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One senator's crusade to combat a McConnell anti-EPA onslaught
2015-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: When Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse started his 95th Senate floor speech on global warming, the discerning cable viewer witnessed a shift from his bully pulpit admonition that often begins, "We are sleepwalking our way to a climate catastrophe." "Mr. President," he said, standing over a small dais in the back of the chamber in April, "the distinguished majority leader, the senior senator from Kentucky, is resolutely opposed to any serious conversation about climate change." Four months into Sen. Mitch...
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Drought taking toll on West, senators told
2015-06-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Coloradoan: Witnesses presented a bleak picture of the impact of ongoing drought in the West during a Senate hearing Tuesday, but there were a few rays of hope. First the bad news: "Seventy-five percent of land in the 11 westernmost states are facing abnormally dry to exceptional drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. "California has ordered a 25 percent reduction in water use by non-farm users. "Washington has declared a statewide drought emergency and is predicting $1.2 billion...
Smithfield Foods Applauds Virginia Senators on TPA Passage
2015-05-23 05:53:16| Food - Topix.net
Smithfield Foods applauds the U.S. Senate and Senators Warner and Kaine on voting to pass the Bipartisan Trade Priorities and Accountability Act, bipartisan legislation to renew Trade Promotion Authority . This important legislation will create opportunities to expand trade, increase U.S. pork exports and grow jobs in Virginia.
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7 Senators Push for Federal Energy Standard of 30% Renewables by 2020
2015-05-14 16:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Just because you know doing something is a long shot doesn`t mean you shouldn`t try. That`s the attitude of seven Democratic senators who introduced a bill in Congress this week that would set a federal Renewable Energy Standard (RES). Spearheaded by New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall, and co-sponsored by fellow New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich, Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennett, Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, the bill...
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Bipartisan Senators propose EPA to redo WOTUS
2015-05-11 19:24:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. A bipartisan group of Senators is proposing that the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers redo the proposed Waters of the U.S. rule. read more
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