Search This Blog

Thursday, April 30, 2009

The Desert Rock Energy Facility…Flattering EPA Report, Now You See It! Now You Don’t! Fun Stuff Over At EPA!

This is disturbing. This is an abuse of power. There should be a Justice Department investigation... but there won't be.

From Pierre Legrand’s Pink Flamingo Bar
On April 28th Obama fulfilled a campaign promise regarding bankrupting Coal Power plants. He accomplished this by having his EPA pull a permit that had already been issued for the Desert Rock Energy Facility. Well that’s not all the EPA is pulling retroactively! They also pulled the flattering report they themselves wrote regarding the very same facility.

Take a look at these two screenshots of this report regarding that very same powerplant. Sounds like the EPA was all for it until Obama wasn’t and then poof the EPA made the report go away. Thank you Google Cache!

Obviously some serious money was lost since the permit was already issued but hey the Power Company probably wasn’t a big enough contributor to the various extortionists/national politicians we seem to have running all over the place. Change you can believe in!

I had to take screenshots because the original page no longer exists on the EPA website. You can search for Desert Rock on the EPA site and the 10th result you get is a link to the report, the search result still exists at this time. But it links to a page not found, hence the screenshots of this report: The Desert Rock Energy Facility: A Cleaner Coal Power Plant | Region 9: Air | US EPA If you click the link though it shows the page as not being found.

EPASCREEN1 EPASCREEN2

Well unfortunately for the EPA, Google Cache still had a copy. I took screenshots because gee you never know when stuff might just automagically disappear from Google Cache. Quiet I think I hear one of those Black Helicopters…speaking of if you haven’t seen Conspiracy Theory with Mel Gibson stop reading right now and go rent it!

Here is a local report on the terrible news that the EPA had gone back on its committment to issue a permit. How many dollars were pissed away here?

EPA pulls the plug on Desert Rock coal-fired power plant

By Marjorie Childress 4/28/09 1:11 AM

coal-power-plant-pic1ALBUQUERQUE — In a dramatic move yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew the air quality permit it issued last summer for the Desert Rock coal-fired power plant, which is slated to be built on the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners region just southwest of Farmington, New Mexico.

Oh and a few more pages turn up missing on the EPA server…like this report on the emissions. Poof gone, but not gone from Google. Here is a copy paste. Gee it is almost like the EPA and Obama don’t want you to know that they are pissing away perfectly good energy sources to placate the far loony left environmentalists.

Emissions Data
Comparison of Desert Rock to Existing Coal Plants

These charts compare anticipated emissions of nitrigen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) from the proposed Desert Rock facility with the same type of emissions from two existing coal-fired power plants in the vicinity- the Four Corners plant and the San Juan plant. The charts show that emissions will be significantly lower from the Desert Rock facility.

Sadly I cannot get this graph!

Comparison of NOx Emissions from Desert Rock Energy Facility and other Local Electric Power Generating Facilities Larger Chart

Nor can I get this graph...kinda sad that our Government agencies are this corrupt!

Comparison of SO2 Emissions from Desert Rock Energy Facility and other Local Electric Power Generating Facilities Larger Chart

Notes for NOx chart
Source: 2006 data as reported by EPA’s Clean Air Markets Database
Estimated annual average emissions after the NOx optimization period.

Notes for SO2 chart
Source: 2006 data as reported by EPA’s Clean Air Markets Database
Estimated annual average emissions

Is this the change we were waiting for? Is this what all those moderates thought they were getting when they voted for Obama? Exactly how crooked is our government?

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Specter says party switch driven partly by desire to keep seat

The old "fight versus flight" conundrum. Looks like flight won out this time.

Specter says party switch driven partly by desire to keep seat

WASHINGTON (CNN)
-- Arlen Specter, the longtime Republican senator who switched parties Tuesday, admitted Wednesday the move was driven partly by a desire to keep his seat.
Sen. Arlen Specter speaks Wednesday as President Obama looks on in the White House

Sen. Arlen Specter speaks Wednesday as President Obama looks on in the White House

The senator, who has represented Pennsylvania in the upper chamber since 1980, said he was "anxious" to stay in the Senate -- and he did not want to face a Republican primary in order to keep his seat next year.

"I was unwilling to subject my 29-year record in the U.S. Senate to the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate," he said. "But I am pleased to run in the primary on the Democratic ticket and am ready, willing and anxious to take on all comers in the general election."

Polls suggested Specter would face a stiff primary challenge from Rep. Pat Toomey, who falls to his right on the political spectrum. Toomey nearly defeated Specter in the Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary in 2004.

Specter vowed not to be an "automatic 60th" Democratic vote Wednesday.

President Obama said he was "thrilled" to have the Pennsylvania senator join the Democrats.

Obama, who served four years in the Senate with Specter, consistently referred to his former colleague as "Arlen," calling him "one tough hombre." Video Watch more on what the party switch means »

Specter, appearing with the president and Vice President Joe Biden in a news conference, said he was "very comfortable" with Obama's administration.

Specter's move puts the Democrats one shy of a rare filibuster-proof Senate majority of 60 seats. Senate Democrats can now reach the 60-seat mark if Al Franken holds his current lead in the disputed Minnesota Senate race.

"As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party," Specter said in announcing his decision Tuesday.

He said he made the final decision to switch parties and end a 44-year affiliation with the GOP after consulting with his campaign advisers and family over the weekend.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs confirmed Tuesday that the president intends to actively campaign for Specter's re-election if asked to do so.

Jubilant Senate Democrats also welcomed the news.

"Sen. Specter and I have had a long dialogue about his place in an evolving Republican party," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, said in a written statement.

"We have not always agreed on every issue, but [he] has shown a willingness to work in a bipartisan manner, put people over party, and do what is right for Pennsylvanians and all Americans."

Reid called Specter a "man of honor and integrity" who would be welcome in the Democratic caucus. Video Watch more reaction »

One key Senate Democrat, however, warned that reaching the 60-vote mark would not automatically ensure a Democratic victory on every major issue.

"It's great news," North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad said. But it means "a lot less" than some people think.

"The Democratic caucus is not homogenous. [There is a] lot of disagreement in the Democratic caucus, so this idea that it's some great watershed event ... I don't think so."

Neither party has had a filibuster-proof majority in the U.S. Senate since the 95th Congress, from 1977 to 1979. Democrats controlled 62 seats during the first two years of the Carter presidency.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele ripped Specter, calling him a Republican in name only who was out of step with the rest of the party because of his "left-wing voting record."

"Some in the Republican Party are happy about this. I am not," Steele said in a written statement. "Let's be honest -- Sen. Specter didn't leave the GOP based on principles of any kind. He left to further his personal political interests because he knew that he was going to lose a Republican primary due to his left-wing voting record."

Steele said that Republicans "look forward to beating Sen. Specter in 2010, assuming the Democrats don't do it first."

A significant number of leading Republicans grew angry with Specter in recent weeks over his vote in support of Obama's $787 billion stimulus plan.

"When the stimulus package came up for a vote, I felt that it was indispensable to vote 'aye' in order to avoid the possibility of a 1929-type depression," Specter said Tuesday. He said that the vote highlighted a "schism" and an "irreconcilable conflict" between himself and the bulk of the GOP.

Specter, one of only three GOP senators to vote for the measure, has been part of a dwindling group of Republican moderates from the northeastern part of the country.

The 79-year-old Kansas native and former Philadelphia district attorney has been a leading Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee for much of the past two decades, serving as its chairman from 2005 to 2007.

Specter has been a defender of abortion rights in an overwhelmingly anti-abortion party and opposed President Ronald Reagan's controversial nomination of Robert Bork to a Supreme Court seat in 1987. But he drew criticism from many women for his aggressive questioning of law professor Anita Hill, who accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment during Thomas' 1991 confirmation hearings.

Specter served on the Warren Commission that investigated the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, helping develop the so-called single-bullet theory that Kennedy and Texas Gov. John Connally were hit by the same slug.

He has survived bouts with cancer three times, most recently undergoing chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease in 2005.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

How to turn greenhouse gas into a clean fuel

Big headlines in New Scientist:

How to turn greenhouse gas into a clean fuel

THIS WEEK: 11:37 28 April 2009

A new process converts carbon dioxide into methanol, without the need for extreme temperatures and pressures

Just one problem:
Methanol combustion is: 2CH3OH + 3O22CO2 + 4H2O + heat
Are we missing something here?

Oh, and the stuff that is made into livestock feed comes out the other end as methane... that's a lot better than CO2.

..

GM to Cut 21,000 Jobs, Eliminate Pontiac

What’s good for the country is good for General Motors, and vice versa.

A statement made by Charles E. Wilson while president of the General Motors Corporation, a leading United States automobile manufacturer. Wilson later became secretary of the federal Department of Defense.

So, bankruptcy and job losses are good for the country.
GM to Cut 21,000 Jobs, Eliminate Pontiac

FILE--An undated file photo released by General Motors shows a 1968 Pontiac GTO. General Motors is expected to announce it's restructuring plan Monday April 27, 2009, and it will include the discontinuation of the Pontiac brand, maker of the GTO _ one of America's first muscle cars and so popular it inspired the Beach Boys to immortalize it in song. (AP Photo/General Motors, file)


FILE--An undated file photo released by General Motors shows a 1968 Pontiac GTO. General Motors is expected to announce it's restructuring plan Monday April 27, 2009, and it will include the discontinuation of the Pontiac brand, maker of the GTO _ one of America's first muscle cars and so popular it inspired the Beach Boys to immortalize it in song. (AP Photo/General Motors, file) (Anonymous - AP)
FILE -- In an April 27, 2009 file photo unsold G6 sedans sit at a Pontiac dealership in Castle Rock, Colo. General Motors is expected to announce it's restructuring plan Monday April 27, 2009, and it will include the discontinuation of the Pontiac brand, and factory closures. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski/file)
FILE -- In an April 27, 2009 file photo unsold G6 sedans sit at a Pontiac dealership in Castle Rock, Colo. General Motors is expected to announce it's restructuring plan Monday April 27, 2009, and it will include the discontinuation of the Pontiac brand, and factory closures. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski/file) (David Zalubowski - AP)


Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, April 27, 2009; 12:22 PM

The U.S. Treasury would own at least a 50 percent stake in General Motors under a plan the company released today to avoid bankruptcy.

The strategy would essentially formalize the government's control over one of the icons of corporate America.

"I'm a believer in dealing in reality," GM chief executive Fritz Henderson said in announcing the new plan. "We've gotten great support from the Treasury. It has viewed this matter from day one as a kind of private equity investment. It has pushed us in a lot of ways."

The announcement came as the company said it would further shrink the number of workers, dealers and types of cars in an attempt to prepare it for a United States shrunken by the recession.

Henderson said GM will eliminate 21,000 jobs by next year and phase out its Pontiac line as part of a last-ditch restructuring effort to keep the company afloat and win additional government aid.

The company also said it plans to cut its U.S. dealer network at a faster pace than previously announced, from about 6,200 in 2008 to 3,605 by the end of 2010. Its original plan aimed to trim that network down to 4,200 by 2014.

But one of the keys to the strategy for keeping the automaker out of bankruptcy is ridding it of debt by enticing lenders to drop their debt claims in exchange for equity stakes.

GM also said it would offer a debt for equity swap, handing over 225 shares in the company in exchange for every $1,000 in bondholder debt. Bondholders would eventually hold 10 percent of the equity in the reorganized company.

By June 1, the Detroit-based automaker, which has already received $15.4 billion in federal loans, must gain significant concessions from stakeholders to continue to receive aid.

Under the outlines announced yesterday, the federal government would take an equity stake of at least 50 percent, the United Auto Workers would take as much as 39 percent, the company's bondholders would get 10 percent and the existing shareholders 1 percent.

None of the debt-for-equity swaps have been formally reached, however, and it is still possible that the company will be reorganized in bankruptcy court.

In a statement today, the president's auto task force said it will consider GM's plan to give the United States an equity stake in exchange for surrendering some of its debt. "The administration has made no final decision regarding the treatment of its current loan to GM or with respect to any future investments in the company," the statement said.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Video: Barack "Maverick" Obama Buzzes the Tower

Dems demand to know, "What's the big deal? There was no waterboarding involved."

From Ace of Spade HQ:

Video: Barack "Maverick" Obama Buzzes the Tower
Must Watch: Panicked New Yorkers Run in the Streets
Update: Approved at the White House

I'm replacing the first vid I stole from Allah with this one. Good. God. All. Mighty.

More videos and some spleen from Allah.

In related news, Obama intends to let people know he's finally reversing Republican economic mismanagement, by sending them envelopes filled with unidentified white powder, intended to symbolize the 80s coke & junk bonds economy.

Because, you know, he's so darned smart 'n shit.

In other related news, White House spokesman David Gibbs asked rhetorically, "Why are people getting so freaked that a man raised in Indonesia sent a 747 buzzing some New York towers?"


Hmmm... I guess Obama wanted to remind us all that terrorism is a real and present danger.

How thoughtful. George Bush didn't have the balls to panic New Yorkers just to remind them of 9/11.

Like Christopher Buckley, I'm really starting to admire the cut of this man's jib!


White House Approved: Same link to Hot Air. Wow.

White House Military Office director Louis Caldera issued a brief statement.

“Last week, I approved a mission over New York. I take responsibility for that decision,” he said. “While federal authorities took the proper steps to notify state and local authorities in New York and New Jersey, its clear that the mission created confusion and disruption. I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused.”…

Hm. So the smart guy's White House approved this, and the retarded hillybilly's White House somehow managed to avoid such nap-of-the-earth canyon runs, huh?


Posted by: Ace at 04:13 PM
Just another airplane flying over New York.

Quote of the week #5 - Waxman’s stunningly stupid statement

The other day at Hall Of Record, the subject was about Congressman Waxman [CA] who wanted to tax imports for there carbon impact... a really stupid idea unless his goal was to antagonize the rest of the world and build up under-the-table campaign funds for Pres. Obama.

Now Mr. Waxman outdoes himself as cited in Watt's Up With That:

Quote of the week #5 - Waxman’s stunningly stupid statement 26 04 2009

qotw_cropped

Image from WUWT reader “Boudu”

This QOTW is from Congressman Henry Waxman, who is pushing (or maybe bribing) the carbon cap and trade bill through congress. The statement made by Waxman can be corrected by a third grader; it is that bad.

From an interview on NPR as relayed by Tavis Smiley:

We’re seeing the reality of a lot of the North Pole starting to evaporate, and we could get to a tipping point. Because if it evaporates to a certain point - they have lanes now where ships can go that couldn’t ever sail through before. And if it gets to a point where it evaporates too much, there’s a lot of tundra that’s being held down by that ice cap..”

That’s probably the scariest statement on “science” ever uttered by a Congressman.

Let me go on record by saying Waxman is stunningly and stupidly misinformed and intellectually inadequate for the tasks at hand that bears his name: The Waxman-Markey bill

This is what Waxman works on in Congress:

Committee on Energy and Commerce (Chairman)

* Subcommittee on Health
* Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality
* Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Write or call your US representatives now.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Lions' No. 20 pick indefensible

One of the sports writers in Detroit isn't happy with the 2nd 1st round pick made by the Lions. Enough has been said about the 1st 1st round pick, Matt Stafford who is a multi-year project given his propensity to panic under pressure [think Joey Harrington]. Then there is the 1st 2nd round pick... a small safety to go with the small linebackers. That should help....

The Lions should have saved their $41 million and worked for a 1-15 record. Then they could have selected a real NFL quarterback prospect... Tim Tebow. Oh well, it's their money.

Lions' No. 20 pick indefensible

BY DREW SHARP • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • April 25, 2009

Are we sure that Matt Millen still doesn’t have a direct line to the Lions’ draft war room?

Taking tight end Brandon Pettigrew with the 20th overall selection becomes an even more controversial choice than taking quarterback Matthew Stafford first overall because it’s another offensive player, reminiscent of the Millen-orchestrated drafts that focused on assembling skilled players while ignoring the offensive and defensive trenches.

This pick didn’t make sense.

The Lions will spin Pettigrew’s selection as answering two concerns – finding Stafford another offensive weapon while also improving the offensive line because Pettigrew is regarded as an exceptional run blocker for a tight end.

But at what point will they address a defense that ranked dead last in the NFL the last two years?

Maybe there’s a slot receiver they’ll like with the first pick overall in the second round – the 33rd overall selection?

General manager Martin Mayhew insists that he’s listening to his scouting department. Opting for a tight end at No. 20 instead of shoring up their biggest deficiency – the defensive line – with Ole Miss tackle Peria Jerry or snatching perhaps the draft’s best pure middle linebacker, USC’s Rey Maualuga, suggests that Mayhew believes there’s better defensive depth in the second and third rounds of this draft than on the offensive side of the ball.

He had better be right.

I’ve got no issues with them taking Stafford because the NFL remains a quarterbacks’ league. If there were any lingering doubts regarding that premise, remember that the New York Jets traded up 12 spots to land USC quarterback Mark Sanchez at No. 5 and Tampa Bay moved up two spots to nab Josh Freeman later in the first round.

But they must focus on defense with the next picks. If not, Mayhew might be moving closer to his predecessor rather than distancing himself from him.

Okay, so Drew Sharp and I don't agree on everything.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Your Tax Dollars At Work

Your tax dollars at work... via GovTrack.us

Session of Congress:
Bill Number/Keywords:
Sponsor:
Cosponsor:
Other Filters:


71 bill(s) matched your search carbon dioxide.

BillStatusLast Action
H.R. 1689: Carbon Capture and Storage Early Deployment ActIntroducedMar 24, 2009
H.R. 594: Save Our Climate Act of 2009IntroducedJan 15, 2009
H.R. 1790: Forest Carbon Emission Reduction ActIntroducedMar 30, 2009
H.R. 1760: Black Carbon Emissions Reduction Act of 2009IntroducedMar 26, 2009
H.R. 1337: America's Energy Security Trust Fund Act of 2009IntroducedMar 5, 2009
H.R. 1796: Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention ActIntroducedMar 30, 2009
H.R. 1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009EnactedFeb 17, 2009
H.R. 391: To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that greenhouse gases are not subject to the Act, and for other purposes.IntroducedJan 9, 2009
H.R. 1862: Cap and Dividend Act of 2009IntroducedApr 1, 2009
H.R. 1388: Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education ActEnactedApr 21, 2009
H.R. 232: Greenhouse Gas Registry ActIntroducedJan 7, 2009
H.R. 1841: Acid Rain and Mercury Control ActIntroducedApr 1, 2009
H.R. 260: 21st Century Energy Independence Act of 2009IntroducedJan 7, 2009
H.R. 1787: To amend the Clean Air Act regarding transportation fuels and establishment of a low carbon fuel standard.IntroducedMar 30, 2009
H.R. 1158: Biogas Production Incentive Act of 2009IntroducedFeb 24, 2009
H.R. 1666: Safe Markets Development Act of 2009IntroducedMar 23, 2009
H.R. 513: New Manhattan Project for Energy IndependenceIntroducedJan 14, 2009
H.R. 14: Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009IntroducedJan 6, 2009
S. 173: Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009IntroducedJan 8, 2009
S.Con.Res. 13: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.Passed Senate, Passed HouseApr 22, 2009 12:56 PM
H.Con.Res. 85: Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 and 2011 through 2014.Passed HouseApr 2, 2009 7:16 PM
H.R. 1108: Grow American Supply ActIntroducedFeb 23, 2009
H.R. 977: Derivatives Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2009Reported by CommitteeFeb 12, 2009
S. 350: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009Reported by CommitteeJan 27, 2009
S. 570: No Cost Stimulus Act of 2009Reported by CommitteeMar 12, 2009
S. 336: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009Reported by CommitteeJan 27, 2009
H.R. 679: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009Reported by CommitteeJan 21, 2009
H.R. 598: American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009Reported by CommitteeJan 22, 2009
H.R. 497: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for improving mine safety.IntroducedJan 14, 2009
S. 527: A bill to amend the Clean Air act to prohibit the issuance of permits under title V of that Act for certain emissions from agricultural production.IntroducedMar 5, 2009
H.R. 1426: To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the issuance of permits under title V of that Act for certain emissions from agricultural production.IntroducedMar 11, 2009
H.R. 1683: Clean Environment and Stable Energy Market Act of 2009IntroducedMar 24, 2009
H.R. 1759: Emission Migration Prevention with Long-term Output Yields ActIntroducedMar 26, 2009
H.R. 1462: Study of Ways to Improve the Accuracy of the Collection of Federal Oil, Condensate, and Natural Gas Royalties Act of 2009IntroducedMar 12, 2009
S. 810: Ocean and Coastal Adaptation Planning ActIntroducedApr 2, 2009
S. 587: Western Hemisphere Energy CompactIntroducedMar 12, 2009
H.Res. 177: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning membership of the United States in the International Renewable Energy Agency.IntroducedFeb 13, 2009
S.Res. 77: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States and the People's Republic of China should negotiate a bilateral agreement on clean energy cooperation.IntroducedMar 18, 2009
S. 320: Clean Energy Stimulus and Investment Assurance Act of 2009IntroducedJan 26, 2009
H.R. 1926: Global Warming Education ActIntroducedApr 2, 2009
H.Con.Res. 2: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service should incorporate consideration of global warming and sea-level rise into the comprehensive conservation plans for coastal national wildlife refuges, and for other purposes.IntroducedJan 6, 2009
H.R. 1794: New Options Petroleum Energy Conservation Act of 2009IntroducedMar 30, 2009
S. 531: Energy and Water Integration Act of 2009IntroducedMar 5, 2009
S. 137: Green Energy Production Act of 2009IntroducedJan 6, 2009
H.R. 1888: TIRE Act of 2009IntroducedApr 2, 2009
H.R. 445: Heavy Duty Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2009IntroducedJan 9, 2009
S. 679: Heavy Duty Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2009IntroducedMar 24, 2009
H.R. 1847: Clean Coal-Derived Fuels for Energy Security Act of 2009IntroducedApr 1, 2009
H.R. 330: MEGAIntroducedJan 8, 2009
S. 774: National Energy Security Act of 2009IntroducedApr 1, 2009
H.R. 1329: Clean, Low-Emission, Affordable, New Transportation Efficiency ActIntroducedMar 5, 2009
S. 575: Clean, Low-Emission, Affordable, New Transportation Efficiency ActIntroducedMar 11, 2009
H.R. 1778: Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) Program ActIntroducedMar 30, 2009
H.R. 1431: No Cost Stimulus Act of 2009IntroducedMar 11, 2009
H.Res. 81: Recognizing the importance and sustainability of the United States hardwoods industry and urging that United States hardwoods and the products derived from United States hardwoods be given full consideration in any program directed at constructing environmentally preferable commercial, public, or private buildings.IntroducedJan 22, 2009
S.Res. 76: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States and the People's Republic of China should work together to reduce or eliminate tariff and nontariff barriers to trade in clean energy and environmental goods and services.IntroducedMar 18, 2009
S. 807: SMART Energy ActIntroducedApr 2, 2009
H.R. 1742: To establish a program to deploy and integrate plug-in electric drive vehicles in multiple regions.IntroducedMar 26, 2009
S. 724: A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to temporarily prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from considering global climate change as a natural or manmade factor in determining whether a species is a threatened or endangered species, and for other purposes.IntroducedMar 26, 2009
S. 222: Community Revitalization Energy Conservation ActIntroducedJan 13, 2009
H.R. 1698: To establish the Green Bank to assist in the financing of qualified clean energy projects and qualified energy efficiency projects.IntroducedMar 24, 2009
S. 224: Green Jobs and Infrastructure Act of 2009IntroducedJan 13, 2009
H.R. 759: Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2009IntroducedJan 28, 2009
S. 268: Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education, and Training Stimulus ActIntroducedJan 15, 2009
S. 447: Prevent Excessive Speculation ActIntroducedFeb 13, 2009
H.R. 1612: Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2009IntroducedMar 19, 2009
S. 539: Clean Renewable Energy and Economic Development ActIntroducedMar 5, 2009
H.R. 375: Western Hemisphere Counterterrorism and Nonproliferation Act of 2009IntroducedJan 9, 2009
S. 817: Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2009IntroducedApr 2, 2009
H.R. 1261: Youth Prevention and Tobacco Harm Reduction ActIntroducedMar 3, 2009
S. 579: Federal Tobacco Act of 2009IntroducedMar 12, 2009
How about an amendment that all members of congress are limited to a 5-minute term?