Frank O'Donnell
| Hometown: | Washington, DC |
| Interests: | New Energy, clean air, Corruption, Global Warming, smog |
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- August 6, 2009 - 10:43am
One of the more macabre aspects of the still-evolving scandal involving the forged letters to Congress on the climate legislation was the disavowal of all responsibility by the Hawthorn Group -- the astro-turf lobbying group that has worked for nearly a decade to snooker public officials about allegedly "clean coal."
Since 2000, Hawthorn has worked for the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electrcity (ACCCE), the alliance of coal companies, coal-burning power companies and coal-hauling railroads that seeks to convince us that coal is "essential" to America's future.
After the forgery scandal broke, Hawthorn quickly moved to blame its subcontractor, Bonner & Associates.
- February 6, 2009 - 9:40am
As the Senate continues to wrestle with the economic stimulus legislation, it’s been fascinating to note the counter-attack against the idea of “green jobs.”
Just yesterday, for example, CNN followed a green pitch by President Obama with an interview with one Thomas Pyle, described as being with the “Institute for Energy Research.” (See transcript, below.) Pyle attacked the idea of
- Rated Chamber of Commerce continues its clean-air SCARE campaign (Blog entry) | September 22, 2008 - 10:48am
- September 22, 2008 - 10:48am
As you may be aware, Senator Boxer’s Committee on Environment and Public Works plans a hearing tomorrow on the topic of “regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.”
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Heari...
- July 14, 2008 - 9:50am
It's been an item of debate in D.C. circles for some time: who was really the worst head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency?
Was it Anne Gorsuch Burford, who resigned from the EPA in disgrace after being cited for contempt of Congress?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3418-2004Jul21.html - June 3, 2008 - 8:59am
In case there was any doubt about it, the White House has officially said President Bush would veto the so-called Lieberman-Warner climate bill, which the Senate took up yesterday.
