Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
Coal companies and the nation's biggest railroad association accounted for fifty percent of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity's (ACCCE) $47 million budget in 2008, according to ACCCE's tax return, E&E News reports today. Yowza! Arch Coal, Peabody and...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
It is hard to beat the US Chamber's tin ear when it comes to climate change, but I have to hand it to ACCCE - they have managed, once again, to put themselves at the head of the "blundering boob...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
What with all the companies bailing out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for its extremist views on climate legislation and clean energy jobs - and new pressure mounting for even more defections - we'd almost forgotten about the implosion...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
The New York Times has revealed the results of an extensive study of Clean Water Act enforcement showing systemic breakdowns compliance and enforcement throughout the US, finding that as a result "An estimated one in 10 Americans have been exposed...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
Military veterans and former Sen John Warner got a an unwelcome surprise yesterday when they gathered at the White House to discuss their concerns about national security threats related to climate change. It turns more of their fellow veterans have...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
Will wonders never cease. ACCCE, quickly becoming the Inspector Clouseau of the advocacy world for its misteps and outright stumbles, has discovered a new factoid that it thinks really makes the case for coal. In a blog post and email sent...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
You may already have seen the news that Duke Energy is pulling out of the increasingly controversial and troubled Americans Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE). But we are wondering: Was Duke the first cut the cord with Big Coal's...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
The Washington Post is reporting this morning that according to joint poll conducted with ABC News, a majority of Americans support Obama's and Congress' efforts to overhaul US energy policy, and that support includes passage of comprehensive climate and energy...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
If lobbyists who are trying to kill green jobs and clean energy legislation in Congress don't seem fazed by the fact that their team members are forging letters to Congress on the issue, that's because phony campaign tactics like this...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
As you know by now, the coal trade group that paid lobbyists who forged letters in opposition to the clean energy bill now before Congress have blamed the whole mess on an unnamed (and very convenient!) temporary worker. It's the...continued→
