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the roadmap is paved with gold

A solar energy future: Maybe you can get there from here 2
Posted 1 month ago Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' Solar Technology Roadmap Act has drawn enthusiastic support from the business community and the U.S. House of Representatives. Now, can it lure reluctant Senators to support the Kerry-Boxer bill?
how will key senators vote on a climate bill?

Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) [UPDATED] 2
Posted 1 month ago Sen. Robert Byrd hated the climate bill that passed the House in June, but he seems a little more open to the Kerry-Boxer bill being considered in the Senate.
How will key senators vote on a climate bill?

George LeMieux (R-Fla.) 0
Posted 1 month ago New Sen. George LeMieux has yet to vote on any key legislation that might give us clues as to whether he would support the Kerry-Boxer climate bill. He said after his appointment that he would want to study specific climate legislation before coming down on one side or the other, while also stressing that the nation needs to "move toward renewable energy,” which he said includes nuclear power.
how will key senators vote on a climate bill?

Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) [UPDATED] 2
Posted 1 month ago Sen. Evan Bayh is widely considered to be a fence-sitter on climate legislation. Read this letter he sent to a constituent in early October.
Senate digs into climate bill at hearings this week 0
Posted 1 month ago This week, the Senate is finally starting to talk seriously about the climate bill that Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) introduced on Sept. 30. Starting on Tuesday, the Environment and Public Works Committee, chaired by Boxer, is holding three days of hearings on the bill, with a wonk-studded cast of witnesses.
Five scoops of compromise

Sampling the competing flavors of the Senate climate debate 0
Posted 1 month ago Senators of all stripes are screaming for some kind of climate and energy bill, but like schoolkids at the ice cream parlor, each is crying out for a different flavor.
Supply and demand

Kerry-Boxer muddies handling of international offsets 0
Posted 1 month ago The Kerry-Boxer climate bill's treatment of international carbon offsets should be modified to align it with the Waxman-Markey approach. Otherwise, U.S. policy could have a ripple effect that would weaken international carbon trading schemes.
How will key senators vote on a climate bill?

Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) 0
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago Sen. Lindsey Graham has stepped up to become the leading Republican advocate of a bipartisan climate bill, joining with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to put forward a framework for climate legislation that they say can actually pass the Senate.
How will key senators vote on a climate bill?

Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) [UPDATED] 3
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago Sen. Lisa Murkowski is open to voting for a cap-and-trade climate bill if it would aggressively boost nuclear power and domestic oil and gas drilling, she said in a C-SPAN interview. "Count me as one of those who will keep my mind open as we move forward," she said.
how will key senators vote on a climate bill?

Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) [UPDATED] 2
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago In a letter to a Grist reader, Sen. Chuck Grassley dodges and weaves about climate science, says schemes to reduce greenhouse-gas emission amount to "a national energy tax," and calls for more renewable energy.
Obama talks climate change 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
How will senators vote on a climate bill?

Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) 5
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago In a letter to a Grist reader, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says she opposes a cap-and-trade system, arguing that it would raise energy prices for average Americans and cause economic hardship.
How will senators vote on a climate bill?

Roland Burris (D-Ill.) 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago In a letter to a Grist reader, Sen. Roland Burris says he supports many aspects of the Kerry-Boxer climate bill introduced in late September, particularly the provisions on nuclear power, agricultural offsets, and clean coal.
How will senators vote on a climate bill?

Robert Casey (D-Penn.) 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago In a letter to a Grist reader, Sen. Robert Casey says he intends to work toward legislation to curb greenhouse-gas emissions, and also talks up "clean coal" and touts his efforts to get funding for carbon-capture-and-sequestration technology.
These boots were made for cutting carbon

Timberland CEO Jeff Swartz on the new corporate push for climate action 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago Jeff Swartz belongs to a coalition of businesses that is lobbying congress and the administration to pass climate legislation.
Great, Danes

Big Pork and Sen. Grassley: the Danes want you to know your hogs don’t need endless antibiotics 4
Posted 2 months ago According to Sen. Chuck Grassley, it's necessary to dose livestock daily with antibiotics--or we'll end up sorry, just like the poor Danes. Trouble is, the Danes say they're doing just fine after banning sub-therapeutic antibiotic use on farms.
don't get in the way, congress!

Growth in renewable energy outpaces nuclear, fossil fuels 2
Posted 2 months ago
Revealing the mysteries of Pittsburgh

Pa. Rep. Doyle on getting blue-collar support for a climate bill 0
Posted 2 months ago How does a blue-collar guy from a Pittsburgh steelworking family end up supporting a climate bill in Congress? Rep. Mike Doyle explains how he came to believe that climate legislation is good for his manufacturing-heavy district and the whole country.
All aboard the climate express!

Bikers and activists ride for the climate from New York to D.C. 0
Posted 2 months ago More than one hundred climate and cycling activists have embarked on the Climate Ride, a 300-mile cycling journey from New York City to Washington, D.C. On Wednesday afternoon, they aim to flood the Senate with spandex and calls for strong climate legislation, just as Boxer and Kerry introduce their version to the Senate. See the photos and hop on the climate express.
Senate Chainsaw Massacre

Memo to Congress: Don’t dawdle on climate bill 1
Posted 2 months ago Like health care reform -- and bad teenage slasher movies -- the whole climate and energy debate seems to be moving very slowly down a well-trodden path toward a bloody ending.