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SPEAK ON: ENERGY

Americans should continue to encourage lawmakers to implement a long-term energy plan that balances supply and demand, ensures consistent and affordable supplies of energy for the future, and provides responsible stewardship of our nation's resources.

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Even as the World Trade Organization seems to be laying cover for “climate change” legislation and its trade distorting effects here and across its membership,
The House of Representatives’ passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act by a narrow margin late Friday is a reminder of the emerging
If there’s one thing the American people should demand of their elected representatives, it’s that’s we should know what’s in bills before we vote on
By: Connie Hair The House vote on the highly controversial Waxman-Markey “global warming” tax bill is scheduled for today as Speaker Nancy Pelosi (R-Cal.) is

What's Bubbling?

Welcome to "What's Bubbling," the home of the top ten news stories you need to know.

1. Is greenhouse-gas policy by December hot air?

2. Is greenhouse-gas policy by December hot air?

3. Shannon: "Environmentalists" and Their Moral Fiber

4. Bradley Blakeman Op-Ed: Self Defense on the High Seas

5. Cartoon of the Day

6. N. Korea Vows to Restart Plant and Boycott Talks

7. Obama not making U.S. less safe

8. US to Allow Unlimited Trips && Money Transfers to Cuba

9. Is greenhouse-gas policy by December hot air?

10. Goldman Sachs gets UK stocks to jump

11. Is greenhouse-gas policy by December hot air?

12. Imagine, Energy Solutions

13. Obama pushes for high-speed rail

14. The Smart Grid Is On Its Way -- Slowly

15. Cartoon of the Day

16. McCain Slams Obama Cap-and-Trade Climate Change Proposal

17. Democrats Weigh Break for Utilities in Climate-Change Bill

18. Senate Republicans boycott climate meeting

19. Trading in 'cap and trade'

20. California heats up incentives for solar power

21. Republican Sen. Graham backs US climate bill

22. Shoots of green for GOP in 2010?

23. Darker Times for Solar-Power Industry

24. Nahigian: Why True Climate Legislation Cannot Happen

25. Obama's energy triangulation

26. China Outpaces U.S. in Cleaner Coal-Fired Plants

27. Card: Give Nuclear a Chance

28. Waxman May Scale Back Emission-Reduction Target in Climate Bill

29. White House memo challenges EPA finding on warming

30. Crow: The Good, the Bad and the Yucca: Nuclear Power’s Conundrum

31. Republicans push changes to U.S. climate bill

32. House Dems settle on 15% renewable energy target

33. A Conservative Carbon Tax

34. US Energy Stocks Fall On Weak Short-Term Prospects

35. Kalitka: Misdirection Dissuades True Energy Debate

36. From a Theory to a Consensus on Emissions

37. U.S. following California's lead to limit auto emissions

38. Smart Grids to Get a Pay Raise

39. Cheaper Fuel Cell Catalyst

40. Behind the scenes of the auto emissions deal

41. Cap-and-trade showdown

42. Obama says U.S. must get in front on green energy

43. Senate wants big cut in pollution

44. Cartoon of the Day

45. Energy Secretary Pushes for Action on Climate Change

46. Government Announces Money For Green Jobs, Training From Stimulus Package

47. Text: Obama’s Remarks on Solar Energy

48. No Energy from this Executive

49. Markey addresses chamber on clean energy

50. Climate deal 'unlikely' this year

51. Bishop, Republicans roll out energy vision

52. Sullivan: Small business drives the "green economy"

53. Clean energy jobs are growing in Texas

54. Oil price surge sends gasoline higher

55. Global warming study released

56. U.S. Climate Bill to Cost $22 Billion a Year by 2020

57. Four keys to solving energy stalemate

58. Vote Set on House Climate Bill

59. Climate Agreement Clears Way for Vote

60. Obama makes eleventh-hour push for energy bill

61. Boehner: "National Energy Tax: Punishing American Families"

62. Cartoon of the Day

63. Obama hails climate-change bill

64. Winners and losers emerge in climate bill

65. Reactions to the Energy Bill: Obama, Cleantech Biz, Environmentalists

66. EPA approves California pollution rule

67. Obama Should Turn to 'Cap-and-Trade' for Growth, Boxer Says

68. Democrats Admit That Their Cap and Trade Bill Is a Job Killer

69. Cap-and-Trade Hearing Starts With a Clash

70. G-8 Summit Fails to Agree on Targets in Climate Plan

71. G8 makes scant progress to Copenhagen climate pact

72. The energy bill's ticking timebomb

73. Palin Slams Obama’s Energy Plan

74. Kalitka: The Wrong Climate for a Trade War

75. Cartoon of the Day

76. The cold shoulder for climate bill

77. India to Resist US Pressure on Carbon Emission Caps

78. Questions Series - Looking again at Cap-and-Trade

79. Cartoon of the Day

80. California budget talks still underway: A deal at last?

81. Video: Warren Buffett Slams "Cap and Trade" as a Regressive Tax on All Americans

82. US senator from Neb. targets cap-and-trade bill

83. Missouri Senators React to Proposed Cap and Trade Legislation

84. Video: Freshman Year

85. NASA patches air-purifying system on space station

86. Questions Series - Cap-and-Trade v The Real Economy

87. GOP leaders expect cap-and-trade 8 to shun health bill

88. 'Cash-For-Clunkers' Plan Attracts 16000 Auto Dealers

89. Midwest governors push for high-speed rail network

90. Be honest with U.S. farmers about cap-and-trade

91. Boehner: America Has the Right to Know the Consequences of Speaker Pelosi's Nat'l Energy Tax

92. Obama brings 'green' jobs message to US Midwest

93. How Republicans Can Save the Climate Bill

94. Obama Begins Busy afpak Decision-Making Week

95. US military planners eye climate crises

96. Labor sec'y says green jobs hiring will pick up

97. Harvard Economist Points To Cap-And-Trade Flaw

98. Cap-and-Trade Bill ‘Out of Control,’ Former Senator Wirth Says

99. Houston Energy Workers Rally Against Climate Bill...

100. The Cap-and-Trade Bait and Switch

101. UN chief Achim Steiner warns of high cost of climate delays

102. Los Angeles residents reducing water and power use

103. Oil refiners: Cap-and-trade will cost

104. An Ivy League Huey Long

105. Senators Spend Recess Fine-Tuning Messages on Cap and Trade

106. Harry Jekyll and Harry Hyde

107. 3 reasons why cap-and-trade is in trouble

108. China to Probe Alleged 'Dumping' of US Products

109. White House Wooing Business Execs on Cap and Trade

110. White House Maps Out Vehicle-Emissions Rules

111. Investors call for action on global warming

112. Cap-and-Trade Depends on Obama's Health Care Success

113. Worlds oceans warmest on record this summer

114. Obama faces leadership test at UN, G20

115. Cartoon of the Day

116. World Leaders Promise Action at UN Climate Change Summit

117. Cartoon of the Day

118. China’s Threat Revives Race for Rare Minerals

119. Poll: Americans' belief in global warming cools

120. White House considering shift to more limited, short-term climate pact

121. Stolen climate e-mails reveal venomous feelings toward skeptics

122. Interior Chief Slams Oil and Gas Groups' 'Election-Year Politics'

123. Greenhouse-Gas Pledges by China, US May Drive UN Climate Deal

124. 'Cap and Trade Is Dead'

125. Cap and Trade Taking a Back Seat

126. Obama Science Adviser Urges Climate Action Amid Uproar

127. UN upbeat on Copenhagen global climate deal

128. In Denmark, Ambitious Plan for Electric Cars

129. Small-Engine Makers Voice Worry As EPA Weighs New Ethanol Rule

130. Stocks, Gold, Oil Drop on Dubai World's Loss, Greece Downgrade

131. EPA chief: Obama to work with Congress on climate

132. Senators outline compromise climate bill

133. Climate progress eludes ministers, protesters held

134. EPA carbon regs may derail cap and trade

135. UN chief calls for compromise at climate talks

136. Obama's new plan to create jobs, save energy: Call it cash for caulkers?

137. White House backs $5 bln clean energy tax credit

138. Clinton: Time running out on climate change

139. US-Brokered Climate Deal May Give Obama More Sway in Senate

140. US cap and trade looks out of reach in 2010

141. Failure of Copenhagen Emissions Agreement Disappoints Europeans

142. EU Blames Others for 'Great Failure' on Climate

143. From Cap and Trade to Carbon Farming

144. EPA Unveils Stricter Smog Standards

145. Senator Offers Measure to Overturn EPA Greenhouse-Gas Effort

146. Obama: US can't have 'either-or' on energy policy

147. Obama says nuclear power will help fight climate change

148. Texas, Skeptics Seek Court Review of EPA's 'Endangerment' Finding

149. Nuclear Power On The Rebound

150. Drilling Complexity Drives $11B Schlumberger-Smith Deal

151. Warming panel, under attack, seeks outside review

152. Democrats take agency to task on clean-energy plan

153. Science academies to review climate report production

154. Scientists take another run at climate change

155. Regional US cap-trade proceeds fund efficiency

156. NASA Data Worse Than Climate-Gate Data, Space Agency Admits

157. Activists: Obama drill plan is betrayal

158. 6.9-Magnitude Quake in Baja California Felt on West Coast

159. Crude oil extends rally, trades above $86

160. New Nuclear Policy Enrages Some

161. Hair: Postcards from the Energy Edge

162. Factbox: Who are the world's nuclear powers?

163. The Green Guide: Learn to Live a Little Greener

164. Sullivan: Every Day is Earth Day for Small Business

165. Wilcox: Earth Day 2010 Annual Checkup

166. Burning oil rig sinks in Gulf of Mexico

167. Earth Day, 40 Years Later: How Far Have We Come?

168. Oil gushes from rig in Gulf as workers try to contain spill

169. Climate bill in limbo after Graham walks

170. Reid committed to both climate, immigration bills

171. Cape Wind, first U.S. offshore wind farm, approved

172. Wilcox: FROM DRILL BABY DRILL TO BURN BABY BURN

173. EIA to Assess Senate Climate Bill's Impacts on Energy Supply, Demand

174. Interior secretary approves Cape Wind, nation's first offshore wind farm

175. Five myths about green energy

176. Cost of oil spill could exceed $14 billion

177. As Oil Spill Spreads, Blame Game Begins

178. Florida could sue BP over any spill damage-governor

179. Weather Aids Crews in Oil Spill Cleanup Efforts

180. BP Stops One Leak From Gulf of Mexico Oil Well

181. Environmental Cancer Risk 'Grossly Underestimated'?

182. Oil spill: US failing to tighten ecological oversight, say activists

183. Nations Ignoring Biodiversity Treaty, UN Says

184. BP to deploy smaller containment dome this week

185. Oil-Spill Hearing Leads to Finger-Pointing

186. Senate Gets a Climate and Energy Bill, Modified by a Gulf Spill That Still Grows

187. Exxon Valdez oil risks spur warning for gulf cleanup crews

188. Will Washington Embrace the Senate Energy Bill?

189. 3 ways to stop the oil spill

190. Brazilian President Meets Iranian Leaders Over Nuclear Deal

191. Hair: EPA's New Unconstitutional Power Grab

192. Interior Department's Top Oil and Gas Official Quits in Wake of Gulf Oil Spill

193. BP, its safety probed, says partly reducing oil leak

194. Federal Agency Chief Admits Lapses in Gulf Oil Spill

195. Atlantic coast now under threat as current spreads Gulf oil slick

196. L.A. Mayor Dismisses Warning That Arizona Could Cut Off Power Over Boycott

197. Some Oil From Spill Reaches Current

198. Agency Orders BP to Use a Less Toxic Chemical in Cleanup

199. Confidence in BP? Not really, says Obama aide

200. Hair: Democrats Say Climategate Politicizing Science

201. Pressure mounts for federal takeover of oil spill response

202. Obama to inspect Gulf Coast oil spill Friday

203. Five questions for Obama on the oil spill

204. BP: Oil Leak Not Stopped Yet, But Efforts Continue

205. Holder to meet with state AGs on Gulf Coast

206. BP Seeks to Divert Oil Flow Until Relief Well Is Done

207. Interior Dept. denies it has extended drilling freeze to shallow gulf waters

208. Admiral Says Oil Pipe Is Cut, a Key Step in Halting Leak

209. National Incident Commander on BP Oil Spill: 'It's an Insidious War'

210. Shannon: Slick, Black Mallard Back

211. Will the Senate Tackle Climate Change Via Amendments?

212. As cap slows leak, officials battle 'hundreds of thousands of patches of oil'

213. Hair: Senate Vote Would Cancel EPA 'Endangerment' Rule; White House Threatens Veto

214. BP shares slammed as Gulf oil spill probed

215. Gulf oil spill figures may be double earlier estimates

216. Senate Rejects Republican Effort to Thwart Carbon Limits

217. Obama to demand oil giant sets aside cash to deal with mountain of claims

218. Chevron Seeking Cause, Scope of Oil Pipe Leak in Utah

219. Gates: Spill Proves Need for Clean Energy Innovation

220. BP Suspends Oil Spill Recovery After Ship Fire

221. Obama announces BP's $20B fund for oil workers

222. McCain on Energy Bill: Exit Stage Left

223. Evasive BP CEO leaves Congress flummoxed

224. Senate Democrats Map Strategy on Energy Bill

225. Senator says votes still short for climate bill

226. Volunteers recruited to help in oil spill threat

227. BP: 23290 barrels of leaking oil captured Sunday

228. Judge Drills Hole in Deepwater Ban; Obama Promises Immediate Appeal

229. Influential Senator Works To Suspend Greenhouse Gas Rule

230. Problem With Cap Causes More Oil to Gush in Gulf

231. Government loses bid to keep oil drilling ban

232. Seeking Answers on Oil Spill as Questions Mount

233. Growing lungs in a lab: researchers move closer to goal

234. Thousands Join Hands to Protest Oil Drilling

235. Barack Obama fails to rally support for energy bill

236. Oil 'super skimmer' arrives in Gulf of Mexico

237. EPA Proposes to Cut Power-Plant Emissions in 31 States

238. Nelson reviews emergency operations on oil spill

239. Mississippi coast faces environmental crisis

240. BP sees progress on new oil containment system

241. BP "pleased" with containment cap operation so far

242. New cap on oil well faces key tests

243. BP Delays Test on New Fix for Well Leak

244. BP Says Oil Flow Has Stopped as Cap Is Tested

245. BP, federal officials confer on closed gulf oil well cap

246. Feds Let BP Keep Oil Cap Closed Despite Seep

247. Feds: Seepage near BP cap coming from another well

248. Special report: Plumes, politics and the sultan of spill

249. Democrats pull plug on climate bill

250. Cap and Trade is Dead: Who's Really to Blame?

251. Senate Democrats to introduce energy bill

252. Iran sends letter to nuclear watchdog about restarting talks

253. Hair: Pelosi Blocks Oil Spill Investigation

254. BP gears up for two-phase effort to plug Gulf oil well

255. Nearly 3/4 of BP spill oil gone from Gulf

256. Hair: WH Official Pushes Cap and Trade for Lame Duck Session

257. BP and U.S. Agree on Oil Spill Compensation Fund

258. Florida AG proposes tougher state immigration law

259. Russia's LUKOIL resumes gasoline supply to Iran -trade

260. BP to stop handling most Gulf claims

261. Chile Reviews Rescue Options

262. BP spent $93M on advertising after Gulf spill

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