US Climate Legislation & Lobbyists

GRIID by Jeff Smith | Nov. 22, 2009 (News Analysis)

(Blog Post) Called the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, the Waxman-Markey bill was fought hard by the energy industry. According to a report by the Center for Public Integrity, “More than 460 new businesses and interest groups jumped into lobbying Congress on global warming in the weeks before the House neared its historic vote on climate change legislation.” You can see from the chart above that there was a spike in the amount of lobbying just ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 22, 2009

Worthwhile data and evaluations of the lobbying and the merits of the climate bill farce that emerged from the house.

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by Gary Clark - Feb. 25, 2011

The piece is critical of current climate warming legislation, and details the shortcomings, according to multiple environmentalists.

If anything, the piece needs stronger scientific background to underscore the urgency and monstrous consequences of compromise with agents of profiteers.

“The Waxman-Markey bill sets emission reduction targets far lower than science demands, then undermines even those targets with massive offsets." “Vital ... More »

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by Kaizar Campwala - Nov. 22, 2009

All the sources are liberal ones.

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The Guardian by George Monbiot | Jun. 26, 2009 (Opinion)

There are mind-boggling concessions to the biofuels industry, including a promise not to investigate its wider environmental impacts. There's a provision to allow industry to ...

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