Articles by Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard was previously Grist's political reporter. She now covers energy and the environment for The Huffington Post. Follow her on Twitter.
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Sources say Obama will drop EPA head and ‘energy czar’ as early as today
A source close to the transition tells me that Obama will drop the names of his energy czar and EPA head today. The decision may be coming out earlier than expected to try to help take the edge off the endless Blagojevich coverage. Al Kamen says his sources tell him the energy czar is going […]
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Hill briefing tries to stir support for a carbon tax
With more than a month yet to go before the new Congress is officially sworn in (and the old Congress still kicking around in lame duck session), some wonk-types were on the Hill today trying to stir up support for a carbon tax. Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.), who last year introduced a carbon tax bill […]
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Greens, labor leaders, and economists call for $900 billion recovery plan
Campaign for America’s Future today released a “Main Street Recovery Plan” [PDF], laying out wha the group hopes to see from the Obama team. The plan calls for investments of at least $900 billion over the next two years, including $100 billion in green investments. “Central to the plan should be investment in green technology, […]
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A remarkably uninformative statement from Obama about his meeting with Gore
The press pool was allowed in for a photo-op following the hour-long meeting between Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Al Gore earlier today. Here’s the official, remarkably uninformative statement they got from Obama: The purpose of this meeting today was to listen and learn from Vice President Al Gore on the extraordinary work that he […]