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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McCain adviser Forbes suggests candidate will dump cap-and-trade plan
Steve Forbes, who serves as an economic adviser to John McCain, suggested on The Glenn Beck Program last week that he expected the Republican presidential candidate to abandon his call for a cap-and-trade system to regulate emissions once he takes office: I think cap and trade is going to go the way of some other […]
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McCain’s switch on offshore drilling brings him big money from Big Oil
While the drumbeat for more domestic drilling is unlikely to get additional oil flowing anytime soon, it has increased the flow of cash to GOP presidential candidate John McCain. McCain changed his position on offshore drilling last month, calling for coastal areas to be opened to exploration, and since then he has been campaigning hard […]
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Former GOP prez candidate left up the creek without a wildebeest
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), one-time contender for the Republican presidential nomination, had the best of intentions for a trip to Africa. Having heard that there are 230,000 hungry refugees from Darfur currently residing in Chad, Hunter’s staffers called the country’s embassy and proposed that their boss come hunt wildebeest and distribute the meat to refugees. […]
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Got a question for Majority Leader Harry Reid?
Brave New Films is starting a web series called “Meet the Bloggers,” where Internet commentators get to ask questions of political types. It’s like “Meet the Press,” but with better questions from folks who spend all day in the weeds on this stuff. The series launched last week, and today’s episode features Senate Majority Leader […]
