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With legislation stalled in the Senate, reconciliation could be used to break the legislative gridlock. The Republicans have been unapologetic about their obstructionist agenda. At President Obama’s day-long summit at Blair House, the Republicans reite…

Sarah Palin, is the great white hope of many conservatives and on Saturday February 6, 2010, the former Alaska governor gave the keynote speech at the inaugural National Tea Party Convention at the Opryland resort outside Nashville.The former Republica…

Tea Party supporters deny the existence of climate change and oppose any attempt to regulate emissions. Despite their distrust of science and resistance to civil debate, the Tea Party’s crusade is gaining momentum. Republican organizers are hoping to c…

Despite some progress on funding and compliance verification, there are good reasons why we did not get a binding agreement on emissions reductions at COP15.Although Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said Washington would help create a $100 billion a y…

With climate change legislation in limbo in the US, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is acting under The Clean Air Act to curb greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Yesterday the New York Times reported that the EPA has announced a proposed rule t…

At last week’s G-20 Summit, the city of Pittsburgh created a security perimeter and sanctioned protest areas in an effort to balance security concerns with first amendment rights to free speech.The protests started well before the G-20 summit began, on…

White House Green Jobs Czar Van Jones was forced to resign despite his profound knowledge of the green economy and his impressive resume of vision and leadership.Republicans attribute his forced resignation to a petition he signed in 2004 and a dispara…

The outcome of health care reform will impact upon the President’s entire legislative agenda. As Frank O’Donnell, president of the activist group Clean Air Watch said, the healthcare debate “has basically sucked all the oxygen out of the room.” The pro…

Small businesses need help if they are to support proposed cap-and-trade legislation. Although the climate change bill passed in the US House of Representatives on Friday, it was by the thinest of margins (219 versus 212). Predictably Republicans where…

Small business has more to fear from unchecked CO2 emissions than it does from cap-and-trade. If proposed climate change legislation can gain the support of lawmakers, cap-and-trade will help businesses make the transition to a low carbon economy.The A…