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West Virginia celebrates the blessings of a coal-based economy
West Virginia gets more of its electricity from coal than any other state. To celebrate that fact, yesterday WV Gov. Joe Manchin (D) declared coal the official state rock. Yes, really. Coal is now the state rock of West Virginia. But why should Manchin stop there? Having a coal-based economy has given his state so […]
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Obama calls for cooperation on clean energy and green jobs in Mideast
Photo: White House No one expected President Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo today to focus on climate change, and it didn’t. Obama didn’t use the words “climate” or “environment,” but rather talked about the usual Middle East challenges — the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the distrust of American […]
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Video highlights from the GOP’s anti-climate-bill crusade
For the past month, House Republicans have been taking their anti-climate-bill efforts on the road, trying to stir up public resistance to the Waxman-Markey climate and energy legislation. The show kicked off in D.C. and moved on to Indiana, Pennsylvania, and California. Now the House Republican Conference has produced a “greatest hits” reel on their […]
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Nancy Sutley: Obama to stake political prestige on climate bill
Barack Obama is prepared to stake his own political prestige on getting climate change legislation through Congress, and would be willing to intervene directly to ensure passage of America’s first law to reduce the carbon emissions that cause global warming. Nancy Sutley, who is pivotal in setting Obama’s green agenda as the chairwoman of the […]
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A common person’s guide to the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
On May 21, following months of work, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, a 946-page piece of climate legislation. There have been mixed reactions from environmental and climate groups, but most groups are in agreement that it needs to be strengthened going forward. For some […]
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Former Republican Sen. George ‘Macaca’ Allen shills for dirty energy
Hey, remember George Allen, the former Republican senator from Virginia best known for using the racist slur “macaca” on camera during his failed bid for reelection in 2006? Apparently, he’s making his comeback as the Republican anti-climate bill poster boy, flacking on behalf of the coal and oil lobbies. Allen reemerged this week as the […]
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Everything you always wanted to know about the Waxman-Markey energy/climate bill — in bullet points
You keep hearing about the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill — aka the American Clean Energy and Security Act, ACES, H.R. 2454 — but what’s actually in it? We combed through the 946-page beast so you don’t have to. Here are the highlights of the bill, which is sponsored by Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif) and […]
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Me, on the (web) radio
Last week I made an appearance on Green Patriot Radio, and the episode is now online, with the somewhat amusing slug, “Mariel Hemingway and the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill.” You can listen to the episode … on a buggy player with no controls … at this horrendously ugly website (WTF?). But it’s worth it!
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Breaking: Rangel agrees to June 19 deadline for climate bill from House Ways and Means
Washington Insight/Energy news brief from the Washington Times just reported: Chairman Charles Rangel of the House Ways and Means Committee said he learned today that his panel has a deadline of June 19 to complete its version of the cap-and-trade bill now pending in the House. The New York Democrat told reporters, “We’re going to […]
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Must-read new story on the Tennessee coal ash disaster and the myth of “clean coal”
Stop what you’re doing and proceed immediately to the current issue of GQ magazine, which contains a blockbuster piece of investigative journalism: “Black Tide,” by Sean Flynn. Here’s the slug: Just days before Christmas last year, an environmental disaster one hundred times the size of the Exxon Valdez (yes, you read that right) unfolded on […]
