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Waxman and Markey introduce bill to ban new dirty coal plants |
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11 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:09 AM on 11 Mar 2008 House Representatives Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) have introduced the "Moratorium on Uncontrolled Power Plants Act of 2008," which would do pretty much what it sounds like: prevent new coal plants in the U.S. unless they're built with advanced pollution controls. Says Waxman, "The altemative is senseless -- locking in decades of additional global war ... |
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| Topics: carbon sequestration, climate, coal, Ed Markey, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, news, politics, US House of Representatives (all these topics) |
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Rep. Markey on the energy bill
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David Roberts |
30 Nov 2007 |
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| Topics: politics, legislation, climate, energy, Ed Markey (all these topics) |
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Whither the energy bill?
Rep. Ed Markey looks down the road on climate and energy |
Brian Beutler |
21 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The Center for American Progress hosted Rep. Ed Markey at a roundtable for reporters to give a sort of primer for what to expect in the run-up to and during the marathon of international climate-change events in the coming week. He was, to my ear, a little bit sanguine about the energy bill, which he expects will be completed and sent to the White House this fall, in time for the Congress to then turn its attention to a climate-change bill. Markey said, 'The NR ... |
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| Topics: climate, Ed Markey, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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