The various fossil fuel industries have been spending hundreds of millions (if not billions) of dollars to influence the national discussion this year, from campaign contributions to Santa Claus giving out ‘clean coal’ at the Metro exits closest to Congressional offices to sponsoring presidential debates throughout the election cycle. This fossil foolish promotion [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Congress'
The ABC’s of Blocking the Future
October 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: 2008 Presidential Election · 2008 presidential campaign · Congress · Energy · Global Warming · advertising · climate change · coal · environmental · exxon-mobil
Why not 435? Or, even 535? And, that’s just voting members …
October 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Yesterday, 152 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on climate principles. The elevator speech:
create jobs
clean energy
reduce pollution
protect consumers
With four key goals,
1. Reduce emissions to avoid dangerous global warming;
2. Transition America to a clean energy society;
3. Recognize and minimize any economic impacts from global [...]
Tags: Congress · Energy · Global Warming · climate change · politics
Drillusion
August 6th, 2008 · 7 Comments
At times, we might forget that there are a good number of very bright, extremely dedicated, and fundamental people working in Congress. Elected officials and staff. Our funding system that seems to drive member after member to be begging, tin in cup, for funds can make the entire process look open to purchase. The [...]
Tags: Congress · Energy · government energy policy
Energy Smart Possum
August 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Amid skyrocketing oil, gasoline, coal, and electricity (coming to a neighborhood near you) prices, 2008 offers Americans quite serious and stark choices between knowledgeable, impassioned, and thoughtful candidates when it comes to finding paths toward a prosperous 21st century economy, on the one side, and Fossil-Fool candidates focused on tightening our shackles to the ever-more [...]
Tags: Congress · Energy · politics
Energy Smart Scott
July 21st, 2008 · 3 Comments
Amid skyrocketing oil, gasoline, coal, and electricity (coming to a neighborhood near you) prices, 2008 offers Americans quite serious and stark choices between knowledgeable, impassioned, and thoughtful candidates when it comes to finding paths toward a prosperous 21st century economy, on the one side, and Fossil-Fool candidates focused on tightening our shackles to the ever-more [...]
Tags: Congress · Energy · Uncategorized · politics
Energy Smart Jeff
July 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Amid skyrocketing oil, gasoline, coal, and electricity (coming to a neighborhood near you) prices, 2008 offers Americans quite serious and stark choices between knowledgeable, impassioned, and thoughtful candidates when it comes to finding paths toward a prosperous 21st century economy, on the one side, and Fossil-Fool candidates focused on tightening our shackles to the ever-more [...]
Tags: Congress · Energy · Uncategorized · politics
Reid: “Coal makes us sick …”
July 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Harry Reid spoke bluntly on energy issues. Looking the Faux and Balanced cameras square on, he spoke truth:
Coal makes us sick …
This is an important statement. Reid is speaking truth to an audience that isn’t used to hearing it.
Tags: Congress · Energy · climate change · coal · emissions · environmental
Greening the School House
June 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Last month, to far (FAR) less attention than it merited, the House of Representatives (facing an Administration veto threat) passed the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act with $20 billion for greening public schools across the nation.
Taking aggressive action to green schools is about one of the smartest steps the nation can take, [...]
Tags: Congress · Energy · Global Warming · analysis · architecture · architecture2030 · building green · business practice · cities · clean emissions · conservation · democrats · emissions · energy efficiency · green · greenwashing
House leadership to Fossil Fuel industry: Use it or lose it!
June 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tired of the unending truthiness Republican cries to DRILL, DRILL, DRILL in a disingenuous truthiness efforts that turns us (US) aside from discussion of energy efficiency and moving off fossil fuels, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) and others in the House leadership issued an ultimatum to oil companies: Drill on the [...]
Tags: Congress · Uncategorized · coal · democrats · ed markey · government energy policy · politics
Faux News: “Most Republicans crazy like a man stuck in a toilet”
June 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Truth be told, the title isn’t an exact quote, but it isn’t far off.
Yesterday on Fox News, anchor Shep Smith was recounting the story of a man in Pennsylvania who was stuck in a port-a-potty. According to the York Daily Record (PA), the man was “drunk, naked and wedged up to his waist in [...]
Tags: Congress · Global Warming · Uncategorized · climate change · climate delayers · global warming deniers · politics