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Best of 2009: CEI Touts Study of Non-Existant Policy
All day, we’re re-running our favorite blog posts of the last year. This post was originally published on Sept. 16, 2009.
Earlier this week, the Competitive Enterprise Institute posted a set of documents (PDF) it obtained via the Freedom of Information Act that it’s touting as evidence that
Brown Looks to Add More Money for Clean-Energy Jobs in Climate Bill
As the Senate awaits the cap-and-trade bill expected to be released sometime before the end of September, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is looking for ways to get more incentives for manufacturing and clean-energy technology in the bill that might help sweeten the deal for Midwest Democrats.
Brown has already introduced More…
Cap-and-Trade Proves Popular in Some Conservative Democrats’ Districts
It appears that cap-and-trade legislation is turning out to be popular in the states of some conservative Democrats, according to a new poll that Democratic firm Garin Hart Yang conducted on behalf of the Environmental Defense Fund.
In Blue Dog Dem Heath Shuler’s North Carolina district, cap and trade
Murkowski Seeks to Thwart EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) wants to put the brakes on the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to curb climate change by barring the agency from spending any funds on regulating carbon dioxide pollution from power plants, manufacturers, and other major emissions sources. She’s asking for a one-year “timeout” so Congress can More…
Nelson and Grassley May Force Corn Into EPA Appropriation Bill
Several farm-state senators are looking to include a provision in a major appropriations bill that would significantly increase the amount of ethanol blended into gasoline, despite concerns about the impacts.
Sens. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) are reportedly considering (sub. req’d) offering amendments to force the Environmental More…
Federal Government Offers Major Incentives for Foreign Oil
Despite stated claims from politicians of every stripe about the desire to free the United States from the grip of foreign energy sources, the federal government has offered $15.3 billion in subsidies for imported oil since 2002, according to a new analysis from the Environmental Law Institute.
The report totals More…
Energy Industry Stall Tactic: Embrace EPA
Earlier this year, when it seemed plausible that Congress would address climate change in 2009, energy industry representatives were hyping the need for legislation to fend off regulation from the Environmental Protection Agency. When the EPA first declared carbon dioxide a threat to humankind in More…
FRC Takes Aim at Safe and Drug-Free Schools ‘Czar’
The Family Research Council is taking aim at the guy they hope will be “the next Van Jones” in their latest action alert. It’s apparently Kevin Jennings, who was appointed by Education Secretary Arne Duncan to head the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (and who has been More…
Boxer Bill to Include Upper and Lower Limit on Carbon Price
The anticipated climate legislation from Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) will include an upper and lower limit on the price of carbon, a significant change from the measure that passed the House that is designed to gather more support for the measure in the Senate.
The measure, often called a “price More…
Lamar Alexander Repeats Bogus CEI Claims on Climate Policy
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) is digging in on the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s claims that the administration is hiding the true cost of a climate bill, despite the fact that documents they cite do not reflect any actual legislation.
“The current administration claims to be the most transparent in American More…
