Sentences with phrase «worked on climate change legislation»

She'd worked on climate change legislation and a national strategy for suicide prevention; she'd been a strong advocate for women's and LGBT rights.

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Jason Grumet, the Obama campaign's lead energy and environment advisor, has indicated that the president - elect plans to move quickly on getting climate change legislation through in 2009 and working to make the U.S. a leader on mitigating global warming.

Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo says it's «vital» that lawmakers begin working on legislation to address climate change, which he says could damage both the economy and environment of his district in South Florida.

It's put climate change leaders in a variety of key positions, made climate change a priority in initiatives in departments and agencies, revitalized the US Global Change Research Program and other interagency efforts, working with other major emitting countries, both industrialized and developing, to build technology cooperation and individual and joint climate policies consistent with avoiding the unmanageable, and is working with Congress — and this is the toughest part really — working with Congress to get comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will put us on a responsible emissions trajechange leaders in a variety of key positions, made climate change a priority in initiatives in departments and agencies, revitalized the US Global Change Research Program and other interagency efforts, working with other major emitting countries, both industrialized and developing, to build technology cooperation and individual and joint climate policies consistent with avoiding the unmanageable, and is working with Congress — and this is the toughest part really — working with Congress to get comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will put us on a responsible emissions trajechange a priority in initiatives in departments and agencies, revitalized the US Global Change Research Program and other interagency efforts, working with other major emitting countries, both industrialized and developing, to build technology cooperation and individual and joint climate policies consistent with avoiding the unmanageable, and is working with Congress — and this is the toughest part really — working with Congress to get comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will put us on a responsible emissions trajeChange Research Program and other interagency efforts, working with other major emitting countries, both industrialized and developing, to build technology cooperation and individual and joint climate policies consistent with avoiding the unmanageable, and is working with Congress — and this is the toughest part really — working with Congress to get comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will put us on a responsible emissions trajectory.

Contact your legislators today — urge them to sign the No Climate Tax Pledge and oppose any climate change legislation that would raise taxes on hard - working AmeClimate Tax Pledge and oppose any climate change legislation that would raise taxes on hard - working Ameclimate change legislation that would raise taxes on hard - working Americans.

For instance, fossil fuel companies, such as Koch Industries and Peabody Energy, worked through ALEC to develop state - based legislation opposing federal standards on clean air and climate change.

House Democrats pressing for action on climate policy are having to resort to various work - arounds, in a situation where it is difficult even to get a meaningful climate change hearing, and for now impossible to move significant legislation.

Friday, the ag committee chairman, Representative Collin Peterson (D-MN), told Agriculture Online that he will work to defeat any climate change legislation on the floor of the House of Representatives until his «Renewable Fuel Standard Improvement Act,» becomes law.

Upon taking that job in May 2009, he said he would be «working on the Repower America campaign to pass comprehensive energy and climate change legislation.»

Brian Rogers, the executive director of America Rising Advanced Research, was briefly the research director for Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection, where he worked on a campaign «to pass comprehensive energy and climate change legislation.Climate Protection, where he worked on a campaign «to pass comprehensive energy and climate change legislation.climate change legislation.»

In the longer term, Obama will need to work on building a broad base of public support and on grassroots political pressure to change our political systems (especially in Congress) so that we can pass meaningful, bipartisan legislation on climate change.

In a note posted on its website, Best Buy said that it is working on decreasing its carbon footprint and that it supports comprehensive climate change legislation.

Still, many conservative U.S. politicians say the science is not conclusive and refuse to work on legislation addressing climate change.