one democrat say the plan would lead to job cuts and higher energy prices and hold the coal industry to impossible standards. g.o.p. leaders say they will try to repeal the regulations once they take effect. speaking of energy, here is something you don t see every day. environmentalists and tea party conservatives working together for the same cause. it s happening in georgia. the groups are joining forces to form what they call a green tea coalition. essentially using tea party values to advance the green energy movement. john roberts has the news live for us in atlanta. i tweeted about this and got lots of tweets back, john? it is pretty interesting. there is no question. the graphic of the monitor says it all. and you would be hard pressed to find a stranger set of bed fellows. in georgia. atlanta tea party patriots are banding together with environmentalists from the syria is see harrah club to promote green power. it is fighting what it calls the unfair monopoly
this green tea coalition has already had two significant successes. they success fly defeated a massive increase in transportation tax, and they forced at least lobbied the public service excision to force georgia power to add enough solar electricity over the next few years to power 70,000 homes. so, coalition going strong, at least for the moment, trace. trace: it s unusual but impressive. john roberts, live in atlanta. thank you. the latest iphone hit shore shelves today, as if you didn t already know that. were you in line? lots of folks across the country did what they normally do, they cued up and waited and waited and waited. look at this. new york, tampa, houston, pasadena, scenes like this playing out all across the country, but apparently it was not all peaceful. apparently cops in pasadena say they detained three people after a fight broke out. a little fies city
can t be a principle of clean energy advocates like the sierra club. reporter: it s like dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria. as for georgia power, they say that they are doing a good job, adding a whole lot of solar to their power portfolio though they were forced to do it and welcome any new ideas that the green tea coalition might have for them. but they do not appear very eager, at least not right now, gregg, to give up that monopoly as the sole provider of electricity in the state of georgia. gregg: they re just sort of living together, you know? a trial run. reporter: it s working for now. [laughter] gregg: all right. great job, john roberts, as always. thanks. jenna: well, happening now, a battle on capitol hill to cut abuse in the food stamp program by closing some loopholes. that s what the republicans say they re doing with their bill, but democrats say cutting funding for food stamps is taking support from those that need it. nearly 48 million americans are si
diversification of our energy portfolio. i m a grandmother, i care about my grandson s future, and our world is using more and more energy every day. we have to look for the future and make sure we have an ample energy supply. in georgia, we found a conservative way to do it, and it s brought together people on the left and right. we are forming what we call a degree tea coalition. i like it. i like green tea, and i like the green tea coalition. i m going to be voting you on with the big vote this week. debbie dooley, byron dorgan. pleasure to have you here. that is all in for this evening, the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. i would pay good money, hard, cold cash to see you and debbie
there should be renewable energy standards. i disagree with that, but i do believe that in georgia, we can show where groups from the left and right are putting our differences aside. we support coal, we support nuclear, but we believe in diversification of our energy portfolio. i m a grandmother, i care about my grandson s future, and our world is using more and more energy every day. we have to look for the future and make sure we have an ample energy supply. in georgia, we found a conservative way to do it, and it s brought together people on the left and right. we are forming what we call a degree tea coalition. i like it. i like green tea, and i like the green tea coalition. i m going to be voting you on with the big vote this week.