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So, what now? What we learned from the stymied Climate Security Act, and what comes next	Kate Sheppard	12 Jun 2008	Gristmill
After months of engine-revving, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act sputtered to a halt in the Senate last week. Now attention has turned to what was learned -- or wasn't -- and how things might play out the next time a climate bill makes it this far. Despite what looked from the outside like an unproductive and anticlimactic week of grandstanding and delays, the bill's sponsors emerged from the experience claiming sunny optimism about the future. 'It ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

In the clearing stands a Boxer Boxer op-ed argues the Climate Security Act vote was a big step forward	Kate Sheppard	10 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) wrote an op-ed in today's San Jose Mercury News on the failed Climate Security Act that she championed in the Senate. In it, she argues that last week's vote was an important advancement. '[O]ur strong vote proves that we are moving in the right direction,' she writes. She also notes that other landmark environmental laws took quite a bit of time to pass: Our generation has been handed a tremendou ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Special interested Top Senate recipients of fossil-fuel money behind climate-bill stall tactics	Kate Sheppard	06 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The good folks over at Muckety.com (maybe we're long-lost cousins ...) put together an awesome interactive map detailing the connections between the fossil-fuel industries and some of the folks behind the death of climate legislation in the Senate this week. Check it out: muckMapWidth='645'; muckMapHeight='500'; muckMapCtx='http://www.muckety.com/Java'; muckMapProps={restore:'373C5F82BB5B7B482452879A36FA3E0C.map',autoGroup:'7,11'}; Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

An inhospitable climate Climate Security Act dies, failing to muster enough votes to move forward	Kate Sheppard	06 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The Senate held a cloture vote this morning to bring to a close debate on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, a vote that would have allowed the amendment process to begin. After four days of conversation and delays, the bill died, failing to reach the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture by a vote of 48-36. Unable to move forward, Democratic leadership yanked the bill from the floor. In a press conference following the vote, Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

For whatever it's worth A list of strengthening amendments to the climate bill that will probably never be introduced	Kate Sheppard	05 Jun 2008	Gristmill
In all likelihood, these will never be formally introduced on the Senate floor, but here's a list of the strengthening amendments to the Climate Security Act that various senators have floated:Renewable Electricity Standard, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): This amendment would require that states generate at least 20 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020. Scientific Review, John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine): ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Senate all before GOP leaders resort to high jinks to stall climate bill	Kate Sheppard	05 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Republican leaders essentially shut down the Senate Wednesday during what was supposed to be a time of debate on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, forcing clerks to read the entire 492-page bill aloud. Republicans said the maneuver -- which sucked up nine hours -- was a protest against the Democratic majority's slow pace in considering President Bush's judicial nominations. By the time the reading wrapped up near 10 p.m. last night, Majority Lead ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Stalled Will the Senate ever get to constructive (or destructive) debate on climate bill?	Kate Sheppard	04 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has said he won't allow floor debate on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act to extend beyond next week, according to an article in E&E Daily ($ub. req'd) today. 'If we don't finish it next week, then it means something has gone wrong,' he's quoted as saying. But at an earlier press conference, he told reporters, 'I want to be patient and try to get as much done as soon as we can. If we arrive at a point where w ...
Topics: US Senate, legislation, politics, climate, news, Muckraker (all these topics)

Delay, delay Senate GOP delays climate debate still further by forcing clerk to read Boxer amendment	Kate Sheppard	04 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Today in Senate action on the Climate Security Act, Republicans are forcing the clerk to read the entirety of the Boxer substitute amendment [PDF], claiming they haven't had enough time to read it yet. It's 157 pages long. Boxer, of course, protested, but her appeal was rejected. The clerk's been reading for an hour already. Oh wait, they had to switch clerks because the first one got tired ... Wait, now they're on to a third clerk ... UPDATE: Apparently they' ...
Topics: US Senate, legislation, politics, climate, news, Muckraker (all these topics)

Creeping toward productive conversation Senate begins debate on Lieberman-Warner climate bill -- sort of	Kate Sheppard	03 Jun 2008	Gristmill
After last night's cloture vote, Senate Republicans asked for 30 hours before legislatively productive debate on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act could begin. That means they spent all of today kibitzing about climate legislation without any progress toward amending or voting. Joe Romm has been live-blogging all day over on Climate Progress, and I've also been following the action so you don't have to (you'll thank me). Here's the top CSA news of the day, ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

A taste of the fight ahead GOP circulating at least 90 weakening amendments to Climate Security Act	Kate Sheppard	03 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Senate Republicans are already circulating at least 90 amendments that would weaken the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act. Here's a complete list of those we know about already, including measures that would add nuclear subsidies, lower emissions targets, and introduce a safety valve. And fight is only just beginning ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, shenanigans, US Senate (all these topics)

Rallying for the Climate Security Act Boxer and friends rally in park for climate bill	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) hosted a press conference in a park outside the Capitol this afternoon to rally support for the Climate Security Act. Standing on a podium alongside other senators as well as reps from several green groups, religious organizations, labor unions, and businesses, Boxer called the bill 'long overdue.' Lieberman noted that climate change is 'another one of those challenges where the people are way a ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

It's nukes to me Climate-bill sponsors talk about nukes and wooing McCain	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Before this evening's cloture vote on the motion to proceed, the sponsors of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act held a press conference, mostly repeating things we've already heard from them. Two interesting topics came up, though: McCain and nukes. And, of course, McCain on nukes. John Warner (R-Va.) took the opportunity to tout nuclear power and the amendment he and Lieberman have put together that would insert explicit support for the industry into the bi ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Gore at the right time America's climate guru issues statement of support for America's Climate Security Act	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is pretty jazzed about this statement of support for the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act that Al Gore released today: I want to commend Senator Boxer for her leadership of the Environment and Public Works Committee. Thanks to her vision and dedication, we have the first global warming bill in history that is comprehensive, bipartisan and that enjoys support across the country -- from labor and agriculture to the business and the e ...
Topics: Al Gore, Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Breaking: Cloture vote on Climate Security Act Senate decides to advance to debate on climate legislation	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The Senate just held a cloture vote on whether to proceed with debate on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act. It needed 60 votes to proceed. And the Senate says ... Agreed to move forward, 74-14! Climate change will now be open for debate on the Senate floor. UPDATE: Now they're debating about when to start debate, and how much time to allot for debate. Republicans want 30 hours before amendments can even be introduced. And, of course, as John Kerry (D-M ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Making radio waves Boxer gives Democratic radio address to rally support for Climate Security Act	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Sen. Babara Boxer, chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee and the floor manager of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, gave the Democratic radio address on Saturday. In it, she talked up the need for action on climate change now and why senators should support the bill. You can listen to the full address here. An excerpt: Senators have come together across party lines to write a law that will not only enable us to avoid the ravages of unchecked ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

The fruits of labor Climate Security Act gets support from labor unions	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act has picked up a decent amount of support from labor groups. So far: The Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, which includes: International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers Internation ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Don't say we didn't Warner you National Association of Manufacturers releases anti-climate legislation video	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
If you want a sense of the kind of opposition the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act is up against from industry groups, you'll find a crystalline example in a video just put out by the National Association of Manufacturers. It's an attempt to stoke fear and anger about the legislation, primarily through the artful deployment of clauses that begin with the word 'could.' 'In the end, this cap-and-trade bill could well cap our economy and trade our jobs overseas,' ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Just around the Warner Lieberman-Warner climate bill hitting the Senate floor	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
After months of hearings, haggling, and revision, a climate change bill will reach the floor of the Senate this week. The showdown over the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (CSA) marks the first time the full chamber has focused on a dedicated piece of global warming legislation since 2005, when the McCain-Lieberman climate bill was voted down for a second time. Sen. John McCain played a starring role in that episode. But it seems if he can't be the star, he ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Growth industry Club for Growth starts campaign to derail Lieberman-Warner	Kate Sheppard	27 May 2008	Gristmill
The Club for Growth -- a conservative group 'dedicated to helping elect pro-growth, pro-freedom candidates through political contributions and issue advocacy campaigns' -- is already waging war on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, slated to hit the Senate floor June 2. But instead of going after the bill itself, they're targeting individual senators who seem likely to vote in favor of the bill. They've taken out $250,000 in radio and television ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Safety pin Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing to stoke fear about the costs of climate legislation	Kate Sheppard	19 May 2008	Gristmill
Speaking of cost-containment and the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow on 'recent reports analyzing the energy and economic impacts of climate change legislation.' Many political observers see this as a move intended to scare up concern among Senate Democrats that meaningful action on global warming is just too dang expensive. Why interpret it that way? Because the committee is chai ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Boxer briefs Barbara Boxer circulates an outline of her amendment to Lieberman-Warner	Kate Sheppard	19 May 2008	Gristmill
On Friday, Senate Environment and Public Works chair Barbara Boxer released an outline of what promises to be the version of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act that actually gets debated and amended on the Senate floor in early June. David posted the full document summarizing the manager's amendment earlier today. It's only an outline, not the full text, but from a cursory glance, here are some significant differences from the previous incarnation of Lieberman-W ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

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