Ed Markey
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A climate policy for agriculture that works
A proven climate solution. Not since Earl Butz’s famous “hedgerow to hedgerow” comment of the 1970s have America’s farmers been at such a turning point. Food and farming policy in the United States is largely determined by the Farm Bill, behemoth legislation that comes around once every five years. Yet, the current climate legislation–The American […]
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Caption needed! UPDATE: Caption found
Photo: APWe couldn’t let this photo of U.S. Reps Henry Waxman, John Dingell, and Ed Markey go unremarked (unreMarkeyed?) — so, caption ideas needed! Submit them below in comments. Funniest idea gets a priceless Virtual High Five. UPDATE: The winner of the Virtual High Five is … hapa! (With apologies to Eminem.) Y’all act like […]
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Green sector creates 50 percent of new jobs
…in Ireland. This is great news for the people of Ireland. But we need to create those jobs in the U.S. too. In Ireland, a country of four million, 10,000 “green” jobs were created in the last three months in organic farming, energy efficient construction, electric cars, and other green industries. With US GDP falling […]
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Republicans plan to offer hundreds of amendments to slow climate bill
The House Energy and Commerce Committee kicked off debate of the Waxman-Markey climate bill on Monday, beginning what will likely be a grueling week of work to get the bill through the key panel before Memorial Day. “I think members ought to be prepared to work late every single night,” Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said […]
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Obama praises breakthrough on climate legislation in weekly address
In his weekly address on Saturday, President Barack Obama praised Democratic Congressional leaders for their breakthrough on climate and energy legislation as a “promising sign of progress” on a top issue for his administration.” “Chairman Henry Waxman and members of the Energy and Commerce Committee brought together stakeholders from all corners of the country – […]
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Revamped House climate and energy bill has the votes to pass, says Waxman
Democrats in the House have come close to agreement on a sweeping climate and energy bill. It’s weaker than the original version, but backers say it has enough support to pass. “We have resolved a good number of the issues,” Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, told reporters after a […]
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Speculation runs rampant as Dems reportedly reach a deal on climate bill
House leaders have reportedly reached a tentative deal on a climate and energy bill — and in the absence of details, speculation is rampant about how the bill has been weakened or otherwise changed. Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the bill’s coauthors, had wanted to start markup of […]
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House climate bill could get fast-tracked
The sponsors of the House climate and energy bill were supposed to release the final text of their legislation and open it up for debate this week, but the process has stalled out. Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) have been trying to come to agreement with moderates on the Energy and Environment […]
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Obama to meet with swing Dems on climate and energy bill
President Barack Obama is inviting key House Democrats to the White House on Tuesday to discuss the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill, as well as health care and other issues. Obama is expected to encourage the Democrats — many of whom have expressed concerns about the climate bill — to come to consensus around it. […]
