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Big Oil and Big Coal Spend Big to Kill Clean Energy Bill

November 18, 2009

Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
bigcoal, bigoil, climate, climatebill, climatelegislation, coal, congress, globalwarming, oil

Dirty energy special interests are desperate to defeat efforts in Congress to pass legislation that would put our country on the road to a clean energy economy.  So desperate, in fact, that the oil and coal industries together spent a record $115 million last year on...continued

Boo-Hoo-Hoo for Big Oil

October 30, 2009

Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
bigoil, climate, climatebill, climatelegislation, globalwarming, oil, oilprofits

It seems the recession is depressing to Big Oil.  Apparently, global economic woes have resulted in a blip in the record-breaking pace of profits that the oil giants have enjoyed over the past few years.  Less demand these days means less cash...continued

It's the Economy, Stupid: U.S. Can Cash in on Clean Energy Legislation

October 28, 2009

Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
cleanenergy, climate, climatebill, climatelegislation, congress, dirtyenergy, globalwarming, greenjobs

So, we know the 'hidden costs' of dirty energy top $120 billion a year for Americans.  But what about the benefits of clean energy? Try this on for size: new analysis shows that adopting comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation could create...continued

Veterans on a Mission: Pass a Strong Climate Bill

October 15, 2009

Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
bad09, blogactionday, cleanenergy, climate, climatebill, climatechange, climatelegislation, globalwarming

Congress is currently debating legislation that would finally begin to address climate change and spark a paradigm shift toward clean energy for our nation.  There are lots of good reasons to pass this bill: reducing global warming pollution, exerting international...continued

Climate Bill: More Jobs, Less Pollution, Greater Security

September 30, 2009

Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
cleanenergy, cleanenergyjobs&americanpoweract, climate, climatebill, climatelegislation, dirtyenergy, energy, energyandclimate2009, globalwarming, obama

Move over healthcare and make room for legislation to tackle the climate crisis.  Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer just introduced a comprehensive clean energy and climate plan: the Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act.  I wholeheartedly agree with President...continued

Coal Baron Don Blankenship's Crazy Talk on Climate Change

September 29, 2009

Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
cleanenergy, climate, climatebill, climatechange, climatelegislation, coal, coalmining, dirtycoal, dirtyenergy, dirtyfuels, donblankenship, globalwarming, massey, mountaintopmining, mountaintopremoval, MTR

"Turn on more lights, burn more coal."      -- Don Blankenship Don Blankenship is the CEO of Massey Energy, the largest coal producer in Appalachia and the most notorious perpetrator of mountaintop removal mining.  Mr. Blankenship, known as "the scariest polluter in America", makes millions of dollars...continued

Six Degrees of Earth Frying Like Bacon

September 25, 2009

Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
climate, climatebill, climatelegislation, congress, copenhagen, countdowncopenhagen, globalwarming

There's a new TV ad airing these days in the D.C. area and it represents a new low in the polluter PR handbook.  Paid for by an oil industry-funded front group, this ad ridiculously purports to claim that heat-trapping atmospheric carbon dioxide pollution causing global warming...continued

Rob Perks
Rob Perks
Director, Center for Advocacy Campaigns
Washington, D.C.
I run NRDC's Center for Advocacy Campaigns. Our shop exists to guide NRDC's policy and...
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