"White House Stiffens Resolve On Environment, Threatens Veto"
"The President's advisers have made it official and are recommending a strong veto of a House bill that would gut two key anti-pollution rules."
Source: Talking Points Memo, 09/22/2011
Environmental Politics
"Republicans Sought Clean-Energy Money for Home States"
"On the Senate floor and the television airwaves, Senator Mitch McConnell has lambasted the Obama administration over what he has described as its failed efforts to stimulate new jobs through clean-energy projects backed with billions of dollars in federal loans or other assistance." "But Mr. McConnell, of Kentucky, is one of several prominent Republicans who have worked to steer federal money to clean-energy projects in their homes states, Energy Department documents show."
Source: NY Times, 09/21/2011
Texas Latinos Face Greater Health Risks From Pollution: Study
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should move forward with tougher standards it has developed for ozone and toxic emissions because they will help protect Latinos’ health in Texas and other states, environmental and Latino groups said Tuesday."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 09/21/2011
DNC Members Latest To Pressure Obama on Canada-To-U.S. Pipeline
"President Obama yesterday got nudged from his left to nix the Keystone XL pipeline, as seven Democratic National Committee (DNC) members signed on to a resolution urging rejection of the controversial Canada-to-U.S. project on environmental, economic and national security grounds."
Source: NY Times, 09/21/2011
Obama’s Smog Decision Backed by Big Business Donors
"President Obama’s decision early this month to side with anti-regulation business interests against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop a plan to tighten smog regulations comes during an election cycle in which Obama has received campaign donations from top polluters, and only weeks after his chief of staff met with anti-regulation industry trade associations.
Source: Washington Independent, 09/21/2011
Koch-Funded 'Academy' Gives Congress Big Freebies
"ARLINGTON, Va. -- A recently-formed judicial 'academy' funded by industry groups and conservative billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch is offering members of Congress and their staff free meals and trips in order to 'educate' the lawmakers on controversial pro-business reforms."
Source: Huffington Post, 09/21/2011
"Solyndra Executives to Invoke Fifth Amendment Rights"
"The top two executives of a solar-energy company that filed for bankruptcy after getting $528 million in loan guarantees from the Obama administration said Tuesday that they will invoke their constitutional rights against compelled self-incrimination when they appear at a Congressional hearing."
Source: NY Times, 09/21/2011
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