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Cost containment for the carbon market: A step toward cap-and-trade Moderate senators are ready to get on board	David Roberts	25 Jul 2007	Gristmill
As Joe mentioned yesterday, four moderate-to-conservative senators -- John Warner (R-Va.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), and Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) -- just proposed a measure to achieve "Cost-Containment for the Carbon Market." I wanted to spend a bit of time on what's in it and what it means. You might think, given the business-friendly senators involved, that the measure's going to be a gimmick to let industries off the hook. Happ ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

A better idea than the 'safety valve' Borrowing and banking carbon -- the new black	Joseph Romm	24 Jul 2007	Gristmill
So you want to have greenhouse gas standards with teeth, but you want to minimize the risk they take too big a bite from the economy. And, of course, like me, you don't like the safety valve idea. What do you do? Banking and borrowing, of course. With "banking," the right to emit carbon can be saved for future use. With "borrowing," current emissions are extended against future abatement. What is fascinating is that today a detailed ba ...
Topics: climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Lieberman-Warner bill -- draft language	David Roberts	24 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Available here.
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Lieberman-Warner hearing, liveblogged Oh, the excitement!	David Roberts	24 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Speaking of the Lieberman-Warner hearing on carbon legislation: it's going on right now, and Brad over at HillHeat is liveblogging it.
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

EPA economic analysis of cap-and-trade program Like Christmas for nerds	David Roberts	24 Jul 2007	Gristmill
For the hardcore dorks out there, the U.S. EPA has just finished an extensive economic analysis of Senate Bill S.280, the Lieberman-McCain Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act. This analysis is likely to carry considerable weight as Lieberman and Warner put together their new cap-and-trade bill. I'm going to look at this a bit later and report back with details.
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Lieberman and Warner move closer to climate legislation But what will it look like?	David Roberts	24 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Sens. Lieberman (I) and Warner (R) are, as you may know, attempting to put together a global warming bill that can get through the Senate. They're picking bits and pieces from all the other bills floating around. A hearing on Wed. Tues., with testimony from a variety of big money types, should reveal something about how they plan to play it. Here's what E&E has to say (sub. rqd): Lieberman and Warner are a little more than three weeks into talks on a comprom ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Dear Nancy Pelosi: Deliver us a better Farm Bill Now's the time to speak up	Aimee Witteman	23 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Can an Armani-clad gal from the big city be the champion of the good farmer?After giving two thumbs up to the House Agriculture Committee's farm bill last Thursday, Rep. Nancy Pelosi's rise to rural populist hero-status seems as likely as old Bessie having twins. Said Pelosi:... the bill represents a critical first step toward reform by eliminating payments to millionaires, closing loopholes that permit evasion of payment limits, and promoting our nation's family farm ...
Topics: agriculture, legislation, Nancy Pelosi, politics (all these topics)

Even more guidance	David Roberts	22 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Resources for the Future has put together yet another comprehensive guide to current climate legislation, if the other guides aren't working for you. This one comes in two forms: either a convenient comparison grid (PDF), or a timeline of emission reduction targets (PDF). Compare away.
Topics: climate, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Ring a ding Dingell	David Roberts	21 Jul 2007	Gristmill
This profile of Dingell in the NYT doesn't offer any new info, but it's a nice summary of the state of play -- between Dingell and Pelosi, and on energy legislation in the House.
Topics: energy, John Dingell, legislation, Nancy Pelosi, politics (all these topics)

Cleaning it up and taking it to the bank New study reveals chlorine plants could actually make money by switching to mercury-free technology	Andrew Sharpless	21 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Hot off the presses are new findings that show it's actually cheaper for chlorine plants to make their product using mercury-free technology. Oceana says so in the most extensive report to date focusing on the conversion of mercury-cell chlorine factories to more environmentally and economically sound mercury-free technology. What's more, the findings have prompted Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to reintroduce legislation that requires chlorine and caustic soda ...
Topics: Barack Obama, legislation, mercury, politics, toxics (all these topics)

Details on Dingell's carbon tax It's not optimal, but he says he's serious about it at least	David Roberts	20 Jul 2007	Gristmill
As you'll recall, a few weeks ago Rep. John Dingell said in an interview that he plans to introduce a carbon tax bill, "to see how people really feel about this." He expressed doubt that the American people are willing to pay what it will cost. Reaction from progressives was swift and vicious. Everyone assumed Dingell would deliberately design a horrible bill, fail to support it, watch it go down in flames, and thereby poison the debate. See, e.g., this uns ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, energy, John Dingell, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Carbon credit allocation All the kids are talking about it	David Roberts	17 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Today in Greenwire, Darren Samuelsohn rightly notes that the big -- and by big we're talking multi-billions of dollars -- question around a cap-and-trade system is how the credits are initially allocated. Do you give more to utilities with lots of coal plants, because they need help transitioning to a low-carbon future? Do you give more to utilities with gas and hydro, to reward their low-carbon ways? Do you auction them all? Some mix? You can be sure lots of utility ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Lady Bird's green leanings The passing of the former first lady (sorta) missed by enviros	Kate Sheppard	17 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Asher Price over at the Austin American-Statesman calls us out for not mentioning that Lady Bird Johnson passed away last week. The former First Lady (what did she go by, anyway? 'Lady'? 'Bird'? 'LB'?) was a staunch environmentalist, even though she rejected the term. She was the major driving force in the more than 200 environment-related bills that her husband passed while in office, including the Highway Beautification Act of 1965, the Wilderness Act, the Land and W ...
Topics: environmental movement, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Bipartisanship on the environment Who's stopping it?	David Roberts	16 Jul 2007	Gristmill
You hear a lot, from well-meaning Republican environmentalists of the sort you find on this site, or this one, or this one, that we'll "never make any progress" on the environment until it becomes a bipartisan issue. Strangely, this scolding isn't directed at the conservative movement, which has for decades obstructed any action dedicated to solving environmental problems. It's directed instead at environmentalists who identify with the progressive mov ...
Topics: environmental movement, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Climate change big picture A great piece in the WaPo	David Roberts	16 Jul 2007	Gristmill
In Sunday's Washington Post, Steven Mufson has an excellent big-picture look at the effort to fight global warming via legislation. It offers a sense of the scope of the problem: The potential economic impact of meaningful climate legislation -- enough to reduce U.S. emissions by at least 60 percent -- is vast. Automobiles would have to get double their current miles to the gallon. Building codes would have to be tougher, requiring use of more energy-efficient mater ...
Topics: climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Helpful energy legislation guides	David Roberts	16 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Three handy guides to the flurry of climate and energy legislation in Congress right now: First, there's a breakdown of the July 4 "Energy Independence Day Initiative" out of the House, which details all the elements by bill and by committee. Handy. Then there's this graphic in the WaPo, which focuses on five bills that have been introduced in the Senate. Then there's this piece in the Economist, detailing what has and hasn't passed, and what likely will ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Restoring rural roots How legislators can help the rural	Steph Larsen	16 Jul 2007	Gristmill
In a recent trip through the small town of Walthill, Nebraska, the phrase 'rural revitalization' took on a whole new meaning. In this case, it was the lack of any kind of prosperity that made it obvious to me why rural communities are in need of revitalization. Main Street looked painfully deserted, with two recent arsons adding fresh scars to the once-active storefronts. As we drove around the residential area, most houses looked to be in some state of disrepair -- ...
Topics: agriculture, legislation, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

The Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007 It's weak	Joseph Romm	13 Jul 2007	Gristmill
I really don't think we have time to waste on safety valves. That said, the new bill by Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Arlen Specter (R-PA) is worth understanding because it is garnering a lot of support -- at a cost: But to secure labor and corporate support, the measure also places a limit on the price industry would have to pay for such permits. And to win the endorsement of Alaska's two Republican senators, the bill contains billions of dollars in new mon ...
Topics: climate, legislation, politics, Ted Stevens (all these topics)

Let's not talk about sex, baby Congess extends abstinence-only funding	Kate Sheppard	13 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Perhaps I can mention this without this post devolving into a population pissing match, but FYI, on Wednesday the House approved continued funding of abstinence-only education as part of Section 510 of Title V of the Social Security Act. The Dems had indicated that they were going to cut the $50 million grant program, but it was reattached to the bill pretty late in the game, despite the fact that Rep. John Dingell (chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which o ...
Topics: John Dingell, legislation, politics, sex (all these topics)

Myth: Subsidies keep food prices low A guest essay from ED's Scott Faber	David Roberts	12 Jul 2007	Gristmill
The following is a guest post from Scott Faber, Farm Bill campaign director for Environmental Defense. (Scott also has a blog.) --- Congress is in serious negotiations over the next version of the Farm Bill. The debate is fertile ground for food policy myths and misconceptions. Perhaps the best (or worst) example is that old chestnut that farm subsidies keep food prices low. Here's why that's just a myth. Most of the corn and soybeans grown in America en ...
Topics: ag subsidies, agriculture, biofuels, food, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Dingell calls our bluff He proposes a carbon tax, assuming it will fail	David Roberts	12 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Last Sunday, Rep. John Dingell appeared on the C-SPAN show Newsmakers for a 30-min. interview (transcript here; video accessible via the website), and caused an enormous ruckus with this: SWAIN: Mr. Chairman, I want to go back to your statement that the American people want action [on climate change]. Does that also correlate with the American people being willing to pay higher prices, because of energy legislation? DINGELL: I sincerely doubt that the American p ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, energy efficiency, John Dingell, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Now That's an Exit Strategy Sens. Bingaman, Specter introduce industry-backed climate legislation		12 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Now That's an Exit Strategy Sens. Bingaman, Specter introduce industry-backed climate legislation Two U.S. senators have introduced climate legislation that's a bold compromise or a copout, depending whom you ask. The Low Carbon Economy Act, sponsored by Sens. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), would cut current U.S. carbon-dioxide emiss ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

The Sweet Smell of Politics Rep. John Dingell proposes carbon tax, doesn't really mean it		10 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
The Sweet Smell of Politics Rep. John Dingell proposes carbon tax, doesn't really mean it Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), the powerful chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, plans to introduce a carbon-tax bill that would raise the cost of burning fossil fuels. Yep, you heard that right: Dingell's proposal, announced in an interview on C-SPAN, would impose a double-digit tax on each ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, John Dingell, legislation, news, politics (all these topics)

Schwarzenegger in dispute with staff who wants to implement global warming legislation How progressive can legislation be if it's never allowed to make progress?	Gar Lipow	06 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Dan Walters writes in the Sacramento Bee: The messy departure of the chairman and executive director of the Air Resources Board, if nothing else, reflects the extremely intense, largely clandestine struggle in the Capitol over how Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's much-ballyhooed anti-global warming crusade is to be implemented. Schwarzenegger says he fired ARB Chairman Robert Sawyer last week because the veteran energy researcher was moving too slowly on cleaning up the ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, climate change mitigation, legislation, lying liars, politics (all these topics)

From SUVs to solar panels Do higher MPG cars mean fewer jobs?	Jon Rynn	05 Jul 2007	Gristmill
The Chicago Tribune has an article in today's paper entitled 'MPG bill could cost UAW jobs; Workers fear SUV plant's fate sealed,' although the article itself isn't as shrill as the title suggests. At first glance, the article looks like the classic 'those environmentalists are going to take away your jobs' piece, but the author presents data for the other side, that is, that the problems of the auto industry are the problems of the managers of the auto industry: Hig ...
Topics: Big Auto, business, cars, green living, legislation, politics (all these topics)

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