Energy and Global Warming are complex, multifaceted, deep subjects. They are beyond the ability of any single person to totally master. And, a great challenge to those focused on them is seeking how to communicate, in a meaningful way, to those who don’t have the ability to dedicate huge chunks of time to learning about […]
Entries Tagged as 'Congress'
Global Warming Legislation: What matters?
February 14th, 2008 · 8 Comments
Tags: cap and trade · climate change · Congress · emissions · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy · lieberman-warner · politics
Politico covers blogs and Lieberman-Warner
February 13th, 2008 · Comments Off on Politico covers blogs and Lieberman-Warner
The Politico has a front-page article today entitled Friends of the Earth Kicks Up Dirt. This article covers FoE ad buy (Fix-or-Ditch the Lieberman-Warner Global Warming Bill) in the blogosphere about the Lieberman-Warner Coal-Subsidy Act and the ads’ impact. The impact seems strong. Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas Zuniga says he wouldn’t have known about the bill […]
Tags: Congress · environmental · Global Warming · lieberman-warner · politics
WashPost Blurs R-D Presidential Race’s Climate Change Differences
February 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
For anyone who pays close attention, it is clear that John McCain is far behind both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton when it comes to Global Warming. McCain’s campaign might be a “Green Straight Talk Express” but, when given the opportunity to act, Senator McCain’s reality is more like a Dirty Energy Twisted Delay Action […]
Tags: barack obama · climate change · Congress · democrats · emissions · Energy · Global Warming · global warming deniers · government energy policy · Hillary Clinton · lieberman-warner · politics · Washington Post
McCain’s “Green Straight Talk Express” is actually the “Black Energy Twisted Action Delay Machine”
February 10th, 2008 · 16 Comments
John McCain gets much credit for his Straight Talk when it comes to Global Warming, speaking tough even in the face of a Republican Party that seems determine to reject reality. The Republican Base seems to trust their hatred of Al Gore more than what the data, science, and the weather all around us (US) say to those […]
Tags: climate change · Congress · Energy · Global Warming · politics · renewable energy · Uncategorized
Friend of FoE? Greenpeace speaks on Lieberman-Warner Coal Subsidy Act
February 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Greenpeace has sent a letter to Senator Barbara Boxer expressing their support for Friends of the Earth (FoE) effort calling on the Senate to Fix or Ditch the Lieberman-Warner Global Warming Bill. Senator Boxer jabbed back at FoE “They’re sort of the defeatist group out there. They’ve been defeatists from day one. And it’s unfortunate. […]
Tags: climate change · Congress · Energy · environmental · financial policy · Global Warming · government energy policy · lieberman-warner · politics
Energy DUMB! FY2009 Budget Hits the Hill
February 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on Energy DUMB! FY2009 Budget Hits the Hill
Can we hope for Dead On Arrival. When it comes to energy, the President’s bill has some tremendous problems. For example: The FY2009 DOE budget terminates the weatherization assistance program … The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is cut by $280 million … The Energy Efficency and Renewable Energy (EERE) budget is cut by […]
Tags: Congress · Energy · Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warm
On being called out by Environmental Defense
February 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Environmental Defense sent out an e-mail to Senate staffs and Senators specifically calling out this blogger for attention, calling for advertising coordination between Senators and Environmental Defense in support of the Lieberman-Warner Coal Subsidy Act (CSA, mistakenly called the Climate Security Act). My statement: I am saddened that Environmental Defense seems far more interested in […]
Tags: Congress · democrats · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy · greenwashing · lieberman-warner · politics
Boxer reacts to FoE’s left hook
January 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments
The situation is moving from sparring to some serious boxing when it comes to the Lieberman-Warner Climate (in)Security Act (CISA) . Friends of the Earth (FoE) has launched an advertising campaign voicing reason re Lieberman-Warner, pointing out that the CiSA (the Coal-Subsidy Act) is not just inadequate, but also is far weaker than the energy and […]
Tags: cap and trade · climate change · Congress · emissions · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy · James Inhofe · lieberman-warner · politics
Voicing Reason on the Lieberman-Warner CISA
January 30th, 2008 · 8 Comments
The battlelines are being drawn when it comes to what makes sensible legislation to respond to Global Warming. Sadly, the lines are being drawn among the environmental community, with Global Warming Deniers, Skeptics, and Delayers watching the developing battle with amusement. In December, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) committee passed out for full […]
Tags: barack obama · cap and trade · carbon dioxide · climate change · Congress · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · government energy policy · politics · pollution
ENERGIZE AMERICA via a Stimulus Package
January 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Energize America has joined 29 other organizations in writing to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi to call on them to ensure that the stimulus package doesn’t put tax increases on America’s unborn, but to make smart investments in longer-term, sustained economic prosperity by moving our nation towards a clean energy economy that provides employment opportunities […]
Tags: Congress · electricity · Energize America · Energy · energy efficiency · environmental · financial policy · Global Warming · government energy policy · politics