Environmental Politics News of the Week
August 2nd, 2011 by Zachary Shahan
Some top politics stories of the past week or so. Mostly, things that make you go “Ugh…”
GOP attack on the air we breath, water we drink, climate we live in:
- The Most Anti-Environment House in History: How is Your Representative Voting? (110 Anti-Environment Votes from GOP Since January) [Climate Progress]
- Debt deal: While they were busy screwing the economy, GOP was also screwing the environment [Red, Green, & Blue]
- Huge Obama Win on Fuel Economy Under Investigation by Republicans [CleanTechnica]
- GOP Invokes Teddy Roosevelt While Pushing Bill That Destroys His Wilderness Legacy [Think Progress]
- GOP Congressman: If We Take The Senate And White House In 2012, The EPA Will Be ‘Discontinued’ [Think Progress]
- Republican’s Launch a Covert Assault on the Environment [Global Warming is Real]
- Gingrich Says 2006 Climate Change Ad He Starred In Was ‘Misconstrued’ [Huffington Post]
- House under-estimates public concern over oil pipeline spills with bill to rush Keystone XL tar sands pipeline [NRDC]
Obama & Democrats’ weakness and willingness to go along with them:
- Debt Be Not Proud: Lame Deal Cements Cement Shoes on Energy and Climate Investment for Foreseeable Future [Climate Progress]
- As Obama Lifts Meaningless ‘Cloud Of Uncertainty,’ Durbin Fights The Storms Of Climate Change [Think Progress]
Other:
- EIA Head Objected to Politically Dictated “Garbage” Subsidy Report, But Delivers it Anyway [Desmog blog]
- 7 Days Left to Speak Up for Strong Clean Air Regulations [Natural Papa]
- Transportation and Civil Rights [Planetizen]
- Huntsman: ‘Conservation Is Conservative’ [Think Progress]
- Coast Guard Testifies It’s Totally Unprepared for an Arctic Oil Spill: “We Have Zero to Operate With at Present.” [Climate Progress]
- House Votes To Save Endangered Species Act [Earthjustice]
- Big political winner for Dems – Clean energy [Red, Green, & Blue]
- California continues to kill millions of fish [Red, Green, & Blue]
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About the Author
Zachary Shahan is the director of CleanTechnica, the most popular cleantech-focused website in the world, and Planetsave, a world-leading green and science news site. He has been covering green news of various sorts since 2008, and he has been especially focused on solar energy, electric vehicles, and wind energy since 2009. Aside from his work on CleanTechnica and Planetsave, he's the founder and director of Solar Love, EV Obsession, and Bikocity. To connect with Zach on some of your favorite social networks, go to ZacharyShahan.com and click on the relevant buttons.
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