Lisa Murkowski
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Me, talking about the Clean Energy Standard [VIDEO]
Last week, I sat down for an interview with EnergyNow about the Clean Energy Standard that Obama introduced during his State of the Union. Senate Energy Committee Chair Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and ranking member Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) recently put out a white paper soliciting ideas for how the policy should be constructed. In the first […]
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Bingaman tries to make policy out of Obama’s hopey-changey Clean Energy Standard
Is Obama wasting Sen. Bingaman’s time?Photo: The White HouseIn his State of the Union speech, Obama introduced an ambitious plan to encourage clean energy in the U.S. At least I think it was ambitious. Kinda hard to tell — it was vague. Thinking about it since, I’ve come to see the Clean Energy Standard (CES) […]
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Is blindness on clean air, climate change, and public health contagious?
Some 123 members of the House of Representatives have cosponsored bills to strip the EPA of its authority on the Clean Air Act.
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The Climate Post: Why solar can't go mainstream without Sarah Palin
A solar club claims millions of American households could save money with solar, if only folks like Oprah, Jim Cramer, and Sarah Palin get on board.
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The battle over drilling moves north to Alaska
So it looks like Lisa Murkowski has won her write-in campaign to get re-elected to the Senate.
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The Climate Post: Pre-election maneuvering marked by fits of climate skepticism
Accepting the scientific consensus on climate change continues to be a liability for Republican candidates. One representative, Bob Inglis, blames his loss in the GOP primary to his public assertions that climate change is real. Plus, Jimmy Carter strikes back and a conservative whines about a cap without trade.
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Lessons from the climate fight: 'moderate' is meaningless
Senators who claim to accept the basic scientific facts of climate change are dubbed "moderate" even as they treat climate policy with all the seriousness of an earmark haggle.
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No, liberals did not 'overreach' on climate
No matter what goes wrong for the Democrats, the Beltway diagnosis is "liberal overreach." The narrative is so familiar it's part of D.C. atmosphere.
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Nearly all GOP Senate candidates deny global warming
Nearly all of the Republican candidates for Senate dispute the scientific consensus that the United States must act to fight global warming pollution.