je.st
news
Tag: gop
Can the Va. GOP rise to the challenge of climate change?
2014-06-06 21:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Review Times: The National Climate Assessment released last month tells us that climate disruption and its heat, droughts and floods are already upon us, bringing abrupt, at times catastrophic, change to the United States. It also tells us that things will continue to worsen, especially if we do not act. For most Republican Virginia lawmakers, perhaps thats a ho-hum development just one more example of federal fiddling and misguided research. Little response can be anticipated from them. Democrats may hold...
Tags: change
rise
challenge
climate
Obama, GOP spar ahead of new EPA pollution rules
2014-06-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: President Barack Obama and Republicans squared over pollution regulations in their weekly radio addresses to the nation Saturday morning ahead of Monday's rollout of landmark EPA greenhouse gas restrictions for power plants. Obama, who taped his address Friday at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. focused on the impacts of climate change and air pollution on public health. "As president, and as a parent, I refuse to condemn our children to a planet that's beyond fixing,'...
Tags: rules
ahead
pollution
epa
As Tea Party forces SC GOP right, fears could go potentially off deep end
2014-05-24 19:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
State: Only about one in eight S.C. Republicans consider themselves members of the Tea Party today, down from about one in three in 2010, according to the Winthrop Poll. A majority of S.C. Republicans still say they agree with the Tea Party's principles, but support for those principles is down too. A West Columbia real estate agent says he wants God in government. A Columbia Army veteran says she always votes for a strong military. And an African-American businessman says he likes the GOP's ideas for...
Billionaire environmental activist plans target GOP in seven states
2014-05-22 13:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: Billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer will target Republicans in seven Senate and governors' races this year, as he pushes to make climate change a top issue in November's elections, his political aides announced Wednesday. His campaign -- which will include television ads and on-the-ground efforts to persuade women, young adults and minorities to vote in traditionally low-turnout midterm elections -- will hit Republicans in competitive Senate contests in Colorado, Iowa, Michigan and New...
Tags: states
plans
target
environmental
Billionaire Environmentalist To Spend $100M Attacking GOP On Climate Change In 2014 Elections
2014-05-22 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: Setting his sights on Republicans who reject climate change, an environmentalist billionaire is unveiling plans to spend $100 million this year in seven competitive Senate and gubernatorial races, as his super PAC works to counteract a flood of conservative spending by the Koch brothers. NextGen Climate Action said it plans to spend at least $50 million contributed by founder Tom Steyer, a retired hedge fund manager and longtime Democratic donor, and another $50 million the group is seeking to...
Tags: change
spend
climate
climate change
Sites : [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] next »