CQ Politics | Push on Energy Bills Gets a Little Lethargic

One of President Obama’s top priorities — energy and climate change legislation — appears to be stalled in the place where it is supposed to begin: Congress.

The Democratic chairmen of the House and Senate energy committees have set a Memorial Day deadline for producing bills that would expand renewable-energy production, overhaul the national electricity grid and — on the House side — cap carbon emissions from fossil fuels.

But neither panel has started marking up those key provisions, in part because there might not be enough votes to move them.

Eco-warriors are slammed for disrupting businesses - Doncaster Today

Conservative councillor Jonathan Wood, vice chairman of the council's economy and enterprise overview and scrutiny panel, slammed campaigners for disrupting businesses.

He said: "They must not be on this planet because to come to Doncaster and protest against coal, it just beggars belief.

"I'm all for freedom of speech and people demonstrating but there is nothing wrong with clean coal and providing the town with hundreds of jobs."

Collins urges Unity grads to [swallow the greatest scientific fraud in history] - Bangor Daily News

UNITY, Maine — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins preached to an enthusiastic choir Saturday afternoon when she urged the 90 members of the Unity College graduating class to keep on working for the environment.
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“You must be advocates and activists for the causes you believe in,” she said. “Climate change is the most significant environmental challenge facing our planet.”