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The propitiously populist politics of permits
Bingaman hearing on pollution allowance allocation; progressive greens beware 17
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
When Kerry and Boxer introduced their clean energy bill earlier this month, it contained a huge gap: it said almost nothing about the allocation of pollution allowances under the cap-and-tr... er, pollution reduction and investment program. The reason for the omission is simple: Doling out what is effectively a huge new pot of money is a subject of considerable interest to many senators, and it's expected to help bring some recalcitrant Democrats on board. The Energy & Natural Resources Committee, under Jeff Bingaman, is holding a hearing on the subject today.
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In Which I Describe The Current Price Collar As: "Zzzzzzzzzz. Crickets chirp. Glaciers melt."
How the Senate can fix cost containment in the climate bill with ‘price collar plus’ 0
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks agoI’m going to try to take the best of all the current cost containment proposals in the climate bill and propose an alternative that I think might actually be appealing to all sides, what I’m calling “price collar plus.”
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Follow the money, not the mechanism
Myth: Waxman-Markey gives away 85 percent of allowances to polluters 16
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
As the Waxman-Markey bill nears a make-or-break vote in the House, it's more important than ever that those who would work to improve it first understand it. One of the central critiques of the bill is a red herring at best and at worst simply false.
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