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Key Democrats Say its Time for New Energy Policy After 2010 Reported the Warmest in History

January 13, 2011 by Nathanael Baker
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After a new report showed 2010 was tied for the hottest year on record, several key members within the U.S. Democratic party stated it was time for the country to pass comprehensive climate and energy legislation. In its latest report, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that global temperatures last year... [read more]

Kerry Warns of “New Sputnik Moment,” Calls for Bipartisan Investment Strategy

January 11, 2011 by Teryn Norris
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Today, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) delivered a major speech in Washington that may be remembered as one of the most important political responses to the Tucson shooting and as a powerful new post-partisan vision for restoring American vitality and leadership in the 21st century. As Ezra Klein of Washington Post noted, “Frankly, it’s the... [read more]

In Week of Gushing Oil Washington's Response is Flurry of Ideas

May 13, 2010 by Keith Schneider
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The foreboding of the monstrous Gulf oil spill was accompanied this week by the opportune deeds of Washington lawmakers, policy makers, and activists hard at work to fashion a political response, including the Senate introduction of a comprehensive climate and energy bill. The new proposal was generally applauded for its expansive... [read more]

An Earth Day Call to Action

April 22, 2010 by John Kerry
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I’m strategizing and planning with the environmental community this morning, but wanted to emphasize something – and I thought of it this morning listening to my morning radio:  If you’ve ever gotten caught up in the conventional wisdom of Washington that says no big change can happen, and politicians will always find the easy... [read more]

Not If Emperor Fossil Has His Way

March 16, 2010 by Jonathan Smith
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According to AP reporter Frederic J. Frommer, as Senate sponsors of a climate bill prepare to unveil their legislation, a coalition of governors from 29 states wants the federal government to take steps to boost wind energy. The bipartisan Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition made their recommendations in a report to Congress and the White... [read more]

More tenacity needed in climate change debate

February 14, 2010 by WattHead Guest Contributor
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Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., told Americans last week to “get angry” about climate and clean energy legislation. Similarly, in President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address, we heard that he was angry and that American citizens are angry, too. The anger revolves around jobs. But Obama talked about more than just jobs. He reiterated... [read more]

Is there going to be a bipartisan climate, energy security, clean air and clean energy jobs bill this year?

January 27, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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I wouldn’t want to mislead readers into thinking that it will be easy to get a climate bill this year.  Fundamentally, the politicians simply don’t understand the urgency on the climate science side, and they don’t understand it is a winning political issue with both progressives and independents in every single poll — unlike, say... [read more]

Cap-and-trade = Mark Twain?

January 27, 2010 by John Whitehead
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South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham—the R in the D/R/I Senate’s tripartisan climate bill sandwich known as Kerry, Graham and Lieberman—is declaring the death of cap and trade in this New York Times article: “Realistically, the cap-and-trade bills in the House and the Senate are going nowhere,” said Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of... [read more]

“Election energizes climate bill talks” - Graham, Kerry, Lieberman meet with Rahm Emanuel -- and then Chamber of Commerce, whose VP of Gov't Affairs said, “generally we were in synch"!

January 24, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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Seeking to resuscitate stalled global warming legislation in Washington’s suddenly changed political climate, a bipartisan group of senators including John Kerry of Massachusetts has been conducting private talks this week with the White House and a key business group over an array of concessions sought by Republicans. The election of... [read more]

Senator Kerry asks global leaders to stop pointing fingers and start finding solutions

December 16, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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This is a guest post by American Progress’s Tina Ramos, Special Assistant for Energy Policy. Today Senator John Kerry (D-MA) delivered a major address at COP15, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, calling on global leaders to stop pointing fingers and acknowledge that  “no country individually, and none of... [read more]

WashPost gets climate bill politics story backwards, buries the big news: Graham and Kerry are in talks with White House “to discuss a possible compromise.”

November 2, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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The big climate bill story of the last few weeks is the breakthrough Senate climate partnership between Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and John Kerry (D-MA).  The result — E&E News’s latest analysis shows, “At least 67 senators are in play” on climate bill. This isn’t to say Senate passage will be easy, but I think it is now likely,... [read more]

Kerry Confident Senate Will Vote on Climate Bill Before Copenhagen

October 28, 2009 by Tim Hurst
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Senator tells climate activists: “this is really when grassroots count.” Fresh off the first Senate hearing for the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, the bill’s co-author, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) said he was confident the Senate would be able to bring a bill to the floor for a full vote before the Copenhagen climate talks,... [read more]

Climate Change Causing Cognitive Dissonance For Long Time Anti-Nuclear Campaigners

October 17, 2009 by Rod Adams
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I am a strong believer in the idea that dumping roughly 20 billion tons of gaseous garbage into the atmosphere every year from fossil fuel combustion is a very bad idea. There are some details in widely used climate models that can be called into question. There are certainly some of the gases are natural substances that are released in... [read more]

Kerry - Graham Op-Ed Piece Reinforces the Importance of Nuclear Energy as a Climate Change Mitigation Tool

October 14, 2009 by Rod Adams
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During the weekend, while I was climbing over rocks and mountain summits on the Appalachian Trail, Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) published an Op-Ed in the New York Times titled Yes We Can (Pass Climate Change Legislation) that contained the following comment about nuclear energy:Second, while we invest in... [read more]

A bipartisan breakthrough on climate

October 12, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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Kudos to John Kerry and Lindsey Graham. Their op-ed in Sunday’s Times points the way to a breakthrough in the climate change debate that’s desperately needed. Their proposal has six elements. (1) Aggressive reductions in emissions. (2) Support for nuclear power. (3) Financial incentives for so-called clean coal. (4) More domestic oil... [read more]