Climate Control Debate Heats Up in the House

By  Lagan Sebert  David Murdock

The global warming debate is heating up in the House, leading to the kind of quirky moments that are a common feature of life on the Hill.

Next week, Henry Waxman (D-CA), will bring his Waxman-Markey climate-control bill before the Energy and Commerce Committee he chairs.

Just minutes after Waxman announced he was "very, very close" to agreement on the legislation, his Republican counterpart held his own press conference, using some choice words to downplay Waxman's confidence.

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Coal Action Heats Up Capitol Hill

By  Harry Hanbury

Global warming is lighting a fire on today's campuses, and this weekend thousands of students will come to D.C...

Kingston and Coal Lobby's Grip on the EPA

By Davin Hutchins

In March of 2000, during the last days of the Clinton administration, the EPA decided coal ash was a hazardous waste...

Bush Pushes Midnight Regulations, Many To Last

By  Harry Hanbury

George W...

Democrats Shield Automakers From Legacy of Bad Decisions

By  Garland McLaurin

Dismal auto sales and all-time stock lows may obliterate the Big Three...

Obama Short List: Inslee for Energy Secretary?

By  Nick Penniman  Danielle Ivory

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ANP INVESTIGATION: How to Spin Global Warming

By  Danielle Ivory

Recently, it was reported that the rate of carbon dioxide emission during the last seven years exceeded even the IPCC's worst-case scenario...

Global Warming Heats up RNC

By  Mike Fritz

Presidential candidate John McCain thinks that global warming is created, in part, by humans, but his running mate, Sarah Palin, disagrees...

The Republican Energy Drill

By Ted Roach

Energy is currently the most debated issue on Capitol Hill, and Republicans in Congress have seized the moment to stage a political coup, blaming Democratic resistance to expanded domestic oil drilling for high gas prices...

Rape in the Military: Congress Charges Cover-Up

By Tala Dowlatshahi

Congress takes on the Department of Defense in the first oversight hearing held this year by the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs on sexual assault in the military...

KBR Electrocution Deaths

By  Harry Hanbury

At a Senate hearing on July 11th, 2008, the mothers of two electrocuted soldiers placed the blame for their sons' deaths with KBR, the world's largest defense services company...

Kids Having Babies

By Tala Dowlatshahi

Teen pregnancy is on the rise in America for the first time since 1991...

The Price of Hunger

By  Garland McLaurin

Hunger is a growing crisis in America...

Greening the Evangelicals

By Tala Dowlatshahi

How solidly Republican will Christian evangelicals be in 2008? As the country enters the next phase in this historic election season, concern about the state of God's earth may be the issue that draws many believers into the Democratic camp...

ANP INVESTIGATION: EPA's Troubled Waters

By  Harry Hanbury

Polluters dump about 240 million pounds of toxins into our waterways each year, and the long-term effects on human health and the environment could be disastrous...

ANP INVESTIGATION: How Clean Is Clean Coal?

By Davin Hutchins

In a single year, less than one in 100,000 Americans contract a rare form of blood cancer...