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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:36:35 GMT

Carmel Valley contractor Jim Dunn started installing solar systems a year and a half ago for one simple reason: Solar is once more getting hot.

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Cap-and-trade bill: Blood and Gore

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:13:29 GMT

Lynn Cvechko of Charleston, W. Va., protests a climate change bill at a rally in front of the federal building in Huntington, W. Va.

Cap and trade energy bill is far too costly

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:57:06 GMT

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman rammed his cap and trade bill through an uninformed Congress.

Deception bundled in contracts sold door-to-door

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:39:47 GMT

've been deluged with complaints about misleading sales of energy contracts. Here are stories of consumers I've helped that show door-to-door sellers going after people living in low-income housing or in short-term rental accommodations.

Rich Lowry: The Waxman-Markey travesty

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:12:35 GMT

TRADE bill passed the House of Representatives shrouded in a fog of willful ignorance and calculated irrationality.

Teague explains cap-and-trade vote

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:05:07 GMT

The recent passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act by the U.S. House of Representatives has created a heated debate that it will increase taxes, raise utility rates and create job losses.

Green nonsense

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:26:18 GMT

AN UNUSUALLY cold winter has been followed by an unusually cool spring . This may be why only 42 percent of respondents in a June Rasmussen poll published think human activity is causing global warming, and many who do don't see it as a serious problem.

Program turns old clunkers into fast cash

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

If it runs and gobbles gas at 18 miles per gallon or less, that internal-combustion dinosaur in your garage is worth up to $4,500 toward a brand-new, fuel-sipping vehicle.

Jeffrey Simpson

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:15:23 GMT

T his being the Fourth of July, thoughts naturally turn to our American neighbours, who are now in the final legislative stages of altering their health-care system, with Canada, once again, being held up as the example of what not to do.

Nuclear power must be included - Lowell Sun

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:27:00 GMT

The House has approved energy legislation that addresses global warming, and now it's the Senate's turn. Most people would agree it's about time. But unfortunately, sound science is falling victim to narrow-minded politics. Legislation that would ...

Temp: 55? - Toledo Blade

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:27:00 GMT

AN UNUSUALLY cold winter (it snowed in Saudi Arabia and Iraq; temperatures fell to minus 80 degrees in Siberia) has been followed by an unusually cool spring (it snowed in North Dakota in June for the first time in 60 years). This may be why only 42 ...

TheStar.com | Business | Deception bundled in contracts sold door-to ... - Toronto Star

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:32:00 GMT

I 've been deluged with complaints about misleading sales of energy contracts. Here are stories of consumers I've helped that show door-to-door sellers going after people living in low-income housing or in short-term rental accommodations. Paraniga ...

Rich Lowry: The Waxman-Markey travesty - Argus Online

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:06:00 GMT

THE CAP-AND-TRADE bill passed the House of Representatives shrouded in a fog of willful ignorance and calculated irrationality. No one could be sure what he was voting for ? not after the 1,200-page bill had a 300-page amendment added at 3:09 a.m ...

The farm lobby vs. the global warming bill - Los Angeles Times

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:16:56 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

The farm lobby vs. the global warming bill
Los Angeles Times
It would do this by capping emissions and allowing polluters to trade carbon credits; regulating cleaner fuels; investing in clean energy development; ...
Editorial: Legislators need to reveal costs of cap-and-trade billThe Detroit News
Obama energy bill a 'handout' to other countriesOneNewsNow
Waxman-MarkeyWashington Post
Clovis News Journal -ForexTV.com -Los Angeles Times
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Cantwell talks energy at REC - Columbia Basin Herald

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., (third from left) looks at a presentation being given by REC Senior Vice President Tor Hartmann. Also shown are Sharon Palmerton, of REC, Grant County Commissioner Cindy Carter and Moses Lake City Manager Joseph Gavinski ...

Bigging up? our art and craft industry - Stabroek News

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:35:00 GMT

Some of our local artists and craftspeople still feel strongly about what they continue to believe was a missed opportunity to effectively market the local art and craft industry on the global stage provided by the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the ...

Brazil wants C02 cuts based on historic emissions - Stabroek News

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:35:00 GMT

BRASILIA, (Reuters) ? Brazil wants historic? emissions to be the basis for greenhouse gas pollution targets,? slated for discussion during December climate talks in? Copenhagen, Brazil?s top climate negotiator said in an? interview. Jose ...

Cap and trade? No thanks - News-Democrat

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:05:00 GMT

U.S. Reps. Jerry Costello and John Shimkus are in different political parties, but both had the good sense to vote against the cap and trade legislation. That "t" in trade could also stand for tax. Basically businesses would either have to cut ...

New Earthscan Book Shows Carbon Markets Are Set to Treble in Size over ... - PR Inside

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:10:00 GMT

Despite the global value of carbon markets falling from ?92 billion in 2008 to an estimated ?63 billion in 2009, volumes of carbon credits continue to rise with carbon markets expected to treble in size by 2012. Evidence in the new Earthscan book ...

Farmers fear climate bill cost - Chincoteague Beacon

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:27:00 GMT

POCOMOKE CITY -- Dan Holland is a dairy farmer tired of losing money on the milk his cows produce. He's contending with high fuel costs and competing in a global market. The Pocomoke City farmer wants to do his part to help the environment. But he ...