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    House Republicans Launch Extinction Bills to Cripple Endangered Species Act

    House Republicans Launch Extinction Bills to Cripple Endangered Species Act

    Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives announced on Thursday a series of bills aimed at profoundly gutting the Endangered Species Act, including provisions making it almost impossible for imperiled species to gain protection and giving states that often oppose endangered species protection veto power over those decisions. In addition, the bills would turn over […]

    Senate Tax Bill Could Be ‘Devastating’ to Wind and Solar Power

    Senate Tax Bill Could Be ‘Devastating’ to Wind and Solar Power

    The tax bill barreling towards a vote in the Senate already includes a worrisome rider that would open up the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and natural gas drilling. Now, renewable energy trade associations are raising the alarm about an eleventh-hour provision called the Base Erosion Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) program that “would have […]

    Educated Republicans Are Less Likely to Believe in Climate Change

    Educated Republicans Are Less Likely to Believe in Climate Change

    Just this week, more than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries signed a paper issuing a urgent plea to global leaders about the “current trajectory of potentially catastrophic climate change.” The article, titled World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice, is a wakeup call to anyone concerned about rapidly rising temperatures and stronger and more […]

    Republican Leadership Shuffle Churns Up More Anti-Environmental Extremists

    Republican Leadership Shuffle Churns Up More Anti-Environmental Extremists

    The recent ouster of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) from his Congressional seat has shaken Washington Republicans and rattled open several leadership positions. And—as hard as it is to believe—the House Republican conference apparently hadn’t even hit bottom yet. Then Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference […]

    Gas Price Games

    Gas Price Games

    Media Matters for America With more good news on jobs deflating their attacks on President Obama, Republican politicians and their media allies have gone into overdrive hyping high gas prices and falsely assigning blame to the president. Core Message: If Republicans really cared about high gas prices, they wouldn’t keep us hooked on Big Oil. […]