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post-gazette.com - 10/7/2009

Business coalitions form to back climate change bill

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WASHINGTON -- Clad in a pinstripe suit, Josh McNeil made the rounds on Capitol Hill yesterday, lobbying for climate change legislation. Mr. McNeil, who met with staff members for Sens. Bob Casey and Arlen Specter, is a typical kind of advocate for the bill, which would force drastic reductions ...

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Energy and Global Warming News for October 7: IEA says “China will be able to slow the growth of its emissions much faster than commonly assumed”; EIA’s forecasted CO2 drop “justifies tough carbon caps”
Climate Progress — ... Resources Defense Council, said in a telephone interview. “The level of effort required to achieve a 20 percent reduction is much more modest than had been anticipated.” With emissions already below the 2005 levels used as a baseline for the House, Senate and White House cap-and-trade proposals, Kerry and Boxer shouldn’t negotiate away their 20 percent reduction target, Courtney Abrams, a global warming associate for Environment America, said in a telephone interview. Business Coalitions Form to Back Climate Change Bill A delegation of more than 150 ...

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Apollo Alliance — ... from Indiana didn’t meet with Bill, but his Michigan counterparts had more luck. And it was made clear that manufacturing states need to be taken care of in order to get the votes.  The ultimate result of remains to be seen.  We hope, of course, that the businesses convinced their congressional leaders that a climate/energy legislation similar to the ACES Act is what they need to take the reigns of the new clean energy economy. Read coverage from The New York Times and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette .