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Truthiness into the inbox …

June 4th, 2008 · 6 Comments

It had seemed that ABEC had bit the dust, having been transformed into ACCCE. But, it seems that obituary might have been a bit too soon as my in-box just was filled with truthiness and deception from the astroturfing Americans for Balanced Energy Choices. Let’s take a brief look at this material from America’s coal […]

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Tags: cap and trade · carbon dioxide · carbon tax · climate change · climate delayers · coal · Congress · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · government energy policy · politics · pollution · truthiness · Uncategorized

Physicians take a Socially Responsible Stand on Lieberman-Warner

May 31st, 2008 · Comments Off on Physicians take a Socially Responsible Stand on Lieberman-Warner

The Physicians for Social Responsibility have stepped with a strong statement about the Lieberman-Warner Climate inSecurity Act’s inadequacies and requirements for strengthening it. In June the U.S. Senate will begin debate on legislation to address global warming.  The Climate Security Act, S. 3036, fails to meet the scientific targets that will be necessary to avoid […]

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Tags: climate change · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · lieberman-warner · political symbols · politics

Introducing Sanity to Climate Legislation

May 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Today, Congressman Ed Markey has announced that he will introduce the the Investing in Climate Action and Protection (iCAP) Act next week.  Unlike the Boxer-Lieberman-Warner Climate inSecurity Act (BLW CISA), the iCAP follows science calling for a reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in covered sectors by 85 percent by 2050.  It also is serious […]

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Tags: cap and trade · climate change · Congress · ed markey · environmental · environmental justice · Global Warming · government energy policy · iCAP · lieberman-warner · politics · Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warm

BLW: Disastrous Legislation or simply Disastrous Politics?

May 28th, 2008 · Comments Off on BLW: Disastrous Legislation or simply Disastrous Politics?

With each read, with each detailed understood, the Boxer-Lieberman-Warner Climate InSecurity Act (BLW CiSA) seems ever more questionable on climate policy terms and, in addition, on basic politics.  Last fall, Friends of the Earth (FOE) launched their Fix It or Ditch It campaign, seeking to develop momentum for the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act to be transformed […]

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Tags: climate change · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy · lieberman-warner · politics · pollution

Don’t sign a petition …

May 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

As written about in The Shocking Analysis of Lie-berman-Warner, Environmental Defense Fund has a great little gag site (Get America Working) that provides a tool for learning of false industry statements on Global Warming legislation with counters from EDF. The site also links to a petition that I recommend readers NOT sign. Sadly, while EDF’s […]

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Tags: climate change · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy · politics

The Shocking Analysis of Lie-berman-Warner

May 27th, 2008 · Comments Off on The Shocking Analysis of Lie-berman-Warner

Next week, Senator Harry Reid is going to bring the Lieberman-Warner Coal-Subsidy Act to the Senate floor for debate and votes.  Even after modification by Senator Boxer, Lieberman-Warner remains grossly inadequate in face of the challenges we face.  Even so, the National Association of Manufacturers, the US Chamber of Commerce, and global warming deniers are […]

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Tags: cap and trade · climate change · climate delayers · Congress · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · government energy policy · James Inhofe · lieberman-warner · politics

Coal IS Dirty!!!!!

May 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

Coal is NOT Clean. Coal IS Dirty! Introducing the Clean Coal Body Slam.  Kevin Grandia of DeSmogBlog has put together an amazing team with a clear (not clean) agenda: For a while now, whenever I mentioned the term “clean coal” people would roll their eyes and groan, “clean coal,” usually followed by a rolling of […]

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Tags: climate change · coal · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · politics · pollution

Alaska as a State in Denial?

May 22nd, 2008 · 10 Comments

Forget Katrina and Louisiana (where there are many other man-made factors, such as bad river management/flood protection), Alaska is the state most affected by Global Warming. It is also on the front lines of continued Republican efforts to confront reality directly … and deny it! Several Republican members of the Alaska State Legislature drove through, […]

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Tags: climate change · climate delayers · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · politics · skeptic · truthiness

Energy Dumb House Action …

May 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Ranking up there with the Energy Dumb concept of a Gas Tax Holiday, the US House of Representatives passed (on a 324-84 vote) a bill to authorize the Justice Department to sue OPEC members for limiting oil supplies and conspiring to set crude oil prices. The Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act seeks to apply […]

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Tags: climate change · Congress · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy · politics

Briefly on Boxer’s Brief

May 20th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Mea culpa … as I have not had time to fully digest this material, but Senator Barbara Boxer has released a summary of the Manager’s Amendment to the Lieberman-Warner Coal-Subsidy Act. In the cover letter, Senator Boxer promises many things, including that this will be “deficit neutral” (sadly, not ‘reduce the deficit’ or putting funds […]

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Tags: climate change · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy · lieberman-warner · politics

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