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A first glance at Kerry-put your name here-Lieberman American Power Act

May 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Senators Kerry and Lieberman are, as is understood, planning to release the American Power Act Wednesday morning. Initial material has ‘leaked’, including a two-page summary (graciously transcribed from a pdf version to text by the Wonkroom) and a 21 page section-by-section “for staff use only” available on the Washington Post website. By my nature, I […]

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Tags: american power act · climate legislation · Energy · environmental

Who do you think Big Oil’s bought?

May 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Adam Smith at the Public Campaign Action Fund has a simple but telling post up: Big Oil Spill and Big Oil Cash.    He provides a graphic with the images of Senators on the Energy & Natural Resources Committee and the Environment & Public Works Committee … and the amount of campaign contribution cash that they’ve […]

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Tags: Energy

Playing a Card in the Energy / Climate Debate

May 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) has a must read OPED in the Baltimore Sun today. The title provides a realist’s truth: Gulf spill a lesson nation must heed: Clean energy legislation will protect our coasts, create jobs Let us be clear: Cardin’s OPED is not earth shattering revelation, bringing out the meaning of life in some […]

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Tags: Energy

Work the Railroad for Energy Independence

May 11th, 2010 · 3 Comments

This is another guest post from BruceMcF, whose ideas on transportation (mainly, but not solely rail) merit heeding. See Burning the Midnight Oil. Well how the frack d’ya like me now? I’m not going to say “toldya so”, since many who will be reading this diary said much the same during the “Drill, Baby, Drill” […]

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Tags: Energy · guest post · rail