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Just days after Senate leaders announced plans to delay consideration of legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions, a new coalition of environmental, justice, faith and veterans groups launched a campaign to make sure the bill stays on Washington's radar. More...

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The phone company touts its environmental record and efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. So what's it doing sponsoring an event organized by polluting interests? More...

A coalition of more than 300 grassroots groups will be delivering letters this week to the local offices of U.S. senators calling for tougher regulations on greenhouse gas pollution than what's now being considered. More...

Inspired by the corporate-backed protest movement against health insurance reform, an alliance founded and funded by the oil industry and other business interests opposed to greenhouse gas regulation is planning a series of rallies against climate legislation. More...

It turns out that a P.R. firm working on behalf of the coal lobby forged letters from groups representing women and senior citizens as well as blacks and Hispanics. A lawmaker is demanding answers. More...

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity says it's "outraged" that a firm working on its behalf forged anti-climate bill letters that appeared to come from minority advocacy groups. But it's not the first time ACCCE has been linked to deceptive practices -- we busted them last year for a misleading phone call on other climate legislation. More...

Bonner & Associates, a Washington firm that specializes in creating what look like grassroots movements which are in fact funded by corporate interests, is busted forging anti-climate bill letters to a Virginia congressman that appear to come from the NAACP and a Hispanic nonprofit. More...

A former lobbyist for dirty energy interests, Haley Barbour testified yesterday that the Waxman-Markey climate bill would cost too much. But what about the cost to his state of doing nothing? More...

Southern lawmakers demonstrated considerable hostility to the Waxman-Markey climate act in Friday's vote approving the measure. Is that simply a reflection of the conservative region's partisan bent, or is something else going on here? More...

As the vote nears for the Waxman-Markey bill, opponents spread questionable information about its economic impact. What will the bill really cost Americans -- and how does that compare to the cost of inaction? More...

A new federal report documents the changes the U.S. South has already experienced because of global warming and warns of more dangerous disruption to come if we fail to rein in carbon emissions. Are we doing enough to address the problem? More...

Landmark legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions is making its way through Congress. The bill makes some positive changes, says Ted Glick of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network -- but King Coal still comes out on top. More...

If the federal government is serious about cutting greenhouse gas emissions and promoting renewable energy, why is it giving such generous exemptions to a federally owned company? More...

The latest version of key legislation to curb greenhouse gas pollution reportedly offers huge giveaways to utilities, including a North Carolina company building a new coal-fired power plant that will dump 6 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. Why is Congress rewarding polluters? More...

We drill into reports about a mysterious group targeting critical legislation to cut greenhouse gas pollution -- and strike oil money. More...

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