US Senate
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Lessons from the climate fight: it's the Senate, stupid
In the New Yorker, Ryan Lizza's got a fantastic blow-by-blow account of the climate bill's demise. The central lesson is clear: it's the Senate, stupid.
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Will Pete Rouse, Obama’s new chief of staff, push for climate action?
Rahm Emanuel's replacement has political savvy, energy-policy chops, and experience warding off environmental attacks from Republicans in Congress.
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Chances for renewable electricity standard now slim and slimmer
Congress wasn't back in town long, but long enough to start sucking the life out of a federal renewable electricity standard. Sen. Lindsey Graham is doing his part to muck things up -- again.
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McCain has become a climate conspiracy theorist
John McCain, once a champion of strong action to fight global warming, joined the rest of the Republican Senate caucus in questioning climate science.
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Obama is 'committed' to using 'whole weight of the presidency' to address climate change
In a Rolling Stone interview, President Obama addressed the collapse of climate legislation in the Senate and the future of cap-and-trade.
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Before big China climate conference, new Senate support for clean energy
I’ll be in Beijing later this week, and then on to Tianjin to cover China’s first U.N.-sponsored climate summit, which begins Oct. 4. Before leaving, though, I wanted to note that on September 22, a group of Republican and Democratic senators sent a rare bipartisan signal to the world that the United States has not abandoned the hard work of reducing climate emissions and speeding the clean energy transition.
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A price on carbon is a must, says Delaware senator
Why haven't past efforts been successful in revolutionizing our energy system? Because they didn't go far enough, argues Delaware Senator Ted Kaufman.
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Oil companies and special interests spend millions to oppose climate legislation
As the case for climate action grows more urgent, Big Oil and Dirty Coal have redoubled their efforts to block global warming pollution reductions.
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Right-wingers jump back into politics, throw millions into Republican campaigns
Tea partiers get all the attention, but the big money in Republican campaigns is coming from old-line right-wingers who are about as establishment as you can get. Plus, what future generations will hate us for and a flight that lasts five years.