More Companies Break with Chamber over Climate Change

Power company NRG Energy rejected membership in the US Chamber of Commerce because of that organization’s “extreme” position on climate legislation, according to reporting by Politico. The president and CEO of NRG Energy, David Crane, said, “Some time ago, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce approached us about becoming members and, after being briefed by their [...]

Hip-Boot Tour Warns Residents of Rising Sea Levels

Clean Air-Cool Planet, a non-profit organization dedicated to finding global warming solutions, launched its U.S. Hip-Boot Tour this week. Working with local partners in various U.S. East coast cities, the group has also brought ice scientists from Greenland to assess the vulnerability of those cities to rising sea levels. For more information: Bill Burtis Phone: [...]

Take Three: Hearing on Fraudulent Letters Rescheduled for Thursday, Oct. 29

On Thursday, October 29, Congress will hold a hearing about the fraudulent letters sent last June to convince members of Congress to oppose the House version of the climate and energy bill. The faked letters, written on the letterheads of progressive policy organizations, were written and sent by Bonner & Associates, a Washington firm contracted [...]

Tomorrow is the International Day of Climate Action

Tomorrow promises to be the largest day of political action in the history of the planet. The International Day of Climate Action is now up to 4,641 events planned in 177 countries. It’s been put together by 350.org, a global network of organizations from around the world who have come together to encourage world leaders [...]

Protesters Try to Save Mountain from Coal Removal

Earlier this week, protesters gathered in Governor Joe Manchin’s office in West Virginia to make their voices heard on the proposed destruction of the Coal River Mountain. Massey Energy Company has plans to strip Coal River Mountain of its coal using the mountain top removal method. The company has already cleared the trees from the [...]

Citizen Certainty on Climate, Energy

By Keith Schneider U.S. Climate Action Network WASHINGTON – Just days before an influential Senate committee begins hearings on a comprehensive climate and energy bill that could reshape the American economy and clear the skies of climate changing pollution, Darcell Streeter was on Capitol Hill this week to urge lawmakers from her home state of [...]

Everywhere But Washington: Support for Clean Energy, Climate Action Potent and Growing Across US

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 — As Capitol Hill scandals go, Brian McNeill’s story last summer in the Charlottesville (VA) Daily Progress generated none of the lasting scrutiny that followed, for instance, Wilbur Mills’ 1974 Tidal Basin romp with Argentine stripper Fanne Fox. But for advocates of federal action on climate change and clean energy, the events [...]

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