Democratic Leaders Excoriate Congressional Republicans, Say This is the "Most Anti-environment House in the History of Congress"

11:08 pm in Business & Politics, congress, News, republicans, tar sands, waxman-markey by TreeHugger

ed-markey-best-of-green.jpg Rep. Ed Markey, photo via flickr Many greens, including me, had big problems with Waxman-Markey, the failed cap and trade bill that would have finally priced carbon but also given a lifeline to the coal industry. Whatever your feelings for the bill, the congressmen behind it, Ed Markey (MA) and Henry Waxman (CA), have always been stalwart defenders of the environment. That's why they have...Read the full story on TreeHugger