http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,248752.shtml
Kerry, Snowe Push for Energy Efficiency Funding for Small Businesses
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"There's no greater threat to the earth than global climate change, but by leaving small businesses out of the solution, the Bush Administration shows they are not serious about tackling the problem," said Kerry. "Small businesses can lead the way toward a cleaner, greener future, so the least the federal government can do is dedicate $2 million -- just 4 percent-- of Energy Star funds to help entrepreneurs reduce their energy costs and foster green innovation."
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-smallbiz3jan03,0,7277945.story?coll=la-home-business
Frustration with the Small Business Administration has turned to outrage among backers of a long-delayed program that would funnel more federal contracts to small companies owned by women.
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The head of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship also announced a hearing this month at which the committee's chairman, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), said he would ask the administration to kill the proposal.
"The Bush administration's proposed rule is a slap in the face to women business owners," Kerry said in a statement.
http://kerry.senate.gov/cfm/record.cfm?id=290062
Kerry Opposes Bush Administration Chukchi Sea Oil and Gas Lease Sale
Following Announcement of February 6th Lease Sale, Kerry Warns Against Threat to Polar Bears, Endangered Species
Washington, D.C. – Senator John Kerry (D-MA), who has twice written to MMS urging the agency to hold off on new oil and gas leases in the Chukchi Sea for 3 years to investigate the threat to polar bears, today criticized the Bush Administration’s announcement of a new lease sale to be held on February 6, 2008. With the impending listing of the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, the Administration’s decision could well be both tragic and short-sighted.
“It’s the height of irresponsibility and short-sightedness for the Bush Administration to schedule lease sales in the Chukchi Sea, which represents critical habitat for polar bears, whales, walrus and threatened wildlife. Even as the Department of the Interior is finalizing its decision to list polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, the Bush Administration thinks it’s the right time for another power grab by the big oil and gas companies in the bear’s essential habitat,” said Senator John Kerry. “Just a few months ago, the government’s own scientists told us that polar bears may disappear from the United States and our waters entirely by 2050. We should be protecting their remaining habitat, not auctioning it off to the highest bidders. I could imagine few more tragic illustrations of who calls the shots in this Administration, than the way in which this Administration is willing to set the stage for extinction for polar bear populations.”