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Associated PressJuly 21, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her party entered July with nearly $11 million more on hand than her Republican counterpart’s operations, a strong showing of fundraising as both campaigns dive into the general election. Republican nominee Donald Trump also zeroed-out more than $47 million in personal loans he’s made to his own campaign since […]

Mitch PerryJune 30, 2016

There are many people in the world concerned about the pace of climate change, and whether our leaders doing enough to combat it for future generations. Most of those people aren’t elected officials in the Republican Party. In recent years, the GOP has castigated San Francisco-based environmentalist Tom Steyer, tagging him with famed boogeyman George Soros as among the […]

Mitch PerryMay 4, 2016

Frustrated by the lack of urgency among Florida lawmakers when it comes to climate change and the increase of sea-level rise, South Miami Mayor Philip Stoddard says he’d like to create a 60-foot-tall “Tower of Shame” listing those who have failed to act on the issue. “We should inscribe the name of every federal and state-level elected official […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 28, 2016

In 2014, NextGen Climate, well-heeled environmental activist Tom Steyer‘s political action committee, spent an estimated $12 million in Florida to try to oust Rick Scott as Governor. Scott defeated Democrat Charlie Crist in a closely fought contest. Last fall, the super PAC announced that they would launch a “seven-figure” television ad campaign, calling on presidential candidates and other political leaders to […]

Mitch PerryNovember 11, 2015

The three remaining Democrats running for president debate Saturday night in Iowa, but until then, their supporters were left sitting in the peanut gallery throwing out choice comments, at least on Tuesday night during the Fox Business News GOP debate from Milwaukee. “Despite the softballs lobbed at Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and company tonight, they each […]

Mitch PerryOctober 16, 2015

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NextGen Climate, the environmental PAC out of California led by Tom Steyer, is launching a new TV ad Friday calling on Marco Rubio to lay out a concrete plan to power America with clean energy when he unveils his campaign’s platform later in the day. The new television ad “What’s Your Plan?” features Rubio’s comments last week […]

Mitch PerryJuly 28, 2015

It hasn’t been a great week for Hillary Clinton. Forget all the hullabaloo regarding the emails she brought forward that have been found by the Inspector General to be classified, though she earlier claimed none were. That will or won’t be sorted out in due time. More troublesome are some of the numbers coming in from […]

Mitch PerryJuly 24, 2015

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Admittedly it’s early on, but there’s been little discussion about the environment from the candidates in this presidential campaign. Tom Steyer wants to change that. Steyer heads the San Francisco-based NextGen Climate environmental group, whose political action committee spent tens of millions of dollars against Republican candidates last year who opposed efforts to combat climate change, including […]

Phil AmmannApril 30, 2015

As a proposed solar energy initiative gains steam in Florida, an interesting rhetorical battle is also heating up: Americans For Prosperity (AFP) against the Tea Party fringe. The latest bombast comes from Debbie Dooley, described by American Spectator columnist Jon Cassidy as a “Tea Party eccentric and advocate for solar energy.” Dooley is the outspoken […]

Bruce RitchieApril 13, 2015

Could the Freedom Tower in Miami, where U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday announced his bid for president, be underwater by 2060? Before Rubio announced on Monday that he was running for president in 2016, NextGen Climate suggested the building could be underwater by 2060. The political action committee said Florida is on the front line […]

Tag: Tom Steyer

Hillary Clinton has more cash; Donald Trump forgives loans

Mitch Perry Report for 6.30.16 — The GOP’s Tom Steyer?

South Miami mayor wants to build ‘Tower of Shame’ for those failing to act on climate change

NextGen Climate to boost grassroots clean energy efforts in Florida

Democrats, others react to GOP Milwaukee debate

NextGen Climate asks Marco Rubio to detail his energy plan

Mitch Perry Report for 7.28.15 — Hillary Clinton goes green

NextGen Climate calls on candidates to aspire to 50% clean energy economy by 2030

Florida solar battle heats up: Tea Party’s Debbie Dooley takes on Americans for Prosperity

Miami’s Freedom Tower under water by 2060? Unlikely, scientist says