Category Archives: Green

Horse-drawn wagon delivers White House Christmas tree

By doris | Published: November 28, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com The White House shifted into Christmas mode on Friday as Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha accepted the gift of an 18½-foot Douglas fir from Pennsylvania as the official White House Christmas Tree. A military band played “Oh Christmas Tree” during the ceremony.Story: Obama needs 12 stitches after being hit [...]

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Top senators introduce comprehensive energy bill

By doris | Published: May 13, 2010

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.Blogs.CNN.com Washington (CNN) – Two leading senators on Wednesday introduced a sweeping energy and climate change bill intended to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions while reshaping the energy sector for the 21st century. Sens. John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, and Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut who sits with the Democratic caucus, said the [...]

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Obama tours, praises ethanol plant

By doris | Published: April 29, 2010

Full Story atpoliticalticker.CNN.com Macon, Missouri (CNN) – President Barack Obama donned a hard hat and goggles Wednesday to tour an ethanol plant in Missouri, then touted biofuel production and other alternative energy sources to free the United States from dependence on foreign oil. On the second day of his two-day swing through Iowa, Missouri and [...]

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Senate dispute endangers climate bill

By doris | Published: April 25, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Long-awaited climate change legislation was put on hold by its authors Saturday when a dispute over immigration politics and Senate priorities threatened to unravel a bipartisan effort that took months of work. Voicing regrets, Sen. John Kerry said Saturday he is postponing the much anticipated unveiling of comprehensive energy [...]

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EPA: Greenhouse gases a public health threat

By doris | Published: December 9, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to public health and welfare, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said Monday. “The overwhelming amount of scientific studies show that the threat is real,” she said. The announcement stems from a Supreme Court ruling which ordered the agency to determine the impact of [...]

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Democrats push green energy agenda

By doris | Published: October 28, 2009

Full Story at  CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Top Democrats put the issue of climate change back in the spotlight Tuesday, debating legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions while announcing $3.4 billion in new clean energy funds. A key congressional committee began hearings on a “cap-and-trade” bill requiring emissions to be cut by more than 80 [...]

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Leaders to focus on climate change at summit

By doris | Published: September 23, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Negotiations for the global pact have stalled, and Tuesday’s gathering is aimed at jump-starting those talks. Chinese President Hu Jintao, U.S. President Barack Obama, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Rwandan President Paul Kagame are among the world leaders expected to [...]

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Analysis: Climate bill may spur energy revolution

By doris | Published: June 28, 2009

Full Story At News.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON – Congress has taken its first step toward an energy revolution, with the prospect of profound change for every household, business, industry and farm in the decades ahead. It was late Friday when the House passed legislation that would, for the first time, require limits on pollution blamed for global [...]

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House passes energy overhaul bill 219-212

By doris | Published: June 27, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com The bill passed 219-212, with virtually no Republican support. The bill would reduce nationwide greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050 through a so-called “cap-and-trade” program under which companies would buy and sell emissions credits. Among other things, the bill would also require utilities to generate [...]

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Republicans Target Climate Bill

By doris | Published: June 15, 2009

Full Story At politicalticker.Blogs.cnn.com CNN) – Indiana Rep. Mike Pence on Saturday touted the Republicans’ omnibus, “all-of-the-above” energy plan, while warning that proposals from Democrats would lead to higher energy prices and massive job losses. Pence, the chairman of the House GOP American Energy Solutions Group, and other House Republicans this week introduced the American [...]

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Obama’s energy bill moving forward

By doris | Published: May 22, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Obama’s push for a new energy policy got a major boost Thursday when a key House panel approved a plan aimed at addressing climate change. The House Energy and Commerce committee passed the bill largely along party lines, 33-25. One Republican, Rep Mary Bono Mack, of California, [...]

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