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Tracking Lieberman-Warner Sanders gets smacked down	Brian Beutler	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Sanders' amendment -- Sanders #3 -- would have required CCS-equipped plants to sequester at least 85 percent of their pollution in order to be eligible for additional free allowances. That's what the bill used to mandate, before it was changed earlier this month. Sanders tried to change it back and was voted down with 13 'nays,' including one from his usual ally Barbara Boxer. Sanders' support of this bill may be irrelevant to its passage through committee. But if ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Tracking Lieberman-Warner Today's takeaway: Modest improvements only	Brian Beutler	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Two amendments introduced by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) -- allowing seaside states to use their pollution allowances to respond to the coastal impacts of climate change -- passed. But before that, Sen. Carper withdrew an amendment to give away allowances 'based on output of electricity instead of historical emissions.' And so the meaty amendments disappear.
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics (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)

Nancy Pelosi is kicking ass House Speaker restores energy bill, puts it on fast track, parries White House veto threat	David Roberts	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Well, there's remarkable stuff going on up on the hill today. Thanks to the persistence of Nancy Pelosi (and others), the energy bill has been almost entirely restored to its original strength -- at least the House version. It now contains: 35mpg CAFE, with some Dingell-appeasing loopholes but nothing that makes it substantially weaker than the Senate-passed version; 15% RPS; RFS, scaled back from 36 billion gallons to 20 (I believe), and with some additiona ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, Nancy Pelosi, politics (all these topics)

Tracking Lieberman-Warner Back online	Brian Beutler	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Okay, the committee website picked the feed back. It can be accessed here. In the intervening hour or so, a Cardin amendment -- to fund federal agencies involved in L-W enforcement with money raised from the auction -- passed. So did an amendment offered by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to create a bonus system for renewable energy modeled on the bill's existing bonus system for carbon capture, and a Lautenberg amendment offering to authorize the National Academy ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Tracking Lieberman-Warner End of C-SPAN coverage	Brian Beutler	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill
It seems like C-SPAN only planned to broadcast the first three hours of the markup session. Either way, their coverage ended, which means that for now, so must mine. It looks very much like this bill will be favorably reported out of committee. Expect more commentary throughout the day.
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Tracking Lieberman-Warner High brow	Brian Beutler	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill
I'm pretty sure Barbara Boxer just told a fart joke.
Topics: Barbara Boxer, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Tracking Lieberman-Warner More amendments	Brian Beutler	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Inhofe amendment No. 13 would require the Commerce Secretary to report annually whether L-W would cost 10,000 automotive jobs in the year to come. It failed. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) amendment No. 1 would cap and ratchet down noncarbon pollutants such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. Amendment is withdrawn for now.
Topics: air pollution, climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Tracking Lieberman-Warner Passage inevitable?	Brian Beutler	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill
It sure seemed to me that passage was inevitable, going in. And after I heard Sen. Sanders' new tone, it seemed even more likely that L-W would be passed by the Environment and Public Works committee today. Over at Politico, Ryan Grim points to the first amendment -- the 'offramp' amendment -- which failed 11-8: The full Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works appears poised to pass the Lieberman-Warner climate change bill. The first of more than 180 ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Tracking Lieberman-Warner First amendments	Brian Beutler	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Larry Craig amendment No. 24 (out of over 40!) to kill offramp the bill without China's support failed: 8 yeas, 11 nays. Bernard Sanders' amendment No. 2 to create incentives for domestic green-tech industries and manufacturing passed: 12 yeas, 7 nays. (Sen. George Voinovich [R-Ohio], who opposes the bill, voted for the amendment.)
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Tracking Lieberman-Warner Boxer's opening statement	Brian Beutler	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Senators' opening statements are almost always fairly predictable, and, save for Sanders' there were no surprises today. But chair Boxer's opening statement is reprinted below the fold. My colleagues: I express to you my deep gratitude that we have gotten to this day with a very strong bi-partisan bill that, by any standard of what is possible, passes the test with flying colors. For that, I once again thank from the bottom of my heart, Senators Lieberman and Warne ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Tracking Lieberman-Warner Winning over the environmentalists?	Brian Beutler	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill
To get this thing through today, Lieberman can't afford to lose the support of more than one Democrat. At the end of the subcommittee process, after watching almost all of his amendments killed, Bernie Sanders voted against the bill. His no vote was offset, though, by an affirmative vote by Sen. John Warner (R-Va.). Today, that may change. During his opening statements, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), who has a strong environmental record, gushed over ACSA, and Sand ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Tracking Lieberman-Warner The mark-up zoo	Brian Beutler	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill
David is correct here. The Republicans desperately want to turn this markup session into a long, boring circus. They've come armed with about 150 amendments, dozens of which will come to a vote, almost all of which will be defeated. Here, via Hill Heat, are just a few doozies: Vitter proposed 14 amendments: Amendments 1 and 5 allow offshore and on-land natural gas drilling, respectively Amendments 2 and 3 require studies on industry displacement Amendment 4 allow ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics (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)

Lieberman-Warner action already underway Clinton and Sanders introduce amendments to strengthen the bill	David Roberts	04 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The Lieberman-Warner markup in the Senate Environment Committee starts tomorrow, but already the action is hot and heavy. Word has it that Sen. James Inhofe is going to pull all manner of procedural shenanigans, which will probably slow things up enough to extend the markup into two days. If that doesn't do it, there are also dozens and dozens of amendments to consider. Larry Craig (R-Gayville) and James Inhofe (R-Mongo) have introduced 46 and 52 amendments respectiv ...
Topics: climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, Hillary Clinton, James Inhofe, legislation, politics (all these topics)

White House renews energy bill veto threat	David Roberts	03 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The White House just sent this letter (PDF) to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, renewing its threat to veto any bill that doesn't follow exactly the (absurd) guidelines it laid out in its last letter.
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, Nancy Pelosi, politics (all these topics)

Celebrate good times, come on! No, seriously. Greens need to learn how to celebrate their friends and their movement	David Roberts	02 Dec 2007	Gristmill
I've run into a lot of sentiment along the lines of this comment thread -- harumphing about how weak and insufficient the impending energy bill is -- and it seems crazy and wrongheaded to me. I urge you to check out this post by Josh Dorner on the post-2000 history of energy bill negotiations. Remember what it's been like. Since I started at Grist, I've been writing about a Republican president and Congress trying over and over again to pass energy legislation ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Energy bill back on track? Pelosi says bill up for vote next week will contain CAFE, RFS, and RES	David Roberts	01 Dec 2007	Gristmill
For days I've been hearing that some kind of deal is imminent on the energy bill. There was talk that the Renewable Energy Standard (RES) was going to get dropped, perhaps to be attached to some other bill, and that the production tax credit (PTC) for wind and solar was going overboard, along with rescinding subsidies to oil and gas companies. That would have left a pretty sad bill, notable mainly for a boost in CAFE and enormous subsidies to ethanol. Anyway, some ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, Nancy Pelosi, politics (all these topics)

Rep. Markey on the energy bill	David Roberts	30 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, Ed Markey, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

New version of Lieberman-Warner circulating	David Roberts	29 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Via EE News (sub rqd), there's a new version of the Lieberman-Warner cap-and-trade bill circulating: An aide to Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), a lead co-author of the bill, said one of the biggest changes involves an upstream cap placed on the heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions that come from natural gas processors. With the new bills natural gas section, more than 80 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions that come from the U.S. economy will be covered und ...
Topics: climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, natural gas, politics (all these topics)

News from the Googleplex Is Google betting on a carbon tax?	Charles Komanoff	29 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Google Inc. has a new project, 'Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal.' Google is preparing to bet megabucks, mega-engineers, and its cutting-edge reputation on its ability to propel solar thermal power, wind turbines, and other renewable electricity up the innovation curve and under the cost of coal-fired power, Reuters reported Tuesday. "Our goal is to produce one gigawatt [1,000 megawatts] of renewable energy capacity that is cheaper than coal. We are opt ...
Topics: business, carbon tax, energy, legislation, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Splitting up is hard to do Pelosi joins Reid in bifurcating the energy bill	Brian Beutler	28 Nov 2007	Gristmill
A couple weeks ago, as I wrote here, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was keeping mum about her efforts alongside Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to pass the energy bill. She would neither confirm nor deny rumors about a split bill. Today, the Wall Street Journal reports that she's no longer keeping quiet: Democratic leaders have wrestled for months with how to meld the Senate bill, which includes a new fuel-economy mandate for auto makers, and the House bill, which wo ...
Topics: energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Congressional fuel-economy deal near A possible compromise in energy legislation negotiations	Joseph Romm	27 Nov 2007	Gristmill
The Detroit Free Press reports: Congressional negotiators are close to agreement on an increase in fuel economy standards to 35 miles per gallon by 2020, with some caveats to satisfy U.S. automakers. What caveats? The compromise would preserve the distinction between cars and trucks, something Detroit automakers have fought for, while giving federal regulators strict limits on how to put the increases into place. It also would include a provision backed by ...
Topics: cars, energy, fuel efficiency, legislation, politics (all these topics)

The GOP and climate One small step for Republicans on climate, but giant leaps still needed	Brian Beutler	27 Nov 2007	Gristmill
I've noticed recently that some conservatives -- particularly Andrew Sullivan -- have offered kind words to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for being the only presidential candidate in the Republican field to take the climate change issue seriously. It's difficult to know what to make of this. On the one hand, the country would be in a much better position to seriously address the crisis if John McCain's environmental views fell in the mainstream of his party, instead of ...
Topics: climate, energy, John McCain, legislation, politics (all these topics)

It's economics, not agronomy Why gutting commodity subsidies should be the focus of Farm Bill reform efforts	Thomas Dobbs	19 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Thomas Dobbs is Professor Emeritus of Economics at South Dakota State University, and a W.K. Kellogg Foundation Food & Society Policy Fellow. ----- Tom Philpott wrote an article in which he challenged some of the key assumptions underlying Farm Bill reform efforts of the past year ('It's the Agronomy, Stupid'). He contended that gutting commodity subsidies would not solve the U.S.'s long-standing oversupply problems, and that we need the money currently in t ...
Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, legislation, politics (all these topics)

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