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Message To Energy Department: U.S. Greenbacks For U.S. Green Jobs

By Isaiah J. Poole
November 6, 2009

News of the potential use of U.S. more »

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Boxer Avoids The Baucus Trap

By Bill Scher
November 5, 2009

Today, Sen. Barbara Boxer rammed through the Environment and Public Works Committee her version of clean energy jobs and climate protection legislation without any amendments, in order to circumvent the Republican boycott of the committee proceedings. more »

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Big Oil Claims Climate Bill Would Shift Jobs Offshore, But Completely Ignores Border Tariff

By Bill Scher
October 28, 2009

At today's Senate hearing on the Kerry-Boxer clean energy jobs and climate protection bill, the oil refinery lobby claimed, "this legislation will export carbon dioxide e more »

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Building a Smart Grid, Smartly

By Eric Lotke
October 27, 2009

President Barack Obama announced today $3.4 billion in government grants to help build a "smart" electric grid. Like many Obama initiatives, it’s a smart first step. But much more is needed and one piece is rarely mentioned at all. more »

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Senate Climate Bill To Protect Trade-Exposed Industries

By Natasha Chart
October 26, 2009

This past Saturday, 350.org kicked off the largest, most diverse, international day of action in the history of the environmental movement. more »

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Shorter CBO, Media: 'We Need Science Classes'

By Natasha Chart
October 16, 2009

It's remarkable how often economists ignore physical reality. Whether they're suggesting that economies can act as perpetual motion machines or suggesting that resource availability is meaningless to economic growth, I'm always prompted to think they should make science classes a mandatory part of the economics curriculum. more »

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The Missing Link In Clean-Energy Policy

By Andrea Buffa
October 15, 2009

There was a certain irony in the U.S. decision to hold the recent G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh to show off the former steel town’s success at creating green jobs. Pittsburgh transformed itself from a polluted and declining industrial metropolis into a clean and booming green one by crafting deliberate economic development policies to support the growth of clean-energy industries. more »

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Graham Waves To Teabaggers From Other Side of Climate Rubicon

By Bill Scher
October 14, 2009

Wonk Room's Brad Johnson reported that Sen. Lindsey Graham faced a legion of angry right-wing Teabaggers for working with Sen. John Kerry on carbon cap legislation. more »

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Sen. Lindsey Graham Crosses The Climate Rubicon

By Bill Scher
October 11, 2009

Last week, I struck a hopeful note after GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham expressed interest in a climate bill compromise that included a carbon cap in exchange for support for some nuclear power and coastal drilling. But my expectations it would really happen remained low. more »

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Let's Try This Again: Are There GOP Senators Who Will Back The Climate Bill?

By Bill Scher
October 7, 2009

In July I speculated that Sen. Lamar Alexander might lead some Republicans to back a climate protection bill if Democratic leaders made some concessions regarding nuclear power. The prospect was tantalizing, as I noted then: "The Democratic caucus is not solid enough on climate issues to presume GOP votes are unneeded. Anyone giving a positive signal is at least worth feeling out."

But Alexander quickly buried that possibility, setting wildly impossible goals for nuclear and ramping up intellectually incoherent attacks on the House climate bill.

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