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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.
lies, damn lies, and baseball caps

The American Farm Bureau goes all in 29
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago Agribiz lobbying group AFB's new pitch: "Don't CAP Our Future."
notable quotable

Jill Richardson’s apt critique of the redesigned Senate Ag Committee website 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago La Vida Locavore's Jill Richardson notes the irony in the new Senate Ag Committee website.
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.
Climate bill breakdown 2
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago Wondering how the Senate's Kerry-Boxer climate bill stacks up against the Waxman-Markey version in the House? Russ Choma does the math.
Since he voted for Waxman-Markey, will RNC Chair Steele denounce him, too — or will he run away from his vote?

Mike Castle (R-DE) to run for Biden’s seat 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
New Cantwell climate bill is simpler and more equitable 5
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago On Sept. 22, in a speech to 100 world leaders gathered at the United Nations to discuss climate change, President Barack Obama declared the U.S. "determined to act." But at the same time, word began to circulate on Capitol Hill that the Senate might be equally determined not to vote on the climate bill any time soon.
Climate Citizens, Activate!

Where do your senators stand on the Kerry-Boxer climate bill? 4
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) introduced a climate bill on Sept. 30: the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. Do your senators support the bill, and do they support action against climate change in general? Help us find out!
Barrasso seeks to block intelligence on climate change threat 1
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago Last year, Thomas Fingar, then the U.S. intelligence community’s top analyst, warned that climate change is among the gravest threats to U.S. national security. This year, John Warner, the former (GOP) chair of the Senate Armed Services committee has been repeating the same warning to anyone who would listen.
Reid: Senate floor action before Copenhagen remains on agenda 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
and not with chump change

Want a Strong Climate Bill? Then Pay Up! 1
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Will there be a third chance for a better acronym?

Kerry-Boxer: A second chance for progressives 1
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago The new Kerry-Boxer Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act gives progressives a second chance to influence climate legislation, if we learn the right lessons from both the legislative process for the House climate bill and the ongoing health care debate.
The details plus Obama and Gore statements

Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act 0
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago Joe Romm offers up some key details on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act.
the time has come to put America back in control

Kerry on Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act 0
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago The Senate climate bill has a name: The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. Okay, it’s not a clever acronym, like the House’s American Clean Energy and Security act or ACES. The key point is jobs and American power.
Kerry-Boxer clean air, clean water, clean energy jobs bill sharply departs from House 0
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago
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.