Hot for Hotline? Tell Us What You Think, 2.6.12

February 6, 2012 Hot for Hotline? Tell Us What You Think. Hello Friends and Colleagues, This week we’ve kept our feature short and hope you will take a moment or two and fill out a quick survey about the Climate Action Hotline brought to you weekly by US Climate Action Network. Our goal is to [...]

Clean Air Act Digest, 2.3.12

UPDATES Congressional Update: In a conference committee meeting February 2nd on the payroll tax bill, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) called for including H.R. 2250, the bill to block EPA’s standards to reduce mercury and other toxic air pollutants from industrial boilers. The House passed H.R. 2250 in October; similar legislation [...]

Clean Air Act Digest, 1.27.12

UPDATES Congressional Update: The House and Senate were both back in session this week, and negotiations have begun on legislation to extend the payroll tax credit when the short-term extension passed in December expires at the end of February. On Wednesday, Rep. Fred Upton, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, reiterated that House [...]

The State of the Union: Growing Warmer, Hotline 1.30.12

Framed by the State of the Union speech, signs of hope and signs of challenge emerged throughout the week for climate activists, from the closing of six dirty coal plants in Ohio to the release of a new zone map for gardeners.

We’re on a Roll, but We Can’t Let Up!, Hotline 1.23.12

  January 23, 2012We’re on a Roll, but We Can’t Let Up! Last week was big for climate champs. It doesn’t seem like all that long ago when Keystone XL was deemed a noble fight few thought we’d win. Yet, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard the good news: the pipeline application [...]

Clean Air Act Digest, 1.20.12

UPDATES Congressional Update: The House was back in session this week; the Senate will convene next week. As you’ll recall, before the holidays both chambers passed a temporary payroll tax cut extension bill through the end of February. For more information see Frances Beinecke’s Blog. In the midst of the negotiations at the end of [...]

Resolution 2012: Focus on Positive Energy, Hotline 1.9.12

Resolution 2012: Focus on Positive Energy January 9, 2012 Writing the first Hotline of the new year has its challenges. Do I focus on the multitude of disasters and climate-related economic loss from 2011? The “wacky” weather we continue to experience as our winter swings from balmy to frigid nearly every week? What about the [...]

Clean Air Act Digest, 12.21.11

UPDATES Administration Update: Mercury and Air Toxics Rule After decades of industry-induced delay, the Environmental Protection Agency has issued limits on the toxic soup of emissions spewed from coal-fired power plants. The Mercury and Air Toxics rule unveiled by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is a critical update to the Clean Air Act that will reduce [...]

Good News with the Bad, Hotline 12.19.11

The good new is that House and Senate finally passed the more than $1 trillion dollar omnibus spending bill Thursday night and most of the egregious attacks on public health and the environment were left out. However, there were some notable dirty riders such as a step backward by repealing energy efficiency standards for light bulbs. Unfortunately, this bill also included provisions for exempting Arctic drilling from critical Clean Air Act standards which is not only bad for the environment but also the wrong way to legislate decisions like those.

Clean Air Act Digest, 12.16.11

UPDATES Administration: Next week we expect the Administration to announce life-saving standards that will curb mercury and other toxic air pollution from power plants. These new measures will save up to 17,000 lives every year and will prevent 11,000 heart attacks. This is a huge victory for the clean air community. Please take this opportunity [...]

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