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i’ve written multiple times on the atrocity that is mountaintop removal. here is my most recent article. today there were massive protests and arrests at marsh fork elementary in sundial, west virginia, where children there face the threat of air pollution and toxic contaminants from mountaintop removal operations. there were some notorious names in the crowd including top nasa climate scientist james hansen, 94 year old former congressman ken hechler, and actress darryl hannah. jeff biggers is an excellent writer in west virginia in depicting the urgency and seriousness that surrounds the situation, and he covered the entire event in real time here. james hansen explained his rationale for participating in the protest and in ending mountaintop removal with this letter to president obama. below is a video from today.
june 23, 2009
flashmob action on the hill
some of my peers frustrated by the lack of action on strong climate legislation, froze for 2 minutes in the cafeteria of a congressional building today, which looks pretty creepy/awesome in this video. i had heard this was going to happen, the plan after 2 minutes was to drop some aces on the ground and walk out since the abbreviation for the bill is “aces”. i’m not sure if that happened, but at the end everyone yelled “stop climate change now”.
ellison-pingree letter
i mentioned a couple weeks ago that nationwide environmental groups were pushing for strengthening of the waxman-markey climate bill in a few areas. one was increasing the renewable electicity/energy efficiency standards. another was restoring the ability of the epa in the bill to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. the third was trying to get more emissions allowances allocated for clean energy investment. there’s a letter asking for strengthening being pushed by two congressman, keith ellison and chellie pingree. the goal is to to gain sign-ons of enough members of congress to ensure these amendments are pushed by leadership, and that we get a stronger bill. the most recent update of the number of sign-ons i saw was from friday and it said there were 41 sign-ons. however i know an additional maryland congressman of john sarbanes signed on yesterday, so i would say the total is at least 42, but likely higher. below is the list of sign-ons. if your congressman isn’t signed onto this letter, give their office an e-mail or call.
signers to pingree-ellison letter:
raul grijalva
barbara lee
pete stark
mike honda
sam farr
adam schiff
grace napolitano
bob filner
jared polis
kendrick meek
robert wexler
alcee hastings
hank johnson
john lewis
mazie hirono
john olver
michael capuano
donna edwards
elijah cummings
paul sarbanes
chellie pingree
john conyers
betty mccollum
keith ellison
emanuel cleaver
steven rothman
rush holt
jerrold nadler
yvette d. clarke
carolyn maloney
john hall
paul tonko
maurice hinchey
dennis kucinich
david wu
chaka fattah
joe sestak
jim langevin
bobby scott
jim moran
donna cristensen
adam smith
breaking: climate bill vote this friday??
i posted just a couple days ago that it didn’t look like the climate bill was going to be coming to the floor for a vote until after the 4th of july recess. now there’s a big hint nancy pelosi may be rolling the dice and going for it this friday even though negotiations with the agriculture lawmakers are still unresolved. here’s the article saying the vote may be this friday. i’m posting the contents below.
house speakernancy pelosiwill roll the dice on a top priority this week, bringing a contentious climate-change bill to the floor despite strong misgivings from her rank-and-file and an outspoken chairman who remains a major impediment.
the speaker filed thelegislationwith the rules committee on monday night, her spokesman said, even though its authors, energy and commerce committee chairman henry waxman (d-calif.) and massachusetts rep. ed markey, are still working out adealwith agriculture committee chairman collin peterson.
“the bill has been filed tonight with the rulescommittee,”and peterson “have all agreed on this approach for moving this historic climate change and clean energyjobsbill,” hammill continued.
peterson, who articulated the complaints of farm-state democrats, has come to stand for many other rank-and-file lawmakers who oppose the bill. the rural democrats are concerned it puts a disproportionate burden on farmers, without the possibility of rewards, while others in the party are concerned about the economic impact of thebilland its impact on the separate, but related, fight overhealthcare.
waxman and markey have been patiently working on their colleagues for months, offering incentives for industry along the way, and they have been working with peterson on a package of incentives for the farm states.
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