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Is 450 ppm politically possible? Part 6
What the Boxer-Lieberman-Warner bill debate tells us |
Joseph Romm |
30 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| No, 450 is not politically possible today. Okay, that was clear before. But the debate over the Climate Security Act made it clear that it won't be politically possible anytime soon, for two reasons: The vast majority of conservatives have not budged an inch on climate science even in the face of now overwhelming direct scientific observation and a much deeper and broader scientific understanding of the dangerous impact of unrestricted human greenhouse gas emissio ... |
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| Topics: cap-and-dividend, carbon trading, climate, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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Why not a revenue-neutral carbon cap?
The silver-lining of Lieberman-Warner's demise |
Peter Barnes |
11 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The demise of the Lieberman-Warner climate bill may not be a bad thing if it spurs environmentalists and politicians to ask: Is this the best way to cap carbon? Let's be clear what Lieberman-Warner was. Yes, it contained a carbon cap. But mostly it was about spending or giving away trillions of dollars. It was, as Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) put it, 'the mother and father of all earmarks,' and every lobbyist in town was at the trough. The bill sought to allocate a vast ... |
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| Topics: cap-and-dividend, carbon trading, climate, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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