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Energy woes Boxer's supporting the scaled-back energy bill; it will likely pass	Brian Beutler	13 Dec 2007	Gristmill
She's the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee. She carries a lot of weight and many will no doubt follow her lead. This thing is going to pass. James Inhofe just said he thinks it'll probably get about 80 votes. Perhaps the only interesting remaining question is whether anybody (Sanders?) will oppose this thing out of protest.
Topics: legislation, politics, Barbara Boxer, energy, James Inhofe (all these topics)

Energy woes What the Republicans are saying about the energy bill	Brian Beutler	13 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The floor debate over the (second) Senate vote on the energy bill has begun.Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), the first to stand up and speak, now says she will support the bill. She voted no last time, so assuming no Republicans switch from 'yeah' to 'nay' (and that no Democrats switch from 'yeah' to 'nay'), this thing will go through.
Topics: politics, legislation, energy (all these topics)

Senate Republican minority blocks energy bill	David Roberts	13 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The Senate held a cloture vote this morning to overcome a threatened filibuster from Senate Republicans. It failed 59-40 -- one vote short of the 60 votes needed. Reid now says he'll introduce the bill again later today without the clean-energy tax provisions.More later. Right now I'm so disgusted and pissed off I don't know what to say. UPDATE: Well, here's one thing to say, to the Associated Press: the first line of your article says that Republicans blocked the bil ...
Topics: energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

On corn, meat, and the myth of Big Farma Why we shouldn't target farmers for our farm bill frustrations	Guest author	13 Dec 2007	Gristmill
We're very pleased to run this guest essay by Elanor Starmer, an independent activist scholar who lives in California. Elanor recently published an important paper (PDF) on the livestock industry with Tim Wise of the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University. As the farm bill lurches to its conclusion amid shrill rhetoric about the 'farm bloc,' Elanor redirects our attention to the real beneficiaries of both federal farm policy and conventional at ...
Topics: politics, legislation, industrial ag, ag policy, agriculture, food (all these topics)

Now it's the CAFE standards Yet more energy bill woes	Brian Beutler	12 Dec 2007	Gristmill
This may seem narrow and technical, but it's actually extremely significant: The White House has raised last-minute concerns over regulation of automobile emissions and fuel economy that aides said Tuesday could lead to a presidential veto of the energy bill now before Congress. The bill, which passed the House and is pending in the Senate, requires automakers to meet a fleet average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020, but does not specify which government agency sho ...
Topics: energy, fuel efficiency, legislation, politics, cars (all these topics)

Call your senator now! Energy bill to be voted on in Senate tomorrow	Adam Browning	12 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Some days are uneventful, with little but the promise of extra pie for dessert to get you through. And then ... some days are pivots upon which the course of history turns, moments in time when each of us are called upon to decide the kind of future we want for ourselves and our children, and take to the ramparts. Tomorrow is one such day. Tomorrow, the Senate will vote on a revised energy bill. Negotiators have jettisoned the renewable electricity standard (RES) ...
Topics: politics, legislation, energy (all these topics)

CNBC energy bill debate with Dan Weiss The economic benefits of going green	Joseph Romm	12 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Earlier this week, senior fellow and director of climate strategy at the Center for American Progress, Dan Weiss, went on CNBC to discuss 'the economic benefits of going green' as it relates to the energy bill currently in Congress. Weiss, a strong advocate of the clean energy provisions, went head to head with Max Schultz of the Manhattan Institute, whose sole platform was costs. The unjustifiably controversial renewable portfolio standard was the heart of the ...
Topics: renewable energy, energy, climate, legislation, politics, economy, energy efficiency (all these topics)

Fools on the Hill Greed versus green on the energy bill	Joseph Romm	10 Dec 2007	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- As the new energy bill hit the Senate with a thud last week, we had to ask: Is it really so easy to stall vital public policy with tired old scare tactics? Last Friday, the answer was 'yes.' One of the potholes the bill has encountered is its $13 billion take-back from Big Oil. The bill proposes to repeal tax breaks given to the ...
Topics: Big Oil, climate, energy, legislation, oil, politics (all these topics)

What are the most important elements in a climate bill? On Lieberman-Warner, long-term emissions targets, and picking a trajectory	David Roberts	10 Dec 2007	Gristmill
I've heard quite a bit of protest about the fact that the Lieberman-Warner climate bill's long-term target -- 70 percent emissions reductions by 2050 -- is too weak. In particular, there was much outcry that Sanders' amendment No. 4, which would have raised it from 70 percent to 80 percent, was rejected (and cries that Sanders was a sellout for voting the bill through anyway). This comes in the context of a larger debate about which of the four elements of climate ...
Topics: climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Giuliani opposes Congressional fuel economy deal	Joseph Romm	09 Dec 2007	Gristmill
In a revealing interview on Meet the Press today, GOP Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said he does not support the mandated increase to 35-mpg that both the House and Senate -- and I believe even the president -- support. To quote Rudy: "That isn't the way I think it should be done." What is his alternative strategy? Politically, as readers know, only one other alternative strategy exists: "technology, technology, technology, blah, blah, b ...
Topics: elections, energy, fuel efficiency, legislation, politics, presidential race 08, Rudy Giuliani (all these topics)

The Bali is in our court US reps to present unfinished energy bill to UNFCCC	Youth Movement	09 Dec 2007	Gristmill
When a few members of U.S. Congress come to Bali next week to meet with delegations from all round the world, they'll have something in hand: a first step in the direction of climate change legislation from the U.S.35mpg fuel economy standards and 15% renewable energy requirements from utilities may not seem like all that much, but for the rest of the world's leaders, who have been holding their collective breath, it's a twitch of life from a government long considere ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Thumbs up for Pelosi, Dingell, Nissan Thumbs down for Toyota, GM, Ford, Washington Post	Joseph Romm	07 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The Washington Post had an article yesterday on the House fuel economy deal that is quite good in doling out cheers and jeers -- good except for two sentences. Let's start with the cheers. The article quotes NRDC rightly praising Pelosi for being steadfast with the Senate's 35 mpg target and Dingell, too, for: ... telling the automakers a year ago that they were going to have to accept a mileage improvement. He bargained hard for trying to make it less, but he d ...
Topics: business, cars, energy, fuel efficiency, legislation, politics (all these topics)

The dinosaur lobby weighs in on the energy bill Fossil-friendly biz groups send letter to Senate requesting reversal of Supreme Court decision	David Roberts	07 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Today, an extraordinary letter about the energy bill was sent to the U.S. Senate by a coalition of business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oil, gas, forestry, and mining lobbying groups. With what can only be described as brass balls, they are asking the Senate to reverse the Supreme Court's decision in Massachusetts v. EPA. They say "the energy legislation must contain explicit language clarifying that nothing in this bill can be construe ...
Topics: business, energy, legislation, lobbying, politics (all these topics)

Me, in the Guardian, on the energy bill	David Roberts	07 Dec 2007	Gristmill
I have a new piece up on the Guardian's Comment Is Free opinion site, running down the latest action on the energy bill and What It All Means. Check it out.
Topics: energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Bartlett opposes energy bill over RFS	David Roberts	07 Dec 2007	Gristmill
I'm a fairly enthusiastic supporter of the energy bill that just left the House, but I am painfully aware that the Renewable Fuel Standard, which would mandate (insofar as one can mandate ponies) 36 billion gallons of ethanol by 2036 -- and worse yet, 15 billion gallons of corn ethanol by 2015 -- is a grotesquerie that will do far more harm than good. I tend to think that it will get ratcheted back by a subsequent Congress, particularly once the perversity becomes cl ...
Topics: biofuels, energy, ethanol, legislation, oil, politics (all these topics)

And now a word from their sponsors Industry groups lobby against climate legislation	David Roberts	07 Dec 2007	Gristmill
If you want to get some sense of what Lieberman-Warner -- or any piece of climate legislation -- is in for when it hits the floor of the Senate, have a look at what its opponents are saying. Below are three letters to the Senate Environment Committee, from the Chamber of Commerce, the National Mining Association, and a front group called the Alliance for Energy and Economic Growth. You'll see the message that's going to be deployed against Democrats in Congress and ...
Topics: politics, legislation, climate, energy (all these topics)

Stall That and More Landmark energy bill stalls in the Senate		07 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 10:25 AM on 07 Dec 2007 Today, Senate Republicans blocked efforts to push through the landmark energy bill that was passed by the House yesterday. To cut off debate on the bill and avoid a filibuster, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) needed 60 votes; he got only 53. Republican leaders in the Senate now hope to strip out two key provisions of the bill: a Renewable Portfolio Standard mandating that utilities produ ...
Topics: legislation, news, United States, US Senate (all these topics)

Cloture vote fails in Senate Reid will have to decide whether to trim back the bill to get it through	David Roberts	07 Dec 2007	Gristmill
As expected, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid held a cloture vote this morning, trying to force a vote on the energy bill. It failed 53-42. There isn't much time left this session. Reid has two choices: one, he could follow Pelosi's bold lead, keep the entire package together, and force Republicans to actually filibuster it -- find out if corn-state legislators want to vote against an RFS. Find out if the Republican Party wants to go on record opposing the first boo ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Farm bill: Stick it to Big Meat Back under debate in the Senate, the farm bill lurches ahead	Tom Philpott	07 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The farm bill has been languishing in the Senate for weeks, buried under the weight of hundreds of specious, unrelated amendments. But the chamber reached a deal Thursday; each party agreed to float only 20 amendments. That means the bill is back on track. Majority leader Harry Reid vowed the Senate would hammer out a version by holiday break, meaning it would go to reconciliation and then to the president's desk early in the new year. So now it's crunch time. Th ...
Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, 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)

Tracking Lieberman-Warner Edwards reacts	Brian Beutler	06 Dec 2007	Gristmill
John Edwards is the first leading candidate to respond to the advance of the Lieberman-Warner bill: Addressing global warming is one of the great moral tests of our generation, and it's time for bold action and leadership to address this crisis that threatens the globe. While I'm glad to see that global warming legislation is finally moving in the Senate, unfortunately the Lieberman-Warner bill doesn't go far enough to address the crisis of global warming. We cannot ...
Topics: climate, energy, John Edwards, legislation, politics (all these topics)

The 15 minute House vote on the Energy Bill ...	David Roberts	06 Dec 2007	Gristmill
... just started. Update shortly. UPDATE: It passed! The bill now goes to the Senate. Reid says he'll hold a cloture vote on Saturday. The big question is whether Reid can get the bill through with the RPS and the tax provisions intact. It would be quite a feat if he did. UPDATE 2: Here is the final roll call: FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 1140 H R 6 YEA-AND-NAY 6-Dec-2007 3:31 PM QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Senate Amendments with Amendments ...
Topics: energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Energy In Da Hooouuuse! House passes landmark energy bill; Senate up next		06 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 12:48 PM on 06 Dec 2007 Today, by a 235-181 vote mostly along party lines, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an energy bill that represents a decisive break with decades of energy policy focused on fossil fuels. The bill, shepherded through the House via the tenacious arm-twisting and ass-kicking of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), would: raise auto fuel-economy standards for the first time in over 30 year ...
Topics: energy, legislation, Nancy Pelosi, news, politics, progress, US House of Representatives (all these topics)

Dingell concedes House Energy Committee chair John Dingell expresses support for Energy Bill	David Roberts	06 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: energy, John Dingell, legislation, politics (all these topics)

House floor debate on federal Energy Bill	Adam Browning	06 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Forget live blogging. Watch it live on your computer via C-span.org.
Topics: politics, legislation, climate, energy (all these topics)

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