Posts Tagged ‘Senate’
Hearings on climate, cap’n’trade, energy
October 28th, 2009 Posted by Harry Fuller @ 4:07 pmCategories:Blogroll, air pollution, biofuel, cars & traffic, climate change, conservation, energy, environmental health, federal government, fossil fuel, global warming, green tech, law & politics, mass transit, petroleum, renewable energy, solar, tidal, water, weather, windTags:Cap-and-Trade, Senate Committe, Harry FullerA Senate Committe is hearing testimony on all sides of the energy, global warming, cap and trade issures.
Morning Briefing for October 21, 2009
RedState Morning Briefing For October 21, 2009 Go to http://www.redstate.com/action/ for the name and phone number of your Senator. Call your Senator and demand opposition to the Baucus health care plan. 1. Senate Set to Cast First Vote on Obamacare. GOP Assisting the Democrats 2. Holder DOJ: Whites Will Only Vote for Blacks If They Are Democrats 3. Act now against Net Neutrality 4. AP Headline: ‘Higher jobless rates could be the new normal’ 5
The Daily Dig – Temporary Vertical Algae Bio-Reactor Edition
. The leaders of the world’s two biggest carbon emitting countries both talked about global warming yesterday. But Hu Jintao talked about the importance of nuclear power–which almost certainly has to play a major role in a low-carbon economy–while Obama omitted all mention of it. ( Env. Capital ) The current transportation bill expires at the end of the month. The House was planning to vote on a three-month extension today, but did not–the Senate, it seems, has wants the extension to be a
Why enviros can’t sleep at night
Guess what keeps environmentalists up at night? And worries me, too? If President Obama and the Democrats are struggling to find 60 votes in the Senate to pass domestic climate-change legislation, how on earth will they get the 67 votes needed to ratify a global treaty to deal with the problem, even assuming –and this is a big assumption — that the UNFCCC (that’s the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, for the uninitiated) can get a global deal done this winter in Copenha