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Senate Republicans Are Blocking Debate on Keystone XL Pipeline Pipe Dream

January 26, 2015 By senedmarkey 12 Comments

Even after Senate Republicans blocked me from speaking on the United States Senate floor last Thursday, I will not pipe down about Senate Republicans and the oil industry’s Keystone XL pipeline pipe dream. I have tried to debate two of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-energy, climatechange, gop-congress, Keystone, tar-sands, 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

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

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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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Sydney Rachael Levin-Epstein@SYDNEYRACHAEL_

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

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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
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What conditions accounts for this?

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