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Posts Tagged 'coal'

Shimkus Sends Others To Deadly, Dirty Work

Posted on May 11 2010 by Congress Watcher

John Shimkus doesn’t really want to drill or mine. He wants other people to do the dirty work and drill and mine for him.

Dan Mongiardo Funded By Dirty Coal Money

Posted on April 10 2010 by Congress Watcher

Less than one week before the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster, the Mongiardo for Senate campaign wrote a press release criticizing regulation of coal mines as a “declaration of war on Kentucky’s coal industry.”

Only Byrd Criticized Massey Energy For Anything

Posted on April 8 2010 by Congress Watcher

It is the job of Congress to oversee the Executive Branch, including the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration. That oversight has been as neglected as Massey Energy’s coal mines.

Who in Congress Took Massey CEO’s Money?

Posted on April 7 2010 by Congress Watcher

Which members of Congress and congressional candidates have accepted money from Don Blankenship, the CEO of Massey Energy, the coal company whose increasingly unsafe record of mining operations culminated in this week’s Upper Big Branch coal mine methane explosion.

Nine in Congress Sought to Block Regulation Of Coal Mine Methane

Posted on April 6 2010 by Congress Watcher

Capturing methane from coal mines could have the double benefit of slowing global warming and protecting coal miners. How can the appropriate expense of this benefit be calculated?

Is Paula Flowers Much Of An Alternative?

Posted on November 15 2009 by Congress Watcher

If more Democrats like Paula Flowers decide to run for Congress, the right wing Blue Dogs will continue to be able to set the agenda of the Democratic Party, thwarting progressive attempts to guide the United States toward a more positive future.

Tom McClintock Wants A Civilization That’s Cheap

Posted on October 24 2009 by Congress Watcher

This week, explaining his opposition to the Solar Technology Roadmap Act, U.S. Representative Tom McClintock said he opposes solar power because it’s too expensive. McClintock said: The cheapest form of electricity generation is hydroelectric. It ranges from a quarter cent to 2.7 cents per kilowatt hour – average around 1.5 cents. Then comes nuclear power, [...]

Brett Guthrie Costs Constituents With Coal

Posted on October 21 2009 by Congress Watcher

Add it up, and American households will save a good deal of money if we can implement climate change legislation – regardless of what Brett Guthrie asserts.

John Kerry Promotes Clean Coal Hype

Posted on October 5 2009 by Congress Watcher

The Kerry energy bill allows utility companies to create new fees that customers will need to pay – 10 billion dollars in fees. Those extra charges on our utility bills will go to pay for a corporation with the goal of demonstrating that carbon sequestration technologies could work.

John Duncan Bases Policy on Junk Science

Posted on October 4 2009 by Congress Watcher

By founding his own pro-industry policies on Bjorn Lomborg’s faulty work, Congressman John Duncan’s credibility is also substantially damaged.

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