... quot;font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just listen to this testimonial from legendary polluter & front group funder Charles Koch: <blockquote style="font-family: Times,& ... ="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And check out this story from a polluter lobbyist matched up with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK): <div style="font-family: ...

... the Dirty Air Act with Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), arriving at a fundraiser organized by polluter lobbyists at a swank DC restaurant. Youth activists from the Consequence campaign were waiting ... they got involved in politics? To scurry past angry protesters to collect their cash from polluter lobbyists? It's not too late for Senators to do the right thing. Please take a moment to contact your ...

... for polluters, industry lobbyists, and politicians. Now it’s easier than ever to buy and sell influence in order to sabotage America’s clean energy future.” Although Polluter Harmony is a basket full of laughs, there remains a serious goal underneath all the humor: to expose the corrupt politicians who freely accept large donations from lobbyists. Check out the video below ...

... Texas is not doing a good job of self regulation. Self regulation is nothing better than the fox guarding the henhouse because industry has no ethics anymore. For instance: “TXU was by no means the only polluter given a free pass by TCEQ. The records gathered by the Center show that, again and again in Texas, air quality enforcement came at the point of a citizen lawsuit, not from the agency ...

Three Greenpeace activists were taken into custody after deploying a floating banner in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building in plain view of a favorite destination for polluter lobbyists — Senator Lisa Murkowskis Washington DC office. The banner exposed Murkowskis close relationship with dirty energy interests and promoted PolluterHarmony, a spoof online dating

EarthJustice.org Four Corners coal plant causes haze in Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde and other national parks February 17, 2010 Seattle, WA — Conservation groups have asked federal agencies to require New Mexico’s dirtiest coal-fired power plant to take measures to reduce its air pollution, and thereby lessen the amount of haze it causes in national parks and wilderness

Original Author:  TheGreenMiles@gmail.com (Miles Grant) Posted by The Green Miles Who's attacking the Clean Air Act in Virginia? Why are they hiding behind a front group that was just created two weeks ago? A little detective work turns up an unsurprising answer -- but one with some comically bad cover-up work. Ads began running in Virginia & ...

Polluter Harmony is an anti-polluting campaign site, shaped like an online matchmaking service for polluters, industry lobbyist and politicians in the USA. The site is a project of PolluterWatch / Greenpeace and the aim is to draw attention to the close connections between polluters, influence peddlers and friendly public officials. • www.polluterharmony.com

lobbying_process.jpg Senators working to craft legislation to transition the U.S. economy to cleaner energy and provide green jobs for Americans have a critical task ahead of them.  The U.S. economy is lagging due to an addiction to foreign sources of dirty energy, among other reasons.  Leaders from government, the private sector and even the Pentagon acknowledge the ...

Yesterday, the South Dakota legislature passed a resolution telling public schools to teach “balance” about the “prejudiced” science of climate change by a vote of 37-33. Earlier language that ascribed “astrological” influences to global warming was stripped from the final version. This act of conspiracy-driven ideology is hardly alone — a Wonk Room ...

by Brad Johnson Cross-posted from the Wonk Room. Yesterday, the South Dakota legislature passed a resolution telling public schools to teach “balance” about the “prejudiced” science of climate change by a vote of 37-33. Earlier language that ascribed “astrological” influences to global warming was stripped from the final version. This act of conspiracy- ...

... by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and polluter lobbyists that would roll back the Clean Air Act. ... Air Act." (Learn more about how Sen. Murkowski put it together with help from polluter lobbyists.) The proposal would not only prevent the Environmental Protection Agency ... , deriding our effort to hold her accountable for taking polluter cash and selling out her constituents’ welfare as & ...

... no doubt at all that the state of Texas is by far the biggest polluter in the United States. It is such a bad polluter that it makes other large state polluters like California, New York, ... of cleanliness by comparison. In fact, if Texas was a country it would be the seventh largest polluter in the entire world. For the eight environmentally devastating years of the Bush administration, Texas ...

... all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide (the beef, pork and poultry industries emit large amounts of CO2, methane, and other greenhouse gases). The livestock sector is a major environmental polluter, with much of the world's pastureland degraded by grazing or feed production, and with many forests clear-cut to make way for additional farmland. Feed production requires intensive use ...

... Exxon Mobil, ENI (Agip), Shell, PetroChina and Petroleo Brasileiro. It is, in fact, the most important sector of investment of the Caisse's portfolio. And of course Quebec's green charade. And let's not forget that for all Chartest's talk, Quebec remains a big polluter. For each million dollars in GDP, Quebec produces 129 kg of toxic products, compared to only 102 kg for Alberta.