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U.S. Senate Climate Hearings – Will Washington Champion Sustainable Transportation?
October 28th, 2009 | 
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"Cool Globes" - 2007 Chicago Art Display. Flickr photo from JohnLeGear.“the science is screaming at us to take action” ~Senator John KerryToday is the second installment of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee’s three-day legislative hearing on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (see archived webcasts: Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3). EPW is one of six Senate committees that will mold climate legislation, but the “Boxer-Kerry bill,” as it’s called, is considered a “starting
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Tags: Boxer, Champion, Chicago Art, Clean Energy, Climate, Cool Globes, Epw, Jobs, Kerry Bill, Legislation, Mold, Photo, Power Act, Science, Senate Committees, Senate Environment, Senate Hearings, Senator John, Sustainable Transportation, U S Senate | 
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Why I Must Defend Barbara Boxer
We’ve all heard about the little dust-up between Black Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Harry Alford and Democrat senator Barbara Boxer during an Environment & Public Works (EPW) hearing on “green” jobs. Boxer, the chairman of the EPW committee, was trying to refute a report commissioned by Alford’s organization stating that the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act — which I’ll call “cap-and-sap” — would actually cause a net reduction in jobs. So, marshalling her argumen
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Tags: Barbara Boxer, Cap, Ceo, Chamber Of Commerce, Clean Energy, Commerce President, Democrat Senator, Environment, Epw, Green Jobs, Harry Alford, Markey, Sap, Security Act, Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Boxer, Waxman |
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