Climate Action Heats Up as Summer Wanes

By Keith Schneider US Climate Action Network Congress resumes after a long August recess and the concerted influence of the climate community will focus this month on protecting EPA’s authority to act on global warming and pushing the agency to be more aggressive. First order of business: blocking rogue proposals this week that are attached [...]

The Gulf’s Exploding Platform Underscores Week of Menace and Surprise

Just a day after oil companies sponsored the first of seven rallies to protest the Obama administration’s moratorium on new offshore exploration, another oil platform exploded off the Louisiana coast. Initial news reports said one person was injured and 13 people were rescued from Mariner Energy’s Vermillion 380 platform, which operates in 340 feet of [...]

Senator Murkowski Is In Trouble; More Intel on the Koch Brothers

Alaska’s two-term Senator Lisa Murkowski is more than 1,600 votes behind in the Republican primary, with nearly all precincts reporting. State election officials are now counting the 7,600 absentee ballots, and results should be known next week. Recall that in June, the Senate voted 53 to 47 to block Senator Murkowski’s resolution to rescind the [...]

Asleep at the Wheel

China and the U.S. Going Different Ways In the troubled climate action summer of 2010 it’s at least a little relief to know that some progress is occurring. The Department of Energy, in its latest assessment released this month of the American wind energy sector, reports that Texas is generating 2.29 gigawatts of energy from [...]

Asleep at the Wheel, Climate Action Hotline 8.13.10

August 13, 2010 Asleep at the Wheel China and the U.S. Going Different Ways In the troubled climate action summer of 2010 it’s at least a little relief to know that some progress is occurring. The Department of Energy, in its latest assessment released this month of the American wind energy sector, reports that Texas [...]

Time to Recharge and Gear Up to Protect EPA Authority, Climate Action Hotline, July 29, 2010

July 29, 2010 Time to Recharge and Gear Up to Protect EPA Authority A week after Senate Democrats abandoned the work of limiting carbon emissions that are warming the Earth, leaders of the House and Senate introduced separate proposals to reduce the risk of deep ocean energy exploration and production, and advance energy efficiency and [...]

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