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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Bush administration likely to move forward on changes to new-source review
The Bush administrations is advancing plans to weaken air-pollution rules for power plants, despite House Oversight Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) warning the EPA not to last week, according to The Wall Street Journal. Under “new-source review” rules as they currently stand, power plants making upgrades that would keep their facilities operating more hours each […]
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Florida governor backs conservation ballot initiative
Floridians will be asked to vote on a land conservation ballot initiative, Amendment 4, next week. At an Audubon of Florida event on Friday, the measure got some high-level support from Gov. Charlie Crist (R). “It’s a political year, I don’t know if you realize, but we have an election coming up. And there’s an […]
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The wackiest ads of this year’s election
Politico surveyed both Democratic and Republican political operatives about the most ridiculous ads of this campaign season. Several of the worst were on the theme of gas prices, including this one, for Republican Bill Cassidy, who is running for the House seat in the 6th district of Louisiana. The ad features his wife pull-starting a […]
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Louisiana Senator getting no love from enviros in her reelection bid
Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, who’s seeking reelection for a third term, is the only Democrat to make the League of Conservation Voters’ “Dirty Dozen” list this year. LCV has given her a lifetime score of 44 percent and says she’s “the worst Democrat in the Senate on environmental issues currently running for reelection.” Environmentalists […]
