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39 Senators Fighting to Stop EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Regulations

39 Senators Fighting to Stop EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Regulations

I recently sent a letter to my Senator urging him to support a new Clean Air Act that regulates greenhouse gas emissions. Georgia Senator Isakson wrote me back last week, and his response was incredibly frustrating!

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New Senate Climate Bill Would Send You a Monthly Check

New Senate Climate Bill Would Send You a Monthly Check

Cantwell-Collins 'cap-and-rebate' plan would refund 75% of all revenue collected back to U.S. residents in a monthly check of roughly $100 per family of four.

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Congress Goes to Copenhagen

Congress Goes to Copenhagen

A bipartisan delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives left Washington, D. C. on Wednesday night bound for Copenhagen and the UN Climate Change Summit.

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Senate Committee Passes Climate and Energy Bill

Senate Committee Passes Climate and Energy Bill

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today overcame a GOP boycott and voted 11 to 1 for a wide-ranging climate bill.

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Impeccable Timing: 7,000+ Bloggers Focus on Climate Change

Impeccable Timing: 7,000+ Bloggers Focus on Climate Change

Blog Action Day focuses on climate change at a critical juncture in the narrative of national and international climate policy.

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Health Care and Climate Change: Together At Last?

Health Care and Climate Change: Together At Last?

What would the climate change debate look like if put in health care terms - and vice versa. Cartoonist Joe Mohr has an idea...

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State Attys. General to U.S. Senate: Toughen Climate Bill

The following is the text of a letter sent to key U.S. senators, by the attorneys general of several states. The letter expresses generalized support for the House version of the climate bill (aka: Waxman-Markey) but also calls on the Senate to take several steps to strengthen it:

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How Does Your Senator’s Website Score on Energy and Environment?

How Does Your Senator’s Website Score on Energy and Environment?

According to a little digging done by Grist, websites of GOP Senators are, by and large, not so hot when it comes to presenting their positions on energy, environment and climate change issues. Then again, neither are the Democrats'.

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Cap and Trade Vote Results Come with Few Surprises [map]

Cap and Trade Vote Results Come with Few Surprises [map]

Voting results for the American Clean Energy and Security Act that passed the House of Representatives by a narrow margin Friday evening had a few surprises.

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Obama Urges Congress to Pass Waxman-Markey Climate Bill [video]

Obama Urges Congress to Pass Waxman-Markey Climate Bill [video]

President Barack Obama expressed his support for the American Clean Energy and Security Act in a White House press conference today.

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