First, let's take a look at this little item from the Globe:US Senator Scott Brown took some ribbing after a liberal blog last month posted video of the Massachusetts Republican asking conservative billionaire David Koch for support in … [Read more...]
Good job Boston Globe
We at Environment Massachusetts have been making this case for a while now and will continue our campaign to educate voters on the public health and environmental hazard Sen. Brown poses if he keeps this up in the Senate. In fairness to … [Read more...]
Senator Brown’s Chance to Kill any Effort to Curb Global Warming
Up to now, it's been assumed that a Presidential veto of such action would not easily be overturned, but that may not be the case. Senator Bingaman of New Mexico has expressed doubts about the prospects for upholding a veto: ""I think … [Read more...]
Ralph Nader on One on One with Maria Hinojosa
The son of immigrants from Lebanon, Ralph Nader founded or organized more than a hundred civic organizations across the United States. Over the last five decades he fought to protect Americans and played a key role in the creation of … [Read more...]
Our Senators, the Climate Bill, and Tying Your Shoes with One Hand
Senator Rockefeller, for instance, said: "I am not here to deny or bicker fruitlessly about the science... In fact, I would suggest that I think the science is correct. Greenhouse gas emissions are not healthy for the Earth or her people, … [Read more...]
Brown Fails on Global Warming
Senator Murkowski's Congressional Review Act resolution would block EPA and Department of Transportation rules to decrease oil consumption for cars and light trucks. It would also block the EPA finding that greenhouse gas pollutants … [Read more...]
Who is the Worst Offender: The Climate Denier or The Complacent Staller?
This is a pivotal week in the clean energy debate. The Senate will vote on Murkowski's short-sighted resolution to take away the EPA's authority to regulate pollution. As we head into this critical time, it's not the … [Read more...]
60 Days, Have your say: support EPA’s proposed regulation of greenhouse gases
EPA Joins the Ranks of the Scientific Community on Global Warming
Boston, Massachusetts - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a proposed finding that carbon dioxide and other global warming pollutants, which come mostly from burning fossil fuels, are a threat to public health and … [Read more...]
Supreme Court nails it! EPA must regulate CO2
Terrific news for the planet:WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency must consider greenhouse gases as pollutants, in a blow to the White House."Because greenhouse gases fit well within … [Read more...]