Tagged with Carbon Cap 
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Avoiding the Paralysis by Analysis Gambit
Boxer Proceeds with Clean Energy and Climate Protection Bill Despite Republican Boycott 0
Posted 2 weeks, 4 days ago -
Ecologists to the rescue
Fixing the bioenergy accounting loophole 2
Posted 1 month ago Dan Lashof knows that most people's eyes glaze over whenever "accounting" is mentioned and others tune out when discussion turns to "climate," so the number of people interested in "climate accounting" may be vanishingly small. But climate accounting may not be as obscure as it sounds. -
Game Changer
Kerry-Graham op-ed dramatically enhances prospects for Senate climate bill this year 2
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago It's hard to overstate the significance of the New York Times op-ed by Senators John Kerry (D-Ma) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Their joint declaration ensures that the Senate climate bill will be bipartisan, and that comprehensive energy and climate legislation is the next item on the Senate agenda. Will the U.S. have a climate bill for Copenhagen? -
What can we get for less than the cost of a postage stamp per day?
A Clean Energy Bargain 0
Posted 2 months ago -
What can we get for less than the cost of a postage stamp per day?
A Clean Energy Bargain 0
Posted 2 months ago -
The vanishing point
Lower your expectations for Copenhagen, says Foreign Affairs journal 3
Posted 3 months, 1 week agoMichael A. Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations, writing in the September/October Foreign Affairs, finds “vanishingly small” odds that December’s international negotiations in Copenhagen will produce a comprehensive climate treaty.
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free bird, free trade?
Can trade policy and climate policy work hand-in-hand? 4
Posted 4 months agoThis past weekend, while traveling in India, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received the message, courteous but firm, that India has no intention of capping carbon.
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Just the facts, ma'am
Everything you always wanted to know about the Waxman-Markey energy/climate bill—in bullet points 12
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
You keep hearing about the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill -- aka the American Clean Energy and Security Act -- but what's actually in it? We combed through the 946-page beast so you don't have to.
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Should be called Jekyll-Hyde
Waxman-Markey bill would do more for climate without cap-and-trade provision 10
Posted 6 months ago
Thanks to downstream permitting, offsets, and permit giveaways, the Waxman-Markey bill is a net loss for the climate.
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Endanger? I barely know her
EPA’s climate finding ticks off industry, energizes enviros and congressional leaders 0
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Business groups, environmental orgs, and politicians weigh in on EPA's determination that greenhouse gases endanger humans.
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Clear and present endangerment
EPA says greenhouse-gas emissions a threat to public health 25
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
The EPA has determined that greenhouse gases pose a danger to public health -- a long-expected finding that moves the Obama administration closer to regulating CO2.
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A flawed strategy: Why environmental groups should not be chasing carbon dollars 4
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
The strategy of using carbon permit auctions to fund the green agenda is deeply mistaken, and it risks pushing serious action against climate change many more years into the future -- a delay we earthlings can ill afford.
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Utility players
Beware utilities seeking free pollution permits 3
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago America's electric utilities are waging a no-holds-barred campaign to get 40% of carbon emission permits allocated for free. Why aren't Obama and Congressional Democrats fighting back?
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Change by the back door
Energy portions of Waxman/Markey compensate (in part) for carbon weaknesses 2
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
There are some gloomy reactions to the Waxman/Markey bill around the interwebs. I'm not going to claim the bill is perfect, but I think the pessimism is excessive.
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