Emanuel would emphasize energy issues to draw out young voters

There’s a major generation gap in the public’s concerns about the environment — one that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel hopes to capitalize on in November’s midterm elections.

“On almost every major question examined in the latest weekly…

Graham wiggles away from any near-term climate or energy bills

Well that just about does it for climate legislation. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) tells CongressDaily (subscription. req’d) that he’ll vote against the climate bill being developed by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.):

“What I have withdrawn…

EPA: BP has 24 hours to find less toxic dispersant to use in Gulf

Thought the massive quantities of oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico were the only major threat to the country’s southeast coastal waters right now? Think again:

The Environmental Protection Agency informed BP officials late Wednesday that the company

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Offshore drilling likely won’t make it into climate bill

Along with subsidies for nuclear power, expanded offshore drilling was supposed to be one of the key provisions to win the support of Republicans like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and conservative Democrats like Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) for comprehensive climate…

Environmentalists fret over coming retirement of ‘rock star’ Justice Stevens

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will retire this summer, a fact that has led conservatives to begin prepping for the coming appointment battle. Environmentalists are also already calculating the implications of the retirement. Jonathan Hiskes points out

Obama apologetically announces commitment to offshore drilling

President Obama, speaking at Andrews Air Force Base, just announced his decision to expand the country’s offshore drilling for oil. But his speech sounded mostly like an apology to environmentalists for the move.

Global warming skepticism continues to rise in the U.S.

Americans continue to grow more skeptical of the threat of global warming, with a new Gallup poll showing that nearly half of all Americans believe the threat is exaggerated.

According to the poll, 48 percent of the population considers…

Palin: Shun science’s ‘politicized agenda’

One of the perks of political rock star-dom is that you get to write pretty much whatever you want and the nation’s leading newspapers will publish it. Take Sarah Palin: Judging from The Washington Post’s op-ed page, she’s now one…

Howard Dean: Dems will pass health reform through reconciliation, without Republicans

Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean is currently conducting a health-care town hall meeting here at Netroots Nation in Pittsburgh, where he predicted that health-reform legislation will pass through reconciliation in the Senate, without a single Republican vote. And…

Congressional Democrats reach compromise on cash-for-clunkers

House Democrats have just reached a compromise on a cash-for-clunkers bill that would provide financial incentives for people to trade in their old gas-guzzlers for more fuel efficient vehicles.