<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for U.S. industry may well help push climate legislation through the Senate this session]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Liz Borkowski http://www.grist.org/article/quick-before-the-people-who-really-mean-it-show-up/ Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:27:50 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/quick-before-the-people-who-really-mean-it-show-up/1 sounds familiar

It's not just the fossil fuel industries who figure they'll get more favorable regulations if they push for them now.

This New York Times article listed "toys and cars, antifreeze and fireworks, popcorn and produce and cigarettes and light bulbs" as the major industries now pushing for more rules.

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It's not just the fossil fuel industries who figure they'll get more favorable regulations if they push for them now.

This New York Times article listed "toys and cars, antifreeze and fireworks, popcorn and produce and cigarettes and light bulbs" as the major industries now pushing for more rules.

]]> Comment #2 by Billhook http://www.grist.org/article/quick-before-the-people-who-really-mean-it-show-up/ Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:13:15 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/quick-before-the-people-who-really-mean-it-show-up/2 Nationalism faces the Global Imperative

It seems a common misconception that the US can write "the rules of the road" for efforts to resolve global GHG pollution.

In reality, it cannot usefully even write the rules for what is to be done within US borders without first knowing, in detail, what is required of it by the international community as its part in the forthcoming "Treaty of the Atmospheric Commons."

What could be written at this stage is a further set of potential obstacles to the achievement of that global treaty.

From this perspective, well-intentioned US politicians should be extremely cautious in bills' drafting, and should, as the priority, be engaged with the Indian, African and European diplomatic promoters of the "Contraction & Convergence" framework for the requisite treaty.

With that as their basic format, US politicians could at least avoid doing more harm than good.

Regards,

Bill

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It seems a common misconception that the US can write "the rules of the road" for efforts to resolve global GHG pollution.

In reality, it cannot usefully even write the rules for what is to be done within US borders without first knowing, in detail, what is required of it by the international community as its part in the forthcoming "Treaty of the Atmospheric Commons."

What could be written at this stage is a further set of potential obstacles to the achievement of that global treaty.

From this perspective, well-intentioned US politicians should be extremely cautious in bills' drafting, and should, as the priority, be engaged with the Indian, African and European diplomatic promoters of the "Contraction & Convergence" framework for the requisite treaty.

With that as their basic format, US politicians could at least avoid doing more harm than good.

Regards,

Bill

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