<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Obama puts climate and energy atop his priorities list in his first address to Congress]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by ce1907 http://www.grist.org/article/It-begins-with-energy/ Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:28:05 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/It-begins-with-energy/1 weasel words

"send me legislation"

will not happen

unless the big O leads -- not sits there waiting to catch the magic bill

never mind "send me" Mr. President

send us

YOUR plan

]]> weasel words

"send me legislation"

will not happen

unless the big O leads -- not sits there waiting to catch the magic bill

never mind "send me" Mr. President

send us

YOUR plan

]]> Comment #2 by guade00 http://www.grist.org/article/It-begins-with-energy/ Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:57:04 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/It-begins-with-energy/2 About sending legislation...

Read Article I, Section 1 of the Constitution.

]]> About sending legislation...

Read Article I, Section 1 of the Constitution.

]]> Comment #3 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/It-begins-with-energy/ Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:24:10 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/It-begins-with-energy/3 Fret Not, Democrats


The problem has already been solved...because Bush invested in Hydrogen technology.

No need to fret.

]]> Fret Not, Democrats


The problem has already been solved...because Bush invested in Hydrogen technology.

No need to fret.

]]> Comment #4 by Tom Laskawy http://www.grist.org/article/It-begins-with-energy/ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:49:01 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/It-begins-with-energy/4 Ending ag subsidies?

This is probably a reference to the current rulemaking going on regarding subsidy eligibility.  The 2008 Farm Bill reduced the amount farmers could make and still receive subsidies - the USDA has to write the new regulations. I don't expect this represents any new proposals.

]]> Ending ag subsidies?

This is probably a reference to the current rulemaking going on regarding subsidy eligibility.  The 2008 Farm Bill reduced the amount farmers could make and still receive subsidies - the USDA has to write the new regulations. I don't expect this represents any new proposals.

]]> Comment #5 by Jake Schmidt http://www.grist.org/article/It-begins-with-energy/ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:06:31 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/It-begins-with-energy/5 Capping and leading internationally

President Obama has provided another clear signal that the US needs to be a leader in developing solutions to global warming and that addressing this challenge is one of his top priorities (as I discussed here: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jschmidt/obamas_speech_ ...)

He stressed the need for this Congress to pass legislation to cap global warming pollution. It is crucial to pass a cap on global warming pollution this year if we want to help secure a strong international agreement to address global warming. The US needs to lead!

There are a lot of pieces that need to come together to get a strong agreement in Copenhagen, but the key cornerstone is strong action from the US. If the US leads then I believe that other countries will commit to strong actions as well. They are waiting for the clear signal that the US is serious.

Jake Schmidt International Climate Policy Director Natural Resources Defense Council


]]> Capping and leading internationally

President Obama has provided another clear signal that the US needs to be a leader in developing solutions to global warming and that addressing this challenge is one of his top priorities (as I discussed here: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jschmidt/obamas_speech_ ...)

He stressed the need for this Congress to pass legislation to cap global warming pollution. It is crucial to pass a cap on global warming pollution this year if we want to help secure a strong international agreement to address global warming. The US needs to lead!

There are a lot of pieces that need to come together to get a strong agreement in Copenhagen, but the key cornerstone is strong action from the US. If the US leads then I believe that other countries will commit to strong actions as well. They are waiting for the clear signal that the US is serious.

Jake Schmidt International Climate Policy Director Natural Resources Defense Council


]]> Comment #6 by amazingdrx http://www.grist.org/article/It-begins-with-energy/ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:37:17 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/It-begins-with-energy/6 "Advanced biofuels and clean coal"

Those were the key slip ups on energy/climate policy.  But he didn't mention "nuke-you-ler" power as Bobby J did.

Chris Mathews caught the "clean coal" greenwash, but missed the cellulosic ethanol reference, "advanced biofuels".

Maybe we will see "renewable super grid" and "electrified transportation" soon?

More information on alternatives to clean coal and advanced biofuels needs to get to the president.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

]]> "Advanced biofuels and clean coal"

Those were the key slip ups on energy/climate policy.  But he didn't mention "nuke-you-ler" power as Bobby J did.

Chris Mathews caught the "clean coal" greenwash, but missed the cellulosic ethanol reference, "advanced biofuels".

Maybe we will see "renewable super grid" and "electrified transportation" soon?

More information on alternatives to clean coal and advanced biofuels needs to get to the president.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

]]> Comment #7 by F James Handley http://www.grist.org/article/It-begins-with-energy/ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:21:26 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/It-begins-with-energy/7 Dr. Hansen: Carbon Prices, Not Secondary Markets

No telling what President Obama meant in terms of timing (this session or this Congress) or mechanism (tax or cap), but House Ways & Means (the greenest committee on the Hill) is studying simple price-based mechanisms to reduce GHG emissions. See Hansen Tells Ways & Means: Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax Needed to Spur Clean Technology Revolution.  

]]> Dr. Hansen: Carbon Prices, Not Secondary Markets

No telling what President Obama meant in terms of timing (this session or this Congress) or mechanism (tax or cap), but House Ways & Means (the greenest committee on the Hill) is studying simple price-based mechanisms to reduce GHG emissions. See Hansen Tells Ways & Means: Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax Needed to Spur Clean Technology Revolution.  

]]> Comment #8 by amazingdrx http://www.grist.org/article/It-begins-with-energy/ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:40:25 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/It-begins-with-energy/8 Cap and price?

I think that's what Obama said.  So some sort of permits that act as a tax and a solid ever lowering cap, year after year decrease in GHG.

I'm not so sure, I think he could wiggle out of the new tax attack by just diverting fossil fuel subsidies as a way to price carbon.  The 50 billion per year in corporate welfare invested in renewable energy and conservation would insure the gradual progress.

It would allow a realistic reduction in GHG based energy of say 6% per year.  That's a good cap, it's tight enough.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

]]> Cap and price?

I think that's what Obama said.  So some sort of permits that act as a tax and a solid ever lowering cap, year after year decrease in GHG.

I'm not so sure, I think he could wiggle out of the new tax attack by just diverting fossil fuel subsidies as a way to price carbon.  The 50 billion per year in corporate welfare invested in renewable energy and conservation would insure the gradual progress.

It would allow a realistic reduction in GHG based energy of say 6% per year.  That's a good cap, it's tight enough.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

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