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Amy Harder

Amy Harder

Energy and Environment Correspondent

Amy Harder reports on the intersection of policy, politics and economics of energy and environment issues for National Journal. This includes covering congressional legislation, exe...

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POWER PLAY May 5, 2013

What People Close to Obama Think About the Keystone XL Pipeline

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To environmentalists throughout the country, denying the Keystone XL oil pipeline would be the most important sign President Obama is committed to combating global warming. Read more »
POWER PLAY April 17, 2013

5 Things Immigration, Gay Marriage, and Gun Control Have That Climate Change Doesn't

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The amount of change happening in Washington is impressive, but this kind of sea change can’t happen right now with energy and climate policy. Here's why. Read more »
POWER PLAY March 6, 2013

Harry Reid: The Closet Environmentalist

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He doesn’t tout it, but the Senate majority leader is one of the greenest members of Congress. Read more »
POWER PLAY February 20, 2013

Senate Democrats Get Ready to Defend Obama's Climate-Change Rules

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Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Sen. Barbara Boxer is mounting a relentless defense of Obama’s global-warming rules. Read more »
POWER PLAY February 6, 2013

In Washington, Energy and Climate Issues Get Shoved in the Closet

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Policy in these areas is taking a back seat to just about everything else on Capitol Hill these days. Read more »
POWER PLAY August 1, 2012

MIA on Climate Change

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This year’s unremitting heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and freak storms have thrust climate change back into the spotlight. But even with the issue fresh in people’s minds—not to mention in media coverage and Washington’s echo chamber—climate change hasn’t made it onto the priority list that matters most: the presidential campaign trail. Read more »
POWER PLAY July 11, 2012

New England State of Mind

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The small, energy-scarce states in New England breed environmentally-friendly Republicans like no other region in the country. Read more »

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