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Sen. Markey: Champion of the Environment? Or Corporate Dem Sell-Out?

July 13, 2015 By spirit413 13 Comments

Sen. Ed Markey gives campaign money to corporate Dem Patrick Murphy over progressive champion Alan Grayson. I am writing to express my disappointment in Senator Ed Markey (MA-D)’s recent financial support for Congressman Patrick Murphy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: environment, establishment-democrats, florida, global-warming, Keystone XL, Keystone XL pipeline, mapoli, national, progressive, sen-markey, us-senate

Delusional, Climate-Killing Keystone XL “Centrism”

November 18, 2014 By thegreenmiles 7 Comments

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote today on a bill that would short-circuit the safety and environmental review for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, overruling sound science with polluter politics. The Boston Globe editorial board has a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, environment, Keystone XL, tar-sands

“Keystone isn’t any normal pipeline”

March 7, 2014 By John Tehan 2 Comments

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has a post by that title up on DailyKos today.  Here's an excerpt: Beyond Keystone’s costs to our economy and health is the real cost of failing to lead the charge on climate change.  Last year, President … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Keystone XL, Sheldon Whitehouse

On Keystone XL, Will Obama & Kerry Follow Bush-Cheney Path?

February 27, 2014 By thegreenmiles Leave a Comment

President Obama talks a lot about standing up to the industrial carbon polluters disrupting our climate. So why does he act like the decision on Keystone XL tar sands pipeline - a carbon bomb & one he doesn't have to beg Congress to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, Keystone XL, Raul Grijalva, tar-sands

Brookline Passes Landmark Resolution Against Tar Sands

May 31, 2013 By thegreenmiles Leave a Comment

The fight against tar sands isn't just about the proposed Keystone XL pipeline out west - it's also about the push for smaller tar sands pipeline projects across the country, including one Exxon Mobil & Enbridge are trying to sneak … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: brookline, climate, climate-change, energy, environment, global-warming, Keystone XL, tar-sands

Gabriel Gomez is Completely Incoherent on Climate & Energy

May 3, 2013 By thegreenmiles 1 Comment

Gabriel Gomez, the Republican opponent of Democrat Ed Markey in the U.S. Senate special election to fill John Kerry's seat in Massachusetts, is working hard to be all things to all people, and nowhere is that more evident than his positions … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, energy, Gabriel Gomez, global-warming, Keystone XL, tar-sands

Will the Next Major Tar Sands Spill be in New England?

April 11, 2013 By thegreenmiles Leave a Comment

Homes evacuated. Chemicals fouling the air. Wildlife soaked in tar sands oil. Could it happen in New England? I traveled to Arkansas last week to monitor wildlife impacts of the Exxon Mobil Pegasus tar sands pipeline rupture for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, environment, Keystone XL, maine, new-hampshire, oil, tar-sands, Trailbreaker, vermont

Climate and Occupy Activists Join Forces to Announce New Grassroots Campaign in Response to Scott Brown Corruption Scandal

February 10, 2012 By alliwelton 4 Comments

More than 60 protesters gathered today to announce the launch of a new grassroots anti-corruption campaign in response to Sen. Brown’s co-sponsorship of a bill to force through the Keystone XL Pipeline just last week. The campaign, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, climate-energy-politics, climatechange, corruption, global-warming, Keystone Pipeline, Keystone XL, scott-brown

On Holding Down The Conversational Fort, Or, Jobs, Republicans, And Hooey

January 2, 2012 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

As the next Congressional fight over payroll tax extensions and unemployment benefits and pipelines gets set up in the next few weeks for either its final chapter or to be kicked down the road a bit farther, one or the other, you’re going … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: congress, democrats, economy, elections, environment, HR 2587, jobs, Keystone XL, labor, law, nlrb, obama, republicans, union

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Look, people confused Charlie Baker "not being Donald Trump" with "trustworthy verging on infallible."

Well gosh that was never true, to say the least. #StockholmSyndrome

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👀 https://twitter.com/bill_shaner/status/1365100351502880770

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Sydney Rachael Levin-Epstein@SYDNEYRACHAEL_

is #mapoli pronounced

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“Utter breakdown ... *it’s just not okay*” [emphasis original]

Cindy Friedman@CindyFriedmanMA

Earlier, I spoke at the #MACOVIDOversight hearing and voiced my concerns & the concerns of my colleagues and constituents. I then asked @MassGovernor what I believe was a straightforward question...and received a not-so-straightforward response.

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In 2014, I was a clerk for the ME legislature's enviro committee and I'm flabbergasted by the arguments by progressive Reps (many of whom I respect) against making committee votes and testimony public. /1 #mapoli @act_on_mass @byChrisVan @statehousenews
https://www.masslive.com/boston/2021/02/massachusetts-house-democrats-push-for-transparency-attracts-gop-support.html

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What conditions accounts for this?

H/T @carboncounts

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