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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Action on Solar Investment Tax Credit Delayed Lack of credit threatens solar industry	Michael Moynihan	11 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Originally posted at the NDN Blog. The failure of the Senate to obtain cloture on the Solar Investment Tax Credit -- coming on the heels of the collapse of climate change legislation last Friday -- should send a wake up call to the environment and clean technology communities that a new more forceful strategy is needed to make progress on climate change and energy independence. At a moment when the U.S. economy is suffering from the effects of a full blown oil sh ...
Topics: business, climate, economy, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Fortune Brainstorm Green A discussion of climate policy downplays cap-and-trade	David Roberts	21 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Now we're getting into the nuts and bolts climate policy, with the following folks: The Hon. Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr. Attorney General State of California John E. Bryson Chairman and CEO Edison International Alexander "Andy" Karsner Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy U.S. Department of Energy Jonathan Lash President World Resource ...
Topics: business, carbon trading, climate, legislation, politics (all these topics)

The subsidy tease, part I Congress needs to stop flirting with the renewable energy industry	Joseph Romm	13 Feb 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- When it comes to relationships, Congress is a big tease. Or so it must seem to the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries. Just when they think they're about to go to the altar with the federal government, Congress becomes the runaway bride. Everyone who's anyone acknowledges that energy efficiency and renewable energy a ...
Topics: business, climate, energy, innovation, legislation, politics, renewable energy, tech (all these topics)

Big Ol' Jet Air Whiner Plan to regulate airline emissions moves forward in E.U.		21 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 4:26 PM on 21 Dec 2007 A proposed law that would regulate emissions from airlines taking off from or landing in the European Union has been approved by environment ministers. The bill to include airlines in the E.U.'s carbon-trading scheme was scaled back from the version passed by the E.U. Parliament last month, aiming to start in 2012 instead of 2011 and making airlines buy only 10 percent of their carbo ...
Topics: air travel, business, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, European Union, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, news, politics (all these topics)

Supreme preemption Medical device case could impact global warming debate	Guest author	06 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The following is a guest post written by Sean Siperstein, who maintains the blog Warming Law on behalf of the Community Rights Counsel, a public interest law firm in Washington, DC. Warming Law was launched following the Supreme Court's landmark Massachusetts v. EPA ruling, with a focus on the evolving legal landscape impacting the climate movement. ----- In last week's negotiations over the energy bill, one of the most significant victories for propone ...
Topics: business, climate, energy, legislation, litigation, politics (all these topics)

Quick, before the people who really mean it show up! U.S. industry may well help push climate legislation through the Senate this session	David Roberts	28 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Joe Lieberman says that comprehensive climate legislation in the Senate is more likely this session than people think (sub. rqd.), and that debate will probably get underway later this year or early next. But the reason he gives isn't exactly comforting: The Connecticut independent said U.S. industry has shifted on the global warming debate and is ready for regulation. "They want the rules of the road to be set by a Congress with the current political make ...
Topics: business, climate, legislation, politics (all these topics)

The cap and trade boat just got a little fuller Oh what a relief it biz	Kif Scheuer	08 May 2007	Gristmill
The United States Climate Action Partnership, the group of corporations calling 'on the federal government to quickly enact strong national legislation to require significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions,' just doubled in size (PDF): With its new members, USCAP companies now have total revenues of $1.7 trillion, a collective workforce of more than 2 million and operations in all 50 states; they also have a combine market capitalization of more than $1.9 tril ...
Topics: business, carbon trading, climate, greenish companies, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Tip Tip Hurray! Senate bills and corporate coalition push Washington toward climate action	Amanda Griscom Little	23 Jan 2007	Muckraker
Will January 2007 prove to be a tipping point for U.S. climate-change policy? Already this month we've seen a barrage of high-profile activity -- and President Bush hasn't even given his State of the Union address yet. Are we at a tipping point? First there was a rapid-fire succession of four major climate-change bills proposed in the Senate, all of which call for mand ...
Topics: business, climate, greenish companies, legislation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

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