Comments on: Energy Bill Clears the House, But Hurdles & Open Questions Remain

By: 10 Things to Know About Lugar’s Energy Bill

10 Things to Know About Lugar’s Energy Bill — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:02:24 +0000

[...] Senators John Kerry and Lieberman last month, is coming out about a year after climate legislation cleared the House and the Senate began its long, often stale-mated slog to produce its own [...]

By: A Pared-Down, Oil-Friendly Senate Energy Bill to Be Released Monday

A Pared-Down, Oil-Friendly Senate Energy Bill to Be Released Monday — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:22:30 +0000

[...] bill — or the The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 — that the House passed back in June, and which called for a industry-wide, national, cap and trade [...]

By: Greentech Guide to Cop15

Greentech Guide to Cop15 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:20:47 +0000

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By: Senate Climate Bill: Similar to the House, But Tougher . . . Good Luck!

Senate Climate Bill: Similar to the House, But Tougher . . . Good Luck! — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:42:43 +0000

[...] expected the Senate version of the climate bill, which passed the house back in June, will soon be released from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and various media [...]

By: Energy Bill Update: Senate Version Coming This Week, But Pessimism Remains

Energy Bill Update: Senate Version Coming This Week, But Pessimism Remains — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:01:51 +0000

[...] a version of the energy bill into the Senate that will look very similar to legislation the House passed back in June, according to Reuters, which quoted anonymous [...]

By: Report: Why We Need the Climate Bill’s Building Code

Report: Why We Need the Climate Bill’s Building Code — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:01:20 +0000

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By: Senate Climate Bill Wars Begin: What to Expect in the Next Round

Senate Climate Bill Wars Begin: What to Expect in the Next Round — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:22:50 +0000

[...] Garthwaite No Comments Posted July 7th, 2009 at 6:17 pm in Policy For climate legislation, clearing the House last month by a slim seven-vote margin marked a major step toward passage of the first comprehensive [...]

By: Hats Off to the Climate Bill’s Political Powerbombs

Hats Off to the Climate Bill’s Political Powerbombs — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:40:46 +0000

[...] climate policy (OK except for occasionally Obama and Reid). And while the climate bill, which has passed the House and is still being negotiated in the Senate, delivered enough concessions that even eager beavers [...]

By: Condoleezza Rice on Cap and Trade: It’s Easily Abused

Condoleezza Rice on Cap and Trade: It’s Easily Abused — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:02:03 +0000

[...] a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, isn’t a big fan of the current energy bill that passed the House on Friday. At the Silicon Valley Energy Summit at Stanford University, where Rice is also a professor of [...]

By: Reactions to the Energy Bill: Obama, Cleantech Biz, Environmentalists

Reactions to the Energy Bill: Obama, Cleantech Biz, Environmentalists — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:51:14 +0000

[...] Written by Josie Garthwaite No Comments Posted June 29th, 2009 at 8:48 am in Policy The energy bill passed the House on Friday, but the proposed cap and trade system and new incentives for renewable energy are still a long way [...]

By: eideard

eideard — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:13:56 +0000

Well, the ignorant and uneducated continue to discover the Web... and earth2tech. I suppose it's better than hanging out at the American Legion bar.

By: استضافة

استضافة — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:59:29 +0000

his letter was sent to the Congressman & Senators of Oklahoma. I hope that someone out there will begin to have concern for the 20,000 plus out of work. This bill will destory the life that so many are use to. Not only by creating more unemployed, but increasing the monthly cost of heating, cooling and cooking for your families.

Dear Senator,

By: Stephenie

Stephenie — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:09:34 +0000

This letter was sent to the Congressman & Senators of Oklahoma. I hope that someone out there will begin to have concern for the 20,000 plus out of work. This bill will destory the life that so many are use to. Not only by creating more unemployed, but increasing the monthly cost of heating, cooling and cooking for your families.

Dear Senator,

I am not a professional writer; I am just a God loving American, Mom of 3 and Wife of an Oil Field Worker. Why do I tell you this, because I don’t want you to read this and expect a perfect piece of literature!
I am writing to you in hopes that you will read this email with an open mind and open heart. I pray when it comes time for you to place a vote for President Obama’s Energy bill and Cap & Trade agreement, that you take into consideration the out of work Oil field Workers.
The Oil field workers; who you never hear about on the news, when you’re hearing about the major businesses closing their doors. The Thousands of Oil Field Workers out of work across our Nation. Some of these men have been laid off and get to file unemployment; thank God for that for these families. Others, a mass majority of them are contract hired and have no unemployment benefits.
As of today one year ago, the rig count from Baker Hughes was 1913 drilling rigs in the field, today June 26, 2009 that rig count stand at 917, that is 996 not operating today. The average drilling rig for one job would roughly keep 20 men employed. Sir, that means that there are 19920 workers unemployed, from this one industry.
Now please don’t take me wrong, because most people would say these men make, 5 times, maybe even 10 times the amount the average Oklahomans makes in a year and they are correct in saying so, but these same men, help support the small communities they work in and live in, these are the men who because they are contract hire, have to pay for private healthcare insurance for their families at times ranging up to $1000.00 a month, the same men who have to carry the maximum insurance on their auto insurance, just to drive onto the oil patch, the same men who can’t buy life insurance because they have one of the top 5 most dangerous jobs in the World.
When the average American thinks about Oil Field workers, they think crude oil. I have asked many people “give me a word that you would use to describe an Oil Field worker”. These are some: Dirty! Nasty! Smelly! Selfish! Rich!
Not very flattering words, not a word that my husband likes to hear people think of him. But, you see my husband doesn’t work in the Crude Oil Business, he works in the “OIL & GAS” business, GAS meaning Natural Gas. The by-products of the processing of Natural Gas include ethane, propane, butanes, pentanes and higher molecular weight hydrocarbons, elemental sulfur, and sometimes helium and nitrogen. It is an important fuel source, a major feedstock for fertilizers, and yes a potent green house gas.
I ask do these people who think of all “Drilling” to be bad, dirty and selfish, not use any of the above mentioned gas resources Natural gas is also an essential raw material for many common products, such as: paints, fertilizer, plastics, antifreeze, dyes, photographic film, medicines, and explosives. Natural gas has thousands of uses and industry depends on it. It’s used to produce steel, glass, paper, clothing, brick, electricity and much more! More than 62 percent of homes use natural gas to fuel stoves, furnaces, water heaters, clothes dryers and other household appliances. It is also used to roast coffee, smoke meats, bake bread and much more. . Do they not heat their homes, with Natural Gas? Do they not BBQ on Labor Day, with propane? Do they not have romantic nights with candles, lit with butane lighter? Do they not buy balloons for their children’s birthday parties, filled with helium?
There are thousands of out of work Oil Field Workers right now, that can not get a job! My husband being one, he has heard over and over again in the last year and half the same words during an interview, “Mr. (withheld), it has been my experience in the past when hiring Oil Field Workers, that I hire you, I train you and I lose you, as soon as the Oil Field work picks back up, I am truly sorry but I can not afford to hire you”.
So Senator, where does this leave my family? No income! We are responsible, we put away for a rainy day. We had enough money to pay for 6 months of our bills, put away. It’s gone!
Today, I decide do I pay my mortgage or save that money to keep electricity on next month and food on my table for my children. Today, I tell my 10 year old she can’t go to her friend’s birthday party, because I can not pay for the trip to the water park they are going on. Today, I tell my 13 year old to drink another glass of water, after he finished his dinner and said he was still hungry, because I want to save what is left for lunch tomorrow.
Is this bill about Global Warming? Not to me! It’s about taking work from America. Because as a society we area accustom to certain things. Such as pushing a button and heating our home; taking a hot shower; cooking our food on a stove. Will society today return to the way of the past? Boiling water to bathe? Not coloring our hair? Not painting our homes? I don’t think so! So what will happen, we will be resourceful and get it from somewhere else, another country!
So to me, Sir this bill is about keeping the work in America! Keeping 20,000 men and woman employed.
I beg of you Sir, please open your heart, open your soul and see that this isn’t a policy of choice! It’s a policy of LIFE and survival for your fellow Americans.

God Bless!

Concerned MOM & Proud Oil Field Wife

By: rick g

rick g — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:19:03 +0000

The real headline:

Obama breaks campaign tax pledge and passes enormous tax on all people in the US.

By: John Sullivan

John Sullivan — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:04:08 +0000

I know that none of Hollywood's better Utopian visions of a clean futuristic planet have petrochemical fuels or iron coal-fired ovens, but we're not going to get that vision if we shut off "legacy" energy sources. Geothermal energy seems most promising, but it's decades away from being practical. In short, we're going to save the planet by going back to the 7th century and deforestation so we can build fires to cook and stay warm. So much for saving the planet. China and India have yet to show any reaction to our unilateral economic suicide but hearty laughter. They have no intention of strangling their own economies.

By: hsr0601

hsr0601 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:18:18 +0000

I'd encourage the skeptics over the man-made climate change to think of the sky in Beijing. The current consumption of dirty, noxious energy reminds me of human smoking habit.