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John McCain: Lion of the Senate or GOP Lap Dog?
John McCain throws the convictions of his former self under the bus, along with climate science.
Senate Renewable Energy Standard’s Initial Goal is Less Than Current Renewable Generation
So the initial 2013 target for the renewable energy bill introduced into the Senate today is already exceeded by 30 percent.
EPA Rejects Chamber of Commerce Petition to Disputing CO2 Endangerment Finding
EPA denies ten petitions challenging greenhouse gas endangerment finding.
EPA Critic Murkowski Also Wins Big With Energy Lobbyists
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski has been among the most vocal critics of the EPA’s endangerment finding that greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to human health and welfare, threatening to hobble those efforts as early as this week. She is also among the top three in the Senate to receive contributions from oil and gas interests.
US Special Envoy Stern in Copenhagen: ‘Only with 1990 metric does US target look bad.’
Saying he wished no criticism of his partners in other developed countries, Stern also make clear his weariness in “fielding questions all day long from his counterparts” as to why the US isn’t doing more.
