Rockefeller Delay Measure Would Give Air Polluters A Free Pass

By Keith Schneider
U.S. Climate Action Network
More than 1 billion tons of coal are mined and burned in the United States each year, almost all of it to generate electricity in the nation’s more than 600 coal-fired utilities. Those utilities pour 2.67 billion tons of climate changing carbon emissions into the atmosphere every year, according to [...]

Dirty Air Act Vote Tests Senate’s Direction on Climate, Clean Energy

On June 10, the Senate votes on a “resolution of disapproval” to limit federal action on climate change by blocking the EPA’s ability under the Clean Air Act to limit emissions from big polluters.
The resolution, which has 41 co-sponsors, was introduced in January by Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski, one of the largest Congressional recipients [...]

The Hour of Choosing Arrives: American Power Act Introduced in Senate

By Keith Schneider
US Climate Action Network

In a long-awaited proposal designed to secure existing domestic energy sources and develop new ones that begin to reverse the damaging effects of global climate change, New England Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman today introduced comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation.
The co-authors of the bill, one a Democrat from [...]

Petition Asks EPA to Cap Carbon Dioxide

This week, the Center for Biological Diversity and 350.org filed a petition asking the EPA to set national limits for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
The petition seeks to have seven greenhouse gases designated as “criteria” air pollutants, which would require the EPA to set nationwide concentrations, and have [...]