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BP’s Exit from USCAP: An Alarm Signal?

February 23, 2010 by David Levy
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Four months is a long time in climate politics. Back in October 2009, the momentum toward a global carbon regime seemed ineluctable. President Obama held a super-majority in the US Senate, China appeared amenable to a deal, high-profile companies were defecting from the US Chamber of Commerce over its opposition to climate action, and a... [read more]

The beginning of the end?

February 16, 2010 by John Whitehead
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A trio of influential multinational corporations have decamped from the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a 3-year-old lobby group, citing mounting concerns over the direction of climate change legislation, particularly concessions to the politically-influential coal sector. In separate statements, BP America, ConocoPhillips and... [read more]

Graham says Obama has his back on climate bill

December 4, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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Sen. Lindsey Graham may be under fire from conservatives back home in South Carolina. But the Republican got a personal assurance from President Obama yesterday that the White House is supporting his efforts to craft a sweeping Senate energy and global warming bill. “The president told me personally he was very open, that nuclear power... [read more]

Lew Hay’s climate flip-flop

October 28, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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Several years ago, Lew Hay, the dynamic chairman and CEO of FPL Group, which is the nation’s leading provider of renewable energy ($16 billion in 2008 revenues), gave an impassioned speech at a Goldman Sachs climate change conference in New York, arguing for a tax on emissions of carbon dioxide to deal with the threat of global warming... [read more]

Ringside seat on the fight to steer the Chamber of Commerce`s climate bus

October 7, 2009 by TokyoTom
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On the heels of my post about Apple leaving the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, here are a few more links and excerpts for eager readers (who have been spared a longer post that vanished into the ether as pixie dust crashed Mozilla and my prior unsaved draft) (emphasis added). 1.  The Chamber`s opaque policy-making mechanism on climate,... [read more]

How Republicans can save the climate bill

October 4, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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Until recently, the environment was a bipartisan issue. Consider: The EPA became a cabinet-level agency during the Nixon administration. The 1990 amendments strengthening the Clean Air Act were adopted by a 89-11 vote in the U.S. Senate. Previous sponsors of climate legislation to cap emissions of greenhouse gases were Senators McCain [... [read more]

ACCCE takes on water; Alstom quits scandal-ridden coal industry front group, joining Duke and Alcoa

September 9, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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When we last left the flagship of the coal industry efforts to stop the clean air, clean water, clean energy jobs bill, it was fast taking on water (see “Duke Energy quits coal front group over climate bill“).  Sure some otherwise sane passengers had joined the crew’s efforts to patch up the holes (see “GE fights for change... [read more]