Topic: U.S. Democratic Party
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday to block regulations that force industry to reduce unhealthy air emissions, such as mercury from coal-fired power plants, but the White House has promised to veto the measure and keep ...
That?s right, tree-hugging, tree-reading, and tree-sitting are going to become official employment opportunities in the near future. The politically correct term for these new jobs, according to U.S. Conference of Mayors, will be ?green? jobs. Already, there are about 750,000 ?green? jobs ...
South Korea on Tuesday launched a 19 billion dollar project to dredge and restore its four major rivers despite protests over the feared environmental impact.Excavators started shifting soil to build temporary dams on two of the rivers after the environment ministry gave ...
Glenn Beck went off on Van Jones again on his show the other night, raising the question of whether Obama's green jobs adviser was thoroughly vetted by the administration. Read it another way. Show me the error of my ways. If you ...
Democrats in the House of Representatives on Tuesday said they had reached a deal on difficult agriculture issues in a climate change bill, clearing the way for a vote and probable passage in the chamber this week.. Representative Henry Waxman, a main ...
When I was Vermont Secretary of Transportation in the '80s, it took twenty years to build a road - seventeen went to getting the necessary permits, one to property acquisition, two to construction. If we were able to assure that environmental and ...
House votes to extend environmental protection to Mass. river, new hurdle for LNG proposalThe House has approved a bill extending environmental protection to the lower Taunton River in Massachusetts, dealing a blow to developers who want to build a liquefied natural gas ...
Lawmakers Oppose House Energy Plan That Would Block States From Regulating EmissionsOpposition mounted among House Democrats on Thursday to an energy proposal that would block California and 11 states from regulating tailpipe emissions.At a hearing on a comprehensive bill that would increase ...
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