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Now that coal has been brought to its knees, the Sierra Club’s moved on to its next victim: natural gas. Big Green has a strategy to destroy American oil and gas production with the same tactics.

Don’t take our word for it: Here is what Lena Moffitt, who runs the Sierra Club's Beyond Dirty Fuels campaign, says: "‎We have moved to a very clear and firm and vehement position of opposing gas. Our board recently passed a policy that we oppose any new gas-fired power plants. We also have a…

Just how is it that politicians enter congress and by the time they leave, their personal wealth or that of family members has grown by a multiple that is incomprehensible to the average citizen?

SunEdison has maintained strong a strong presence in Washington throughout its financial woes. The company has spent more than $1 million on its lobbying operation since 2011.

It has employed lobbyists with the powerhouse Podesta Group since 2012, disclosure forms…

Environmentalism isn’t a hippie with a cardboard sign. It’s multinational corporations and big banks. It’s environmental consultants padding the bill for every…

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“We redistribute de facto the world’s wealth by climate policy,” said Edenhofer.

For those who want to believe that maybe Edenhofer just misspoke and doesn’t really mean that, consider that a little more than five years ago he also said that “the next world climate summit in Cancun is actually an economy summit during which the distribution of the world’s resources will be negotiated.”…

It’s one reason I can’t wait for the anti-green hedge fund –…

Always trying to take the moral high ground, greenies tell us that people who oppose their policies are uncaring and selfish.

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/03/30/green-europe-is-killing-40000-poor-people-a-year/

NRG Energy, the company running this massive plant, has requested an additional $539 million in the form of a federal grant to help pay down the $1.6 billion federal loan just to stay afloat, and the plant has been open for less than three years.

http://www.themainewire.com/2016/03/1-6-billion-eyesore/

BY TUX TURKEL STAFF WRITER

Asked what those alternatives might be, Gailey mentioned using some of their land for solar farms. …

Portland also has a highly restrictive ordinance governing wind turbine height that essentially bans industrial wind and its noise anywhere in the city. Now if only they would have some empathy for their northern Maine friends next time they go to the ballot box and stop voting for the criminals in the legislature.…

The climate change agenda has been the most expensive and extensive public relations campaign in the history of the world. Gallup has been polling on this issue for 25 years. Despite the herculean effort, fewer people are worried about climate change today than 25 years ago. Pew Research Center has repeatedly found that when given a list of concerns regarding the…

Former Maine Governor John Baldacci, Creator of Maine's 2008 Heinous Emergency Wind Law and now Vice Chairman of Iberdrola Company Avangrid, the Second Largest Wind Company in the United States (Since December 2015)

Former Maine Governor John…

Indeed.

The wind power virus rapidly spreading through Maine is but a symptom of a larger systemic infection of corruption and deceit in the nation today. There's a reason that anger has been deemed politically incorrect. They don't want angry citizens but rather docile sheep from whom they can steal.…

In the long run, the slow degradation of Maine’s vivid and distinctive quality of place (and the reputation it supports) may be the greatest cost to Maine of all.

   - from "Charting Maine's Future, An Action Plan for…

A gambit to impeach Gov. Paul LePage failed overwhelmingly in the Maine House of Representatives on Thursday afternoon after almost three hours of floor debate.

Watch bangordailynews.com for updates.…

The fund is financed by a carbon auction system that requires energy producers in nine Northeastern states to pay for the fossil fuels they burn to create electricity. It was established in an attempt to reduce the region’s consumption of fossil fuels and, in turn, reduce the output of climate-warming greenhouse gases.…

Whether one likes or doesn't like the idea of a national park in the Katahdin region, one thing is clear - many folks living in the areas near the proposed park are vehemently opposed to the idea. Yesterday the Sierra Club weighed in with its endorsement of creating a national monument as a step to a park. As a result, they have likely overnight gotten a very bad name for themselves in the area and lost all credibility with many of the residents. Hopefully this will undermine their efforts…

Their allies on the left have now voted in the United States Senate to repeal the First Amendment.  Not in a blanket basis. It came up in a specific sense.  But there was a vote on repealing the First Amendment.  It's all about climate change.…

The bipartisan budget compromise is a holiday giveaway to the wealthy.

By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship

Wall Street wolves prowled the Hill seeking obliging politicians who would insert into the spending bill a rollback of reforms enacted after the financial crash of 2008.…