Nancy Pelosi
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Democrats might have put a roadblock on the path to a Green New Deal
Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ro Khanna, and Tulsi Gabbard voted against Pelosi’s package, arguing it kneecaps the liberal agenda they’ve been championing.
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Young activists and Ocasio-Cortez push Pelosi for Green New Deal
We ask an activist: How does protesting Pelosi spur climate action?
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Democrats say Trump’s ‘culture of corruption’ is making people sick
Environment is part of the Democrats’ midterm message. The keyword isn’t climate, but “corruption.”
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Newt Gingrich will never be president; I will never stop loving this video
Remember Al Gore’s “We” campaign on climate change? Boy that was a game-changer, wasn’t it? Sigh. However, it did leave us with at least one delightful cultural curio, namely this commercial with Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich sitting on a couch, talking nice about climate change: I never get tired of it! Newt Gingrich will […]
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Green — who, me? Top 10 brownwashing Republicans
Greenwashing is out, brownwashing is in. These days, GOP politicians are scrambling to distance themselves from past environment-friendly statements, initiatives, and votes. (Thanks to Grist reader Gary Wockner for naming this trend.) Check out the top 10 offenders. And watch for a lot more Republicans to join the club as we head toward the 2012 […]
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Dems kick up a fuss over GOP’s styrofoam obsession
Action shot of the GOP’s plan for America, shot by a congressional staffer and originally published by Treehugger.House Republicans are congratulating themselves for defeating biodegradable cups in congressional cafeterias, surely the greatest challenge facing our country. But for once, Democrats are fighting back, if by “fighting back” you mean “saying words.” Former Speaker of the […]
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Republican rep halts House composting program to make room for all-new garbage
In a courageous move to reduce the Congressional operating budget by as much as 0.07 percent, Republican representative Dan Lungren of California has halted the House's composting program. This is of course totally legitimate budget-busting and not any kind of purely symbolic dick-waving.
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The climate bill in six acts
The last two years saw the protracted death of climate change legislation. Here, in an exclusive new comic, we tell the sordid tale.
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Greenland on the rocks, renewable energy gets stiffed again
The melting of Greenland could send cities like New Orleans under the sea. The $26 billion teacher-saving bill is bad news clean energy.