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
Global warming is a complex subject, but NRDC's own President Frances Beinecke has nailed the essentials in a highly-readable and compelling little book called Clean Energy Common Sense: An American Call to Action on Global Climate Change. In just 99...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
We got word this afternoon that the Institute for Energy Research (IER), a polluter front-group, has released a study from CEPOS, a Danish think-tank, that claims to show that wind power's contribution to the power supply in Denmark is overstated. We...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
Maybe they should start putting this warning label on the side of gasoline pumps: WARNING - THE OIL INDUSTRY LIES TO YOU EVERY CHANCE IT GETS. The latest example: The American public is getting hosed by the oil industry with balderdash...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
Last week, climate bill opponents were caught red handed forging letters in order to whip up public opposition to green-jobs legislation now in Congress. This week, we were reminded that there is more than one kind of forgery when it...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
E&E News is reporting on lobbying and the climate bill, noting that Oil and Gas companies spent $37.7 in lobbying in the 2nd quarter Exxon Mobil spent $13.6 million alone. Environmental groups spent $5.3 million total. Now $37.7 to $5.3...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
There's a new front-group running around DC, backed by some old gunslingers who've been packing heat for polluters for years. Yesterday the American Energy Alliance announced it is running radio ads in the districts of some of the members of...continued→
