Waxman Markey Bill

Fourteen Democratic senators stick up for coal 5
Posted 1 week, 1 day ago Thursday, 14 Democratic senators affirmed their allegiance to the profits of polluting industry at the expense of the health and jobs of their constituents. In a letter to Senate leaders, a bloc of senators with powerful coal interests in their states called for "fair emissions allowances in climate change legislation." Their definition of "fair," unfortunately, turns out to be full taxpayer subsidies for global warming polluters.
Conservatives still channel Groucho Marx, “Whatever it is, I’m against it.”

House passes landmark health-care bill with one GOP vote 0
Posted 1 week, 4 days ago
When will we stop paying the hidden fossil fuel tax? 1
Posted 3 weeks ago Last week, the nation suffered from major sticker shock when we learned that our use of fossil fuels comes with a hidden price tag of $120 billion per year.
Five scoops of compromise

Sampling the competing flavors of the Senate climate debate 0
Posted 3 weeks, 4 days 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.
Peter Dorman takes on Stavins

Giveway’s in Climate Bill still unfair, inefficient 0
Posted 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Supply and demand

Kerry-Boxer muddies handling of international offsets 0
Posted 3 weeks, 4 days 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.
One step forward, several back

The Kerry-Boxer bill is not “more ambitious” than Waxman-Markey 2
Posted 3 weeks, 5 days ago I'm sure Steve Mufson and Juliet Eilperin didn't choose the headline, but whoever did, I think it's a real mistake to refer to the Kerry-Boxer bill as "a bit more ambitious" than its Waxman-Markey counterpart in the House. This became conventional wisdom almost immediately, but it seems to me both wrong and pernicious -- the more Kerry-Boxer is seen as a leftward move from the House bill, the more senators who want to be seen as moderate will want to be seen hacking it down.
Confusion in the Senate regarding allowance allocation 1
Posted 4 weeks ago There are sound reasons for considering allocation mechanisms other than free allocation -- for example, auctioning allowances (more about this below) -- but the distribution of those allowances that are freely allocated need not be a great source of concern.
Tim Flannery boils it down

Put a cap on it, America! 4
Posted 4 weeks, 1 day ago The U.S. Congress absolutely must pass climate legislation that puts a cap on the country's total carbon emissions, Australian climate activist Tim Flannery says. Failure to do so will undermine the international climate talks.
Climate bill allocations are not unfare to the Midwest

EPA analysis appears doubly flawed 0
Posted 1 month ago
Climate bill breakdown 2
Posted 1 month, 2 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, 2 weeks ago
Garbage in, garbage out

Economics of climate legislation deserve honest accounting 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago The debate over the Kerry-Boxer bill has picked up where Waxman-Markey left off: the economics of climate legislation.
New Cantwell climate bill is simpler and more equitable 5
Posted 1 month, 2 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.
Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act an improvement over House bill on offsets 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Markey spokesman questions Breakthrough Institute 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
don't get in the way, congress!

Growth in renewable energy outpaces nuclear, fossil fuels 2
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Revealing the mysteries of Pittsburgh

Pa. Rep. Doyle on getting blue-collar support for a climate bill 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks 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.
As good as it'll get

Boxer-Kerry climate bill: what to watch for 2
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago Sens. Boxer and Kerry plan to introduce their climate bill tomorrow. I'm in NYC and DC this week, so it's been tough to find time to write, but here are a few brief notes on what to watch for.
Senate Chainsaw Massacre

Memo to Congress: Don’t dawdle on climate bill 1
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks 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.