Tag: Congress
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US Navy Thinks Renewable Energy is the Future, But House Republicans Don't Want Them to Have It
"The House Armed Services Committee banned the Defense Department from making or buying an alternative fuel that costs more than a “traditional fossil fuel.”"
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New Bill Unveiled to Kill $113 Billion in Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The "End Polluter Welfare Act" would strip federal handouts to the nation's most profitable companies.
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U.S. is Pretty Much on Track to Stop Funding Clean Tech Altogether
The patchwork, too-meager support for clean energy the US government offers right now is on track to dry up.
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The Keystone XL is Back on the Menu. Again.
House Republicans orchestrate yet another effort to pass the 1,700 mile tar sands pipeline.
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Santorum is Out; World's Climate Dodges Bullet
Rick Santorum, the last marginally viable non-Romney candidate has dropped out of the GOP race. So, it's time to take a harder look at Romney.
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With ALEC Exposed, It's Time to Punish Politicians Who Let Corporations Write Laws
Major corporate donors like Coke and Kraft are fleeing ALEC after being targeted by advocacy campaigns—the Nation argues that it's time to make state legislators do the same.
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Gas Prices In Canada Hitting Record Highs, US$ 5.68 per Gallon, And They Can't Blame Obama
High gas prices are a result of high demand, period. You don't want a repeat of what happened the last time they were low.
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The Mystery of the Invincible Oil Subsidies (Video)
Why does bad policy that everyone hates stick around?
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In Today's GOP, Nixon Would be a "Flaming Radical" for Green Stances: Noam Chomsky
Let us count the ways how the Republican party has drited rightward on environmental issues
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Corporations Wrote a Law Requiring Climate Denial be Taught in School. Tennessee Just Passed It.
Would you let corporations decide how climate science gets taught in your kids' classroom? That's what's happening in Tennessee.
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GOP Budget Gives Billions to Big Oil, Slashes Programs for the Poor
Anyone keen on deciphering the GOP's ambitions need look no further than its proposal for the U.S. budget—it sets aside tens of billions of dollars in handouts to oil companies while slashing Medicare and aid to the poor.
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Jessica Capshaw Calls on Moms to Protect Air Pollution Ruling
The actress has a new video for Moms Clean Air Force urging parents to support the new Mercury and Air Toxics Ruling.
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For Like the Hundredth Time, GOP Tries to Approve Keystone XL
The GOP is trying yet again to pass a measure overruling the President's dismissal of Keystone XL, and to approve the 1,700 mile pipeline without an environmental review.
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65% of Americans Blame Obama, Congress for High Gas Prices
In other words, 65% of Americans have not been reading enough Treehugger.
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GOP's Oily Transportation Bill Left for Dead on the Side of the Road
After one last effort to pass the oiliest transportation bill in recent memory fails, the legislation looks to be all but dead.
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Senate Rejects Keystone XL 56-42
A majority vote in the Senate killed the proposal to approve the tar sands pipeline.
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Don’t Mess With Texas's Clean Energy
Clean energy is trying to lead the way in Texas, but there are some roadblocks.
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Senate to Take Up Keystone XL Today, Obama Urges Dems to Vote 'No'
An amendment that would approve the tar sands pipeline is headed for the Senate today.
