UPDATE 11:58am : Warner & Webb voted with Sen. Inhofe. Disgraceful. Fortunately, 53 other senators stood up for public health & kill...

Today, the Senate is expected to vote on a bill by Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) to block the Environmental Protection Agency from setting science-...

While I disagree with his disinterest in climate action, I strongly support the effort by Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) to end the $6 billion a year ...

A New York Times editorial slams attacks on the Clean Air Act that are being supported by Sen. Jim Webb : There are a half-dozen other su...

To understand Jim Webb's shocking flip on the coal industry, you have to understand where he began. Here's what he wrote in his book...

Does Jim Webb realize that when he declares war on the Clean Air Act , he's fighting for BP? That he's fighting for coal companies t...

On the same day Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) announces he'll fight efforts to limit global warming pollution , NOAA announces the first 8 months...

Rep. Tom Perriello took a tough stand to hold polluters accountable by voting for the American Clean Energy & Security (ACES) Act. So...

... print this article about Koch Industries' perversion of our democracy , write PLEASE FIGHT BACK in big red block letters across the...

UPDATE 6/10 : Just heard from Sen. Webb's office that he'll be voting against Murkowski's amendment! Major thanks to everyone wh...

Dozens of activists with the Alliance for Appalachia visited Sen. Jim Webb's office this week, asking him to join their efforts to end ...

Could Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) join the efforts of polluter lobbyists & Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) to gut the Clean Air Act's protectio...

Remember how, during its invasion of Panama, the U.S. military bombarded General Manuel Noriega with loud rock music in hopes of speeding h...

Merry Christmas! The Green Miles is in Holyoke, MA this morning, drinking organic coffee (Newman's Own Nell's Blend!) with my mom ...

You've seen the cycle a million times before. Republicans see a political opportunity to pander. They take a position that, despite bein...

I've heard from sources that Sen. Webb is "leaning against" supporting the Climate Security Act . Apparently Sen. Webb wants t...

The U.S. Senate opens debate today on the Climate Security Act. It's by far the strongest global warming legislation to make it this far...

I was lucky enough to be able to attend yesterday's Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on how global warming will imp...

Regular readers know I'm a big supporter of smoking bans in bars and restaurants . Or at least in Virginia, the ability of communities t...