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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)

The subsidy tease, part I Congress needs to stop flirting with the renewable energy industry	Joseph Romm	13 Feb 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- When it comes to relationships, Congress is a big tease. Or so it must seem to the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries. Just when they think they're about to go to the altar with the federal government, Congress becomes the runaway bride. Everyone who's anyone acknowledges that energy efficiency and renewable energy a ...
Topics: business, climate, energy, innovation, legislation, politics, renewable energy, tech (all these topics)

Houston, we have a problem Opinion writer suggests efficiency stimulus would be more effective	Sarah K. Burkhalter	13 Feb 2008	Gristmill
An opinion writer at the Houston Chronicle says: Congress missed a major opportunity with the stimulus package. They could have invested in something that would have been good for the consumer (encouraging energy savings), the environment (reducing emissions) and the economy (stimulating development of products that represent our future).The magic elixir?Energy efficiency is the best thing we can do for our economy and environment right now. Instead of $600 o ...
Topics: economy, energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Credits Where Credits Are Due House Democrats make another push for renewable-energy credits		13 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 9:54 AM on 13 Feb 2008 Democrats in the House of Representatives have introduced legislation that would extend renewable-energy incentives, which were booted out of both the recent energy bill and the economic stimulus bill. The House legislation would provide tax breaks for investments in energy efficiency and solar, wind, and geothermal power, at an expected cost of $17.5 billion over 10 yea ...
Topics: Big Oil, energy, legislation, news, politics, renewable energy, US House of Representatives (all these topics)

Welcoming our new efficiency overlords Have you been naughty with your light bulbs? You need some good old command and control.	Adam Stein	11 Feb 2008	Gristmill
The so-called incandescent light bulb ban (not actually a ban) included as part of the recent energy bill has prompted a low-level but consistent set of complaints that deserve further consideration, because they betray a fair amount of confusion about which policy tools to break out for which issues. On the right, the reaction to the new lighting efficiency standard has ranged from hysterical whining to hysterical snark. But even on the left, it's fairly common to run ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, energy, energy efficiency, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Sign of the Times Bush will sign economic stimulus bill sans green incentives		11 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 11:09 AM on 11 Feb 2008 President Bush will sign an economic stimulus bill Wednesday, meaning you may have a check winging your way after tax time. Not included in the bill: funding for clean-energy credits and green jobs, which were dropped from the Senate version after narrowly failing to get enough votes. Undeterred, Democrats in the House of Representatives may introduce separate legislation this week tha ...
Topics: business, George Bush, legislation, news, politics (all these topics)

'Fix it or ditch it'	David Roberts	08 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Here's the new TV ad from Friends of the Earth, telling Senate Democrats to 'fix or ditch' the Lieberman-Warner climate bill:
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	08 Feb 2008	Gristmill
'The [Lieberman-Warner] bill, as reported out of committee, would be the most historic incentive for nuclear in the history of the United States.' -- an aide to Sen. Joe Lieberman
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, nuclear power, politics, quotables (all these topics)

Now We've Senate All Clean-energy-boosting economic stimulus bill falls one vote short in Senate		06 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 4:43 PM on 06 Feb 2008 The Senate version of the economic stimulus bill, which included clean-energy incentives, was shot down in the chamber this evening. The loss was predicted, though the closeness of the vote perhaps wasn't -- had one more senator voted "aye," the package would have passed. Green group Friends of the Earth blames the loss on Sen. John McCain, who failed to sh ...
Topics: energy, John McCain, legislation, news, politics, renewable energy, US Senate (all these topics)

Donkeys v. ponies The latest on green tax breaks in the stimulus bill	David Roberts	05 Feb 2008	Gristmill
I hope everyone saw Josh's Saturday update on the green tax breaks that may or may not end up in the stimulus package. The L.A. Times has another update today. There are quite a few Dem heavyweights behind Baucus' alternative stimulus bill, the one with green tax breaks, but its fate is unclear. The vote happens Wednesday. Two bits of the story are worth specifically calling out. First, this: ... the proposed benefits for green energy mark another advance for an ...
Topics: economy, energy, legislation, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Nice (stimulus) package The state of play on green incentives in the stimulus bill	Guest author	02 Feb 2008	Gristmill
The following is a guest essay from Josh Dorner, deputy press secretary of the Sierra Club. ----- Greens were heartbroken last year when a package of tax incentives for clean energy and renewables fell short in a 59-40 vote during December's energy bill battle royale in the Senate. Greens, renewables folks, and the Democratic leadership have been looking for a clear path forward ever since. As these particular incentives actually do stimulate the economy, atta ...
Topics: economy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Check, Please Clean-energy credits likely to be stripped from Senate economic stimulus bill		01 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 12:55 PM on 01 Feb 2008 Renewable-energy incentives and green-job boosts are likely to be stripped out of the current Senate version of the much-hyped economic stimulus bill when it goes before the full chamber next week. But hey, if the Senate gives in to pressure to quickly pass a pared-down version, at least you'll get your check sooner. Consumerism will save the day! sources:� The New York T ...
Topics: legislation, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

No such thing as a feebate lunch	David Roberts	30 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Remember that cool experiment in feebates that was about to pass through California's Assembly? Guess not.
Topics: California, cars, legislation, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Barbara Boxer is on the hunt ...	David Roberts	30 Jan 2008	Gristmill
... for 60 votes (sub rqd) to overcome the inevitable filibuster of Lieberman-Warner. Meanwhile, Friends of the Earth -- the only green group to come out against L-W early and consistently -- has launched a 'fix it or ditch' campaign on the bill. It's running print ads in The Hill and Roll Call. Frankly, I don't see any scenario in which the L-W bill is 'fixed' during this session of Congress. Everything Boxer's going to have to do to get the votes is going to make a ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Why a climate bill in 2008? Part I On letting the perfect be the enemy of good climate legislation	Tony Kreindler	29 Jan 2008	Gristmill
David Roberts has argued for waiting until 2009 to pass a climate bill. Environmental Defense is pushing hard for a bill this year, and I appreciate his invitation to explain why. We agree that the political landscape in 2009 will be much like today's as far as climate change legislation goes: we'll have the same interest groups, a similar Senate line-up, and a crowded national agenda that threatens to divert politicians' attention. David outlined these c ...
Topics: politics, legislation, climate, energy, elections, presidential race 08 (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)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	28 Jan 2008	Gristmill
'This is something that is very, very important, and I think it's something the president would sign. We have to have it.' -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, endorsing the fantasy that President Bush will sign Lieberman-Warner into law
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, Nancy Pelosi, politics, quotables (all these topics)

Mittster attacks McCain on climate Could Romney's climate contrarianism come back to bite him in the general?	David Roberts	27 Jan 2008	Gristmill
It's becoming increasingly clear that the Republican race is down to McCain and Romney, and they are rapidly escalating their attacks on one another. Romney is now using McCain's climate legislation against him: In a new line of attack, Romney then tore into the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act. "Instead of seeing if there's a way of stimulating the economy, McCain-Lieberman would depress the economy," Romney said. "His plan cal ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, John McCain, legislation, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Will You Be Mining? Senate committee considers mining reform, not all that into it		25 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 5:13 PM on 25 Jan 2008 The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing yesterday on mining reform, indicating unwillingness to overhaul 136-year-old U.S. mining policy anywhere near as much as would a House of Representatives bill passed this fall. Senators seemed generally open to creating a cleanup fund and placing royalties on new mines, but key lawmakers from Western states balked a ...
Topics: energy, legislation, mining, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Change we can believe in? What does the 2005 energy bill vote say about Obama?	David Roberts	24 Jan 2008	Gristmill
It's conventional wisdom that Clinton and Obama are fairly close on policy, so the choice between them will come down to "character" and theories of change. While I think that's broadly accurate, there are some differences in their voting records, and recently Elana Schorr took a close look at them to find where the candidates had made different decisions. One of the few matters of real consequence (other than the war) was the 2005 energy bill, ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, legislation, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Lucy and the football Credulous 'former advisors' notwithstanding, no, Bush is not going to help on climate legislation	David Roberts	23 Jan 2008	Gristmill
This, from Greenwire (sub rqd), made me laugh: Would President Bush sign a global warming bill into law before leaving office one year from now? ... Ken Mehlman, head of Bush's 2004 re-election bid and former chairman of the Republican National Committee, told reporters Friday that he would urge the White House to support legislation that sets mandatory limits on U.S. heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions.Bush's signature on such a bill would make sense, Meh ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Leap year Climate legislation may be easier next year, but it won't be easy	David Roberts	23 Jan 2008	Gristmill
I argued the other day (and Chris Mooney argued here) that we'd be better off waiting until 2009 to push for climate legislation, since anything likely to be passed this year will be fatally weakened and the political terrain is likely to be much friendlier next year. I do not, however, want to give the impression that I think we're going to emerge from a dark tunnel into a field of ponies next year. Things will be marginally more propitious, but only marginally -- l ...
Topics: climate, economy, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Now he tells us All the sudden, Pete Domenici supports renewable energy	David Roberts	22 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Wow. You don't see gall this unmitigated every day. Here's Pete Domenici, with a 'Statement on Renewable Energy Tax Credits in Economic Stimulus Package': Over the last several years, it is apparent that America's renewable energy industry has shown great promise. Much of the growth of these industries, such as wind, solar, biomass and geothermal, has been a direct result of tax credits established by Congress. Many of these tax credits, however, are set to e ...
Topics: energy, legislation, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Dingell: Climate legislation 'impossible' this year House energy committee not primed to rush through climate bill	David Roberts	18 Jan 2008	Gristmill
John Dingell says getting climate legislation done this year will "verge on impossible" (sub rqd), what with the compressed schedule and the presidential and Congressional elections. Oh, and also because Republicans are gearing up to block progress yet again. A while back, Denny Hastert left Dingell's committee and there was some inside baseball speculation about who would take his place. The answer turned out to be Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), and he wasted ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Should I wait or should I go now? Is it important to push climate legislation through this year?	David Roberts	17 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Now that Congress is back, there's been a mini-flurry of stories about the prospects of climate legislation this year. See Politico here and here, a really superb analysis of Lieberman-Warner's chances by Darren Samuelsohn (sub rqd), and another E&E story today on trade groups panicking. Politico's reporting is characteristically sloppy, but it does get at one interesting dynamic. Big green groups are somewhat at odds over climate legislation in the short term. ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

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