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Headline	Author	Published	Section
V -- but not for victory Who might like the president's bogus climate principles	Frank O'Donnell	16 Apr 2008	Gristmill
One person undoubtedly taking note of the president's 'principles' on climate change is Republican Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio. He is reportedly working on his own weak, coal industry-friendly climate amendment to the Lieberman-Warner bill. Voinovich reportedly will try to couple such an amendment with related provisions to weaken the Clean Air Act. Sound familiar?Yes, that's because the Bush administration has made its own efforts to weaken the Clean Air ...
Topics: climate, coal, energy, legislation, politics, shenanigans (all these topics)

Tracking Lieberman-Warner The problem with 150 amendments	Brian Beutler	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The Senate convened today at noon, and Republicans raised a stink about it. Why so late? Important business to attend to! It had to do with the 150 amendments that EPW committee Republicans brought with them to the markup hearing. The long and short of it is that, by Senate rules, any senator can object to the continuance of any committee meetings that continue beyond the first four hours that the Senate is in session. If the committee meeting and the floor ses ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics, shenanigans (all these topics)

If it is to be war ... Senate Republicans vow to filibuster energy bill	David Roberts	04 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The E&E headline sums it up: "Senate GOP plots 'war' over House energy plan" (sub rqd). It sounds like Pelosi has done her job, restoring to the bill most of the provisions greens have been stumping for, including the RES and removal of some tax breaks from the oil industry: House Democratic leaders today said the bill will include a roughly $21 billion tax package aimed at expanding renewable energy and energy efficiency incentives. Of that, roughl ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics, shenanigans (all these topics)

Permits for me but not for thee Max Baucus wrangles a sweet deal for Montana rural co-ops in the Lieberman-Warner bill	David Roberts	07 Nov 2007	Gristmill
One bit of shenanigans that went on in the backroom negotiations over Lieberman-Warner was the effort by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to exempt his state's rural electricity cooperatives from the bill's tough emission reduction targets. Now the Great Falls Tribune has picked up the story: Montana's senior senator inserted a provision into a climate change bill pending in Congress that would give the rural electric co-ops in his state until 2035 to fully curtail their g ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics, shenanigans (all these topics)

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