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Moving On: Democrats After Cap and Trade
Now that Obama has officially opened the door to alternatives to the conventional cap and trade framework, Congressional Democrats are finally willing to admit the policy is dead and focus on finding an economically and politically viable Plan B....
Cap and Trade -- Dismissed
Cap and trade didn't make the cut in President Obama's address to the nation earlier this week regarding the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon offshore oil spill. As Breakthrough Senior Advisor Teryn Norris noted: Instead of using last night's prime-...
Obama Signals Need for New Energy Agenda
By Teryn Norris Cross-posted from Americans for Energy Leadership The biggest news from President Obama's Oval Office address is that cap and trade legislation is probably dead for the foreseeable future, and the administration is seeking new...
Carbon Offsets Fraud Continues
It comes as no surprise that a broad-based coalition of activists are calling the bluff of 19 companies earning carbon offset credits through the Carbon Development Mechanism created by the Kyoto Protocol. The activists accuse the companies, based...
Realpolitik Goes Mainstream
Cross-posted from Roger Pielke Jr's Blog. The Financial Times has a realistic and sobering article [subs. req'd] on the state on international climate negotiations: Christiana Figueres startled delegates when she addressed the United Nations...
Public Still Believes in Climate Change
The majority of Americans do believe that Earth's climate is warming and they want the government to take action, according to Stanford Professor Jon Krosnick and his Political Psychology Research Group, but they still don't want to pay higher...
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...
Direct Action on Climate Change: Successful Tactic or Green Nostalgia?
By Breakthrough Fellow, Leigh Ewbank At the weekend, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed called for increased direct action campaigning to encourage governments to act on climate change. "What we really need is a huge social 60s-style catalystic,...
Green VS. Green, Part 1
By Breakthrough Senior Fellow Siddartha Shome Denmark Dispute Greens tout Denmark as a renewable mecca, but Sweden -- powered largely by hydro and nuclear -- has a far less carbon intense energy mix. Here's a pop quiz. A, B, C, and D are four rich...
The Collapse of Competitiveness Policy
The Collapse of Competitiveness Policy How the Flagship U.S. Innovation Bill Died and What it Means for America By Teryn Norris May 26, 2010 Published by The Huffington Post Last week, the flagship federal legislation for U.S. competitiveness...
An Onshore Compromise over Offshore Drilling
Despite the Deepwater Horizon calamity, if the Kerry-Lieberman climate bill gets passed then concessions on offshore drilling are likely to be part of the deal. But Brookings' Mark Muro points out that this outcome could provide a "teachable moment...
House Fails to Pass America COMPETES Bill
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives failed in its second attempt to pass the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act, a flagship bill for U.S. competitiveness containing broad support for science and technology innovation, including funding...
