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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Get it right the first time Carl Pope of the Sierra Club lays out a blueprint for an effective climate bill	Guest author	14 Feb 2008	Gristmill
The following is a guest essay by Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club. ----- There are moments when a choice of pathways shapes the future -- and makes success either feasible or impossible. In light of the fact that all of the remaining leading presidential candidates call for some kind of action on global warming, and the Lieberman-Warner bill is already working its way through the Senate, almost everyone recognizes that sometime in the n ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, environmental movement, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Auctioneering An account of a House hearing on auctioning permits under cap-and-trade	David Roberts	28 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Last Wednesday, the House Global Warming Committee held a hearing on "auctions and revenue recycling in cap and trade," which took a close look at the advantages of auctioning (rather than giving away) pollution permits under a cap and trade system, and what might be done with the revenue. I didn't manage to watch the hearing, but as always it has been ably summarized by the mysteriously monickered The Cunctator, publisher and editor of Hill Heat. If you're ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Cap-and-trade through musical chairs A quick, easy-to-follow introduction to the basics of cap-and-trade legislation	David Roberts	06 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Holmes Hummel, a Stanford PhD and Congressional Science Fellow for Rep. Jay Inslee, has put together two PowerPoint presentations, one brief, one longer. She says: "These overview pieces are for The Curious & Concerned, a growing number of people who understand the importance of a federal climate policy but are confused by the framework of the current proposals."The slideshows explain cap-and-trade legislation through an analogy with musical chairs, w ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Donning his cap Dingell endorses a cap-and-trade climate plan	Brian Beutler	03 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Just days after releasing his carbon-and-gas tax proposal for public comment, House Energy and Commerce Chair John Dingell (D-Auto) -- along with Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Coal) of Virginia -- has released a report [PDF] endorsing an economy-wide cap-and-trade program. In an odd but welcome turn, the 22-page white paper reads:The United States should reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by between 60 and 80 percent by 2050 to contribute to efforts to address climate chan ...
Topics: politics, climate, energy, legislation, John Dingell, carbon tax, carbon trading, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

Economic effect of cap-and-trade: A wager Will you take it?	David Roberts	25 Jul 2007	Gristmill
So, Reuters took a look at the EPA's economic analysis of the Lieberman-McCain Climate Stewardship Act (so I didn't have to!). In case your memory is hazy, the CSA is a cap-and-trade bill that would cut emissions 65% by 2050. Here's the nut: The EPA found that the Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act of 2007 would shave up to 1.6 percent, or $419 billion, off a baseline forecast for U.S. gross domestic product in 2030 and up to 3.2 percent, or $1.332 trillion, by ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

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