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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Fate of House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming up in the air
The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, created by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at the start of the 110th Congress, is set to dissolve at the end of the month, reports The Hill. The authority and the funding granted to the committee expires at the end of next week, and it’s […]
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Defenders of Wildlife releases new ad on Palin and polar bears
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund has a new ad, this one on Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin and polar bears. It follows the group’s earlier ad on Palin’s support of aerial wolf hunting. “Sarah Palin’s active opposition to protections for polar bears is yet another example of her inability to listen and act upon scientific […]
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Oversight chair warns Bush administration against attempting to weaken the Clean Air Act
House Oversight Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) issued a warning [PDF] on Tuesday to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, apparently trying to head off at the pass any further attempts to weaken the Clean Air Act. There’s talk of yet another new rule soon to come from the Bush administration that would undermine the new-source review […]
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Where the presidential candidates stand on public-lands issues
We’ve heard the presidential candidates talk a lot about energy and a little bit about climate change on the campaign trail this year, but there hasn’t been much discussion about a whole host of other environmental concerns. Here we look at the statements and platforms of Barack Obama and John McCain on public-lands issues. […]