Weekly roundup 2/04/11: Here Comes Spring (VIDEO)
This week we're celebrating an early spring prediction from Punxsutawney Phil, the great students at Purdue University, developments on the electric car and President Obama's threat to veto all the...
View ArticlePolicy Update 2/15/2011: Three Climate Battles
The Clean Air Act and climate change-related policies are under attack from all sides in D.C. this week. In an ongoing showdown, the House Energy and Commerce Committee is considering Chairman Fred...
View ArticleWorried about attacks on the Clean Air Act? Here's what you can do
As we all know, attacks on the Clean Air Act are coming from all sides -- and Rep. Fred Upton, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is leading the charge. Big Polluters are backing up...
View ArticlePolicy Update 3/1/2011: Wisconsin and Climate
Rallies sprung up nationwide this weekend in solidarity with the workers in Wisconsin. Much of the opposition faced by unions is from the same polluter-funded front groups that have opposed climate...
View ArticleWeekly roundup 3/4/11: 1Sky made it on Glenn Beck's Board! (VIDEO)
Glenn Beck's Red ScareThis past Saturday's Rally to Save the American Dream was a resounding success. People all over the nation flooded statehouses to support our public workers and stand up against...
View ArticleWeekly roundup 3/11/11: The threat of 'peak coffee' and why Rep. Markey is...
This week in the roundup we're looking at the threat of 'peak coffee,' the new anti-union bill in Wisconsin, 160,000 lives saved by the Clean Air Act, and Rep. Edward "Don't vote down gravity" Markey....
View ArticleBig polluters and their allies in Congress lie about gas prices
As the 2012 elections draw closer, the numbers at the pump could directly effect the ones at the polls. President Obama has had to quash criticisms that the climbing gas prices were owed to stalled...
View ArticleWeekly roundup 3/18/11: The World Watches Japan
The World Watches JapanFollowing the 9.0 earthquake and resultant tsunami, supplies have been running low in Japan. Food and gasoline shortages have left grocery store aisles bare and homes without...
View Article1Sky Policy Update 3/30/2011 - Potential Senate Climate Showdown
This week the Senate could potentially hold the first set of major climate votes of the 112th Congress on up to four Dirty Air Acts: McConnell-Inhofe, Rockefeller, Baucus, and Stabenow. For years now...
View ArticleWill Obama Sell Out the Clean Air Act for a Deal With Congress?
I was going to devote this blog exclusively to the energy speech President Obama delivered at Georgetown University, but there are some disturbing reports in the press today that I need to address...
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