here with many additional hyperlinks so that readers may more easily access the evidence supporting my conclusions....
- Senate Vote on S.482: Fiddling While the Republic Burns Wed, 13 Apr 11, 4:09amIf Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in the House, or Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Harry Reed (D-Nev.) in the Senate, were to introduce legislation authorizing EPA to use the Clean Air Act (CAA)...
- Senators, President Will Meet Today To Decide on Cap-and-Trade (For Real This Time?) (Update: Not For Real This Time) Wed, 23 Jun 10, 10:03pmThere’s only a month left on the Senate calendar, and elections are looming, so many Senators are wary of an issue as divisive and nuanced as is cap-and-trade energy rationing...
- Senate Dem Principles Will Meet Today To Decide on Cap-and-Trade (For Real This Time?) Tue, 22 Jun 10, 11:03pmThere’s only a month left on the Senate calendar, and elections are looming, so many Senators are wary of an issue as divisive and nuanced as is cap-and-trade energy rationing...
- Just Say NO to Big Oil and Coal Mon, 18 Jan 10, 2:04pmWhat's the latest bailout?It's a proposal from Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski and other Big Oil and Coal allies that would bail out big polluters by gutting the Clean Air Act and stripping President Obama's EPA of its ability...