Breaking the wall of climate opposition
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| by Daniel J. Weiss. This article was cross-posted from the Center for American Progress . The Senate has taken Americans on an energy and climate roller coaster over the past year as Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), and others at ... |
Dan Lashof: Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda: Lessons from Senate Climate Fail
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| The blame game began even before Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the official announcement that he would not bring a comprehensive climate and energy... ... |
The filibuster is what enables the ‘secret hold’ in the Senate
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| by David Waldman. Besides blocking legislation that enjoys majority support from coming to a vote, the filibuster lies at the heart of a number of disruptive and anti-democratic practices in the Senate, including the so-called “secret hold.” A secre ... |
Here’s why renewable energy needs a boost from Congress
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| by Randy Rieland. On Tuesday, ground was broken for what will likely become the largest wind farm in the country —600-some turbines in the Mojave Desert north of Los Angeles that will eventually provide electricity to 600,000 homes in Southern Calif ... |
Lessons from Senate climate fail
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| by Dan Lashof. The blame game began even before Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) made the official announcement that he would not bring a comprehensive climate and energy bill to the Senate floor. Reid himself placed the blame where it prima ... |
Can a Renewable Energy Standard Come Back from the Dead?
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 | I just wrote about the struggles of getting a Republican to support anything regarding clean energy in my post on PACE’s chances of getting into the upcoming energy bill . So, I won’t write at length about that again. But there’s still a struggle go ... |
Blocking the Senate should be hard work
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| by David Waldman. I think we all knew that the growing call for filibuster reform was going to meet with some resistance eventually. Well, here it is: Senior Democrats say Reid will not have the votes to change the rule at the beginning of next year ... |
It's Not Too Late to Save the Senate's Greatest Missed Opportunity
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 | Image credit: The Sierra Club /Flickr This guest post was contributed by Robert Redford. A small minority of Senators robbed America of a cleaner, more prosperous future last week. In the middle of the biggest oil disaster in American history , the ... |
A new home for HomeStar
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 | The $5 billion “ cash for caulkers ” program, which would give rebates to homeowners who make their residences more energy efficient, was initially going to be part of the small business legislation that’s before the Senate this week. When that deal ... |
Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda: Lessons from Senate Climate Fail
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| The blame game began even before Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the official announcement that he would not bring a comprehensive climate and energy bill to the Senate floor. Reid himself placed the blame where it primarily belongs—obstructio ... |
Could PACE Get Help from the Energy Bill?
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 | It is really quite sad what Republicans have done to the Senate and what they are doing to the country and the world as a result. Even conservatives Dick Schmalensee , who served on President George H.W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers, and Jona ... |
Senate Energy Bill Contains $3.8B for Natural Gas Vehicle Conversion and Purchasing, $400M for Plug-in Vehicle Deployment
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| On Tuesday, US Senate Majority leader Harry Reid released the “Clean Energy Jobs 5 and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010”—the latest version of the energy bill to emerge from the Senate. Division B of the bill outlines two major transportation- ... |
Congress rolls out its spill bills
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| by Randy Rieland. We finally got a look at what Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) considers climate and energy legislation. Don’t cheer all at once. What we have is a spill bill with trinkets [PDF]—some money for Home Star , which would pr ... |
School lunch reform still alive—but in critical condition
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| by Tom Laskawy. Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) called on the U.S. Senate yesterday to pass the stalled renewal of the National School Lunch Program known as the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 . Time is ... |
Senate bill: more than $4 billion for natural gas -- what about environmental protections?
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| The U.S. Senate has set aside any action on comprehensive legislation to promote clean energy and address global warming. NRDC's Executive Director Peter Lehner called this predicament "an abject failure" in the middle of the hottest year on record, ... |
Harry Reid: New Energy And Oil Bill Draft Unveiled, Less Sweeping Than Failed Climate Legislation
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| WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled a draft of energy and oil spill legislation Tuesday, having to settle for a far less sweeping... ... |
