APRIL 2008
April
30, 2008 -- Iowa
Utility Board Rules in Favor of Coal Plant With Conditions
April
23, 2008 -- New Sierra Club Poll Shows Hispanic Voters Concerned about Global
Warming and Energy, Willing to Take Action
April
22, 2008 -- Sierra
Club Applauds Strong Start for New Fuel Economy Rules; New Standards Come as
Oil, Gas Prices Shatter Records
April
16, 2008 -- Bush
Throws Hail Mary to Polluters with Sham Global Warming Announcement
April
10, 2008 -- Sierra
Club Cheers Senate Action on Clean Energy Economic Stimulus Measure;
Bipartisan Senate Majority Votes to Extend Key Renewable Energy Tax Incentives
April
4, 2008 -- Labor, Environmentalists Join Forces to Launch National
"Green Jobs for America" Campaign Campaign to Focus on Growing
Economy, Creating New Jobs Through Investments in Clean, Renewable Energy and
Trade Reform
April
2, 2008 -- EPA’s Continued Defiance of High Court Ruling Challenged Bush;
Administration Leaves Behind Wake of Broken Promises, Willful Inaction One Year
After Landmark Supreme Court Decision Demands Action on Warming
FEBRUARY 2008
February
27, 2008 -- Sierra Club Cheers House
Passage of Renewable Energy, Consumer Energy Savings Incentives; Quick Senate
Action Urged to Avoid Slowdown, Job Losses in Renewable Energy Industry
February
21, 2008 -- McCain
Scores a ZERO on the Environment; Arizona Senator Skipped Every Crucial Vote in
2007
February
12, 2008 -- Court Rules EPA Violated the Law by
Evading Required Power Plant Mercury Reductions
February
12, 2008 -- National Coalition Announces
Groundbreaking National Green Jobs Conference Union, Environmental, Business and
Elected Leaders to Discuss Economic, Environmental Potential of Green Collar
Jobs
February
8, 2008 -- SIERRA CLUB OBJECTS TO CLIMATE CHANGE COUNCIL’S VOTE ON NUCLEAR
POWER
February
6, 2008 -- Minority Filibusters Clean
Energy--Again
Tax Incentives to Spur Growth in Green Jobs, Kickstart Economy Blocked
JANUARY 2008
January
30, 2008 -- Senate Stimulus Plan to
Include Green Jobs, Energy Provisions;
Renewables Tax Incentives Key to Thousands of Jobs, Strong Growth
January
16, 2008 -- Black Hawk County Board of Health Backs Moratorium on New Coal
Plants
January
15, 2008 -- Primary Issues--Jobs and
Clean Energy
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