<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Bipartisan group of House members rolls out bill for gas-price relief]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Jon Rynn http://www.grist.org/article/how-do-you-spell-relief/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:54:32 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/how-do-you-spell-relief/1 Finally! Give them an award, anything!

I liked the idea of a "Location Efficient Mortgages,"  NRDC has a web section on it here

Here's something that could be a "sister" bill to a carbon pricing bill, no?

]]> Finally! Give them an award, anything!

I liked the idea of a "Location Efficient Mortgages,"  NRDC has a web section on it here

Here's something that could be a "sister" bill to a carbon pricing bill, no?

]]> Comment #2 by alphaniner http://www.grist.org/article/how-do-you-spell-relief/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:05:02 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/how-do-you-spell-relief/2 Bush

But can they get it past the Bush Block (head)?

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But can they get it past the Bush Block (head)?

]]> Comment #3 by colinpeppard http://www.grist.org/article/how-do-you-spell-relief/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:57:59 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/how-do-you-spell-relief/3 Colin Peppard

Jon -

Friends of the Earth, along with many of the organizations listed on the letter linked in this post, actually accomplished something like what you suggest this winter and spring.  We were able to include a fund in the Lieberman-Warner climate bill (as well as similar funds in Ed Markey's iCAP legislation and Lloyd Doggett's Climate MATTERS Act) that would invest in smarter land use and housing development, as well as public transportation, to help reduce GHGs from the residential and transportation sectors.  

Most of these policies unfortunately don't specifically single out location efficient mortgages, though hopefully future climate policy will.  Investing revenue from a climate bill in this sort of policy not only helps reduce GHGs, but also helps folks cope with rising energy prices.  Not a bad win-win!

Thanks!

]]> Colin Peppard

Jon -

Friends of the Earth, along with many of the organizations listed on the letter linked in this post, actually accomplished something like what you suggest this winter and spring.  We were able to include a fund in the Lieberman-Warner climate bill (as well as similar funds in Ed Markey's iCAP legislation and Lloyd Doggett's Climate MATTERS Act) that would invest in smarter land use and housing development, as well as public transportation, to help reduce GHGs from the residential and transportation sectors.  

Most of these policies unfortunately don't specifically single out location efficient mortgages, though hopefully future climate policy will.  Investing revenue from a climate bill in this sort of policy not only helps reduce GHGs, but also helps folks cope with rising energy prices.  Not a bad win-win!

Thanks!

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