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GOP Fights Removal of Oil Subsidies
Republicans have rejected a bill that would have killed tax breaks for big oil companies. Despite the President’s plea to end oil subsidies, on Thursday March 29 the Senate voted 51-47 against a Democratic bill that would remove billions of dollars in oil company tax breaks. President Obama has been a champion of ending big [...]
What Failed GOP Presidential Candidates think about Climate Change
Republican’s confusion on climate change is well known, but this ignorance is not only a defining feature of those left in the GOP presidential race, it also applies to those who dropped out. Here are the views of three Republican candidates who are not longer in the 2012 race. At one time these candidates were [...]
Republican Governors Warming Up to Green
Unlike members of the GOP vying for public office Republican governors see value in supporting the green economy. The GOP presidential candidates and Republican members of Congress are largely united in their resistance to climate change, but an increasing number of Republicans are bucking this trend. Climate denial is a defining feature of the GOP [...]
Not All Republicans are Wind Power Haters
There is no doubt in my mind that if every state in the U.S. had a strong wind resource, we would not be talking about the domestic wind energy industry potentially losing its production tax credit (PTC). You know, the thing that most Republicans like to attack for being a waste of taxpayer dollars while [...]
Rick Santorum is Anti-Environment
Republican presidential front runner Rick Santorum said President Barack Obama subscribes to a theological worldview that “elevates the Earth above man.” This is how the former Senator from Pennsylvania describes Obama’s belief in a fact based understanding of climate change. On Saturday, February 17th, Santorum told an Ohio audience that he believed Obama adhered to [...]
What Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney Have Planned for U.S Energy
Although the GOP presidential primary race remains fluid, the front-runners are now Newt Gingrich, fresh from a victory in South Carolina, and Mitt Romney, the second-place finisher in Iowa and South Carolina and first-place finisher in New Hampshire. Barring a brokered convention, one of these gentlemen will likely be the GOP candidate with a chance [...]
The Koch Brother’s Ties to GOP Presidential Candidates
Oil billionaires David and Charles Koch use their oil wealth to misinform Americans and influence the GOP. The Koch brothers have spent $55 million to fund climate denial front groups, their agenda includes efforts to undermine the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Koch Industries has given generously to conservative politicians throughout the country at both the [...]
House of Representives: Official Renewable Energy HATERS
The Republican-dominated House of Representives passed the previously defeated stopgap spending measure last night that would have otherwise shut down the Federal Government. This time the bill was held hostage by $100 million needed for emergency disaster aid. Republicans wouldn’t approve those funds unless they were offset by spending cuts. After a searing attack by Rep. Issa (R-CA) in a [...]
Republican Gubernatorial Gains and Clean Energy
The big loser in the 2010 Gubernatorial elections is America’s cleanenergy economy. Overall, the Republicans picked up 11 governorships from the Democrats: Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio,Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Wyoming. The GOP alsogained back the Florida governorship. By comparison, the Dems onlypicked up California, Hawaii and Vermont. The race is stillofficially [...]