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End the stalemate Last, best hope for clean energy tax incentives	Adam Browning	09 Jun 2008	Gristmill
For the past six months, Congress has been squabbling over how to pay for a package of expiring clean energy tax incentives. These incentives, which will phase out in December, are bringing down the cost of manufacturing, building, and installing renewable energy systems and energy-efficient products. A multitude of bills have been introduced by both parties, in both chambers, and all have failed. The last, best hope for this year is H.R. 6049. This bill passed the ...
Topics: energy, grassroots activism, legislation, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Letter it all out Swing-vote Democrats explain why they oppose the Climate Security Act	Kate Sheppard	09 Jun 2008	Gristmill
On Friday, 10 Democratic senators wrote a letter [PDF] to Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) outlining the reasons why they would not have voted in favor of the Climate Security Act. Democratic leaders pulled the bill from the floor last week after it failed to muster enough votes to move forward. The senators who signed the letter are from key energy-producing and manufacturing states, and argue that the bill would impact their const ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US House of Representatives (all these topics)

Climate Security Action Quick post-mortem on Lieberman-Warner	Tony Kreindler	07 Jun 2008	Gristmill
A quick post-mortem on this week's vote on the Climate Security Act, which was pulled from the Senate floor on Friday after its sponsors fell short of the 60 votes needed to proceed to final debate. I think I can safely sum it up in one word: progress. There's the obvious marker of a majority of the Senate -- 54 senators in all -- voicing support for moving forward with the bill. Forty-eight voted for cloture, and another six offered written statements of suppor ...
Topics: climate, legislation, politics, progress (all these topics)

More on the McCain doubletalk express McCain says Reid chose 'to put politics above policy'	Joseph Romm	07 Jun 2008	Gristmill
McCain's statement on Lieberman-Warner said this: ... it appears that for now, the Senate, at the direction of the Majority Leader, will choose to put politics above policy, and Congress will fail to act yet again on this critical issue. You cannot be serious! The people who put politics above policy were McCain's fellow conservatives, who Forced 30 hours of pointless debate Forced a 9-hour reading of the bill Demagogued the gasoline and energy price issue over a ...
Topics: climate, John McCain, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Avoiding Weekend at Bernie's 2 Post-post mortem on Boxer-Lieberman-Warner debate	Joseph Romm	06 Jun 2008	Gristmill
OK, so the long-dead B-L-W bill got propped up and dragged around for a few days. (Tagline: B-L-W may be dead, but it's the life of the party!) But I think the debate was quite useful for two reasons: The opponents of (even modest) action played and overplayed their cards. Now we know that the health and well-being of future generations is of no interest in them. Now we know what their primary arguments will be. This is the opportunity for progressives and mode ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, legislation, movies, politics (all these topics)

Is He Everglade to Be There McCain says he hearts Everglades, despite opposing bill with restoration funding		06 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 3:25 PM on 06 Jun 2008 Sen. John McCain swung through Florida last week, taking time for a boat tour of the Everglades on Friday. The Obama campaign promptly criticized McCain for his opposition last year to a water bill that included major funding for Everglades restoration. McCain said he would have supported a stand-alone Everglades bill, but the broader water bill was choc ...
Topics: Florida, habitat protection, John McCain, legislation, national parks, news, politics, presidential race 08, wetlands (all these topics)

LW post-mortem Lieberman-Warner's failure this year underdetermines next year's efforts	David Roberts	06 Jun 2008	Gristmill
I suppose as an enviro-blogger I'm supposed to have something insightful to say about the death of the Lieberman-Warner bill. Yet I find myself strangely apathetic. So much buildup, so much debate, and then ... hell, it was just another Republican filibuster. Why did I waste all those brain cells in the first place? It's not like I have many more to spare. I guess I'm inclined to say that this is actually the best possible outcome. It looked to me like Dems stumbled ...
Topics: climate, legislation, politics (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)

Shenanigans in the House Republicans try to stoke Dem discord on climate legislation in the House	Kate Sheppard	06 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Amidst the chaos in the Senate over climate legislation, Rep. Ed Markey introduced his climate legislation in the House on Thursday. House Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio), hoping to take advantage of apparent disarray within the Democratic Party, has dared Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to push Markey's bill to the floor. He wrote a letter (PDF) to the speaker calling the bill 'reckless and inappropriate,' but urging her to take it to the floor in hopes o ...
Topics: climate, Ed Markey, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US House of Representatives (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)

Out With the Red Pen, in With the Green House passes bill to green up schools		05 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 4:47 PM on 05 Jun 2008 The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would put more than $20 billion over the next five years toward improving energy efficiency in schools. Democrats say the modestly named 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act would save school districts billions in energy costs. In addition, said Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.) ...
Topics: education, energy efficiency, legislation, news, politics, US House of Representatives (all these topics)

Vangelism Q&A with Van Jones about the Climate Security Act and green jobs	Kate Sheppard	05 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Van Jones. What does the green jobs and justice community think about the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act? To get one perspective, Grist caught up with Van Jones, the founder of Green For All, a group that promotes green-jobs policies and environmental justice. Jones, a civil-rights lawyer and the founder and former executive director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, has become a leading voice for building a green economy. Green for All pu ...
Topics: climate, environmental movement, heroes, hotties, interview, legislation, Muckraker, Van Jones (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)

McCain is not the candidate of change Arizona senator says no to Boxer-L-W without giga-subsidies for nukes	Joseph Romm	04 Jun 2008	Gristmill
McCain said last night that he is the candidate of change. How is billions of dollars in subsidies to build hundreds of nuclear power plants 'change'? Here is everything you need to know about McCain's understanding of both energy and climate issues: He doesn't care enough about the climate to support even a so-so bill like Boxer-Lieberman-Warner unless there are giga-subsidies for nukes beyond the $100 billion or so the industry has received to date. Q: Can y ...
Topics: legislation, presidential race 08, John McCain, politics, climate, nuclear power, dumbassery (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)

Green jobs are America's jobs Report: Strong climate policy would protect 14 million American jobs	Brad Johnson	04 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Originally posted at the Wonk Room. A new report from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, finds that strong climate policy is a driver for a healthy economy. A policy that prioritizes energy efficiency and renewable energy -- such as cap-and-trade legislation that limits carbon emissions -- will drive investment into those sectors. From day one, the millions of Americans working in such jobs will enjoy greater job sec ...
Topics: climate, legislation, green jobs, economy, business (all these topics)

The farm bill: what went wrong Michael Pollan calls for crafting a viable alternative for next time	Guest author	04 Jun 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest post by Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto and The Omnivore's Dilemma. ----- Michael Pollan. After many, many months of wrangling, Congress recently passed a farm bill, overriding a veto by the president. In my view, it is not a very good bill -- it preserves more or less intact the whole structure of subsidies responsible for so much that is wrong in the American food system. On the other hand, it does co ...
Topics: ag policy, agriculture, food, legislation (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)

Hi, my name is Sean and I'm fallible The challenges of reconciling science and policy	Sean Casten	04 Jun 2008	Gristmill
This is a post that I'm virtually certain will be misinterpreted. But it's an important enough issue that I'm going to bet that my writing skills are sufficient to provide clarity to a rather muddy issue. First off, though, a disclaimer: Science is good. Policy informed by science is good. Leadership informed by science is good. The alternative to all of the above is bad. Nothing I am about to say is to be taken as support for creationism, global warming denial, ...
Topics: climate science, legislation, climate (all these topics)

Best foot forward Climate bills will only get better from here	Ryan Avent	04 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Mark Thoma, whose Economist's View is an excellent resource for all things economic, posts a roundup of writing on cap-and-trade versus a carbon tax, including a good primer on how the economics work and why the two plans are so similar. He also excerpts a rather cynical take by Pete Davis on the political reasons that cap-and-trade is preferred by politicians. Some of the political calculations he cites are no doubt on point, but I disagree with much of the piece. Like t ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Global warming draws heat from Dems	Joseph Romm	03 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Here's an article out today from Roll Call ($ub. req'd), which has been covering Congress since 1955:In the heat of Monday afternoon, Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) fumbled with her kickoff speech on global warming legislation as she tried to wax poetic about the need to save the planet, and the United States, from environmental disaster. Boxer couldn't find parts of her speech -- Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) leaned in to help at ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, gas prices, legislation, politics, US Senate (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)

Who's protecting us from the gays? Conservative Christian group outraged that Congress is distracted by climate change	Kate Sheppard	03 Jun 2008	Gristmill
In today's daily action alert from the Family Research Council, President Tony Perkins bemoans the fact that the Senate is wasting time talking about climate change when the gays are still running around getting married willy-nilly: Now, fresh off a holiday weekend in which most families paid $4 a gallon to drive to neighborhood barbecues, American patience has worn thin. Imagine the frustration this week, as Congress returned to work -- not on judges, marriage, or ...
Topics: climate, insanity, legislation, Muckraker, politics, religion and spirituality, 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)

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