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Climate Hope in a Prison of Despair

August 4, 2010 by Craig Severance
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The economic method has been abandoned by the U.S. Senate, but there is a way forward if we focus on the true end goal. [read more]

Science Vindicated as Senate Edges Closer to Climate and Energy Debate

July 7, 2010 by Keith Schneider
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In political attack on climate scientists and science, researchers and their work prevail. [read more]

First Do No Harm: Making Sure an Energy Bill Doesn't Fuel Even More Global Warming

July 6, 2010 by David Doniger
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As the President and Senators consider their options on energy and climate legislation, it’s important to be clear about what will move the country forward and what will move it backward.  Will our leaders put us on the road towards the carbon pollution cuts desperately needed to take back control of our economic, environmental, and... [read more]

A View of the Oil Damage Below the Surface

June 3, 2010 by Frances Beinecke
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Now that BP’s “top kill” effort to plug the Deepwater Horizon well has failed, oil will most likely be gushing into the Gulf of Mexico until August. This is an outrageous situation: we will be watching oil devastate our coasts for months to come. But I am also concerned about what the oil is doing in places we can’t see: far from shore... [read more]

Failure to pass climate bill will benefit natural gas

May 29, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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With cap-and-trade unlikely, green groups see it as the best alternative to coal This blog post is an edited version of an article published in Fuel Cycle Week V9:N376, May 13, 2010, by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC. The long and probably doomed path of the Senate climate legislation, which contains what the nuclear... [read more]

In case you thought passing a climate bill was easy: “Chaos, arm-twisting gave Pelosi win”

July 2, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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Judging by emails and comments, many progressives and enviros seem to be under the misimpression that a much tougher climate bill was politically possible.  I myself was under that misimpression for a while. Now, in fairness to myself (and others), one serious scenario does exist for a tougher climate bill being politically... [read more]

Tariffs in the Climate Bill

June 29, 2009 by Robert Rapier
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A number of people have written to ask why I haven't commented on the climate bill. There are two reasons. First, the House and Senate versions are very different, so the final form may not resemble the version the House just passed. Second, I haven't had the time to read through much of it.There was one issue that I considered quite... [read more]

Earth Day Update on Climate Bill Hearings from Congresswoman Doris Matsui

April 22, 2009 by Jesse Jenkins
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Guest post from Congresswoman Doris Matsui. Cross-posted from www.focusthenation.org.As a member of the House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee, I just wanted to take a moment out of the hearings we are holding today to discuss the comprehensive climate change bill, and give you a quick update about what is happening... [read more]

Reid: Global warming bill on Senate floor “hopefully late this summer”

February 20, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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Greenwire (subs. req’d) reports today:Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said yesterday that he would try to bring a global warming bill to the floor before the end of summer, another indication that both sides of Capitol Hill want to send major climate legislation to President Obama during his first year in office.I continue to believe... [read more]

Breaking: Sen. Boxer makes clear U.S. won’t pass a climate bill this year

February 4, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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Sen. Barbara Boxer, chair of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released her “Principles for Global Warming Legislation” at a press conference today. But her remarks contained the real news — no chance of climate legislation be enacted into law this year. Greenwire (subs. req’d) reports: “Copenhagen is December,” Sen.... [read more]

Another step towards "meaningful" climate change legislation in 2007

December 6, 2007 by Tim Haab
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Senate panel passes bill to limit greenhouse gases: A Senate committee approved a broad bill on Wednesday night to address climate change, a major step toward passage of a measure that would for the first time slow and then reverse emissions of the gases that scientists blame for the warming of the planet. The Environment and Public... [read more]