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Graham Calls it Quits on Kerry-Lieberman
Not only did Lindsey Graham (R-SC) withdraw from talks surrounding a climate and energy bill eventually released by Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) in early May, yesterday he announced that he wouldn't vote for the legislation should Kerry and Lieberman successfully bring it to the Senate floor. Graham cited... [read more]
The Week In Green Energy: 'Plug The Damn hole!'
Week of May 24 - to - May 28, 2010 President Obama tours the beach at Port Fourchon with Parish President Charlotte Randolph. The oil spill resulting from the Deepwater Horizon disaster now officially ranks as the worst in U.S. history. Eager to place a containment dome over a media cycle that was drawing... [read more]
The climate bill version of “Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough”
My colleague David Roberts at Grist has a provocative post, “Leaning forward: Why the American Power Act is worth fighting for.” It is sort of the climate change equivalent of Lori Gottlieb’s even more provocative best-seller. The perfect climate bill that could get 60 votes in the Senate simply doesn’t exist. I think Roberts’... [read more]
Why the American Power Act is Not a Corporate Give-Away
In his insightful post, Rob Stavins makes two key points regarding the allocation of emission allowances under climate legislation like that introduced last week by Senators Kerry and Lieberman. First, Stavins addresses head-on the concerns that some progressives have toward the allocation provisions in the bill, asking in the title of... [read more]
Climate Legislation Continues To Languish in U.S. Senate
After months of delay and uncertainty, the U.S. Senate appeared ready to move forward with climate and energy legislation last week with the introduction of a draft outline of the bill known as the American Power Act, co-sponsored by Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT). But that was last week. Now the Senate... [read more]
Here We Go Again: A Closer Look at the Kerry-Lieberman Cap-and-Trade Proposal
As with the Waxman-Markey bill (H.R. 2454), passed by the House of Representatives last June, there is now some confusing commentary in the press and blogosphere about the allocation of allowances in the new Senate proposal — the American Power Act of 2010 — sponsored by Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Senator Joseph... [read more]
What’s Soot Got To Do With It?
By Andrew Freedman Most of the discussion regarding the highly anticipated Senate energy and climate change legislation, which Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) introduced last week following months of negotiations, has focused on the bill’s provisions pertaining to offshore oil and gas drilling, incentives... [read more]
Quiz: Is The Senate Climate Bill Right For You?
Dave Rochlin - www.climatepath.org Is the recently released senate climate bill right for you? Take the quiz below to assess where you stand on the Kerry-Lieberman climate bill, AKA "The American Power Act", announced last week. The bill's intent is "To secure the energy future of the United States, to provide incentives for the... [read more]
All Eyes To The Future: American Power Act's Imperiled Pragmatism
Over 70 years ago, in the General Motors-sponsored Futurama exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair, an estimated 10 percent of all Americans were transported across a landscape of innovation, creativity, and optimism that became the economic and cultural foundation of the great American century. The Futurama exhibit was a huge... [read more]
My interview on Diane Rehm - Plus my 'debate' with Greenpeace on Senate climate bill
You can listen to the full Diane Rehm show here. This didn’t end up being a debate, and I think was pretty informative. Democracy Now! has posted a full transcript of what they bill as “Greenpeace v. Center for American Progress: A Debate on the Kerry-Lieberman Climate Bill.” I don’t really consider it a debate when the other... [read more]
Not-So-Grand Compromise
This week Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) finally released the draft energy and climate bill they had been working on with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC.) From all accounts, it was intended to serve as a response to the various criticisms of the climate bill the House of Representatives passed last summer, but in... [read more]
Kerry-Lieberman American Power Act
I've been away this week and am just starting to catch up on the news. Thanks to our friends at The Green Energy Reporter for pointing me to Brad Johnson's analysis of the Kerry-Lieberman American Power Act from Think Progress/The Wonk Room: A First Look At The Details Of The Kerry-Lieberman American Power Act The side-by-side... [read more]
American Power Act needs More International Financing
One of the biggest flaws of the American Power Act is its lack of adequate international aid for climate mitigation and adaption. This is necessary for the US to secure a global deal. A number of organizations have signed onto the following press release about this issue. ActionAid USA ● CARE USA ● Center for International... [read more]
Kerry-Lieberman adds some certainty on offsets
Overall, Kerry-Lieberman’s language on offsets shows a willingness to make hard choices on offset regulatory mechanisms for political, market, and in some cases environmental benefits…. [O]n the whole, the offsets provision provide a reliably cheaper way to GHG reduction, which will generally be legitimate environmentally….... [read more]
Climate Bill reactions
I am trying to wrap up my article on EPA's GHG rule on stationary sources when I just saw on twitter that the EPA is expecting to announce its guidelines for that rule today. Aarrrrgh!! So while my article is in limbo, we'll take a brief look on the newly introduced 1,000 page climate bill entitled "American Power Act" by Senators Kerry... [read more]
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