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New EPA analysis of Waxman-Markey: Consumer electric bills 7% lower in 2020 thanks to efficiency — plus 50 GW of extra coal retirements and no new dirty plants
The Energy Collective — The EPA has posted its detailed analysis of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) here.  The bottom line is that the total cost to consumers is low, just as CBO found — just as all major independent analyses of even strong action show (see “”Intro to climate economics“).  You can read the House Energy and Commerce summary of the EPA analysis here.  In this post from Wonk Room, guest blogger, Daniel J. Weiss, Director of Climate Strategy at the Center for American Progress Action ...

ABC-WP Poll: Clear majority of Americans approve of Obama’s handling of global warming and support greenhouse gas regulation even if raises their energy bills — even if China and India do less
Climate Progress — ... The poll asked respondents if they would be willing to pay an extra $10 a month in higher electricity bills to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. There were willing to do so by a net of 14 percent. This could be purely hypothetical.  EPA’s analysis of the American Clean Energy and Security Act estimates the bill’s energy efficiency provisions would lower utility bills by 7% or an average of $7 per month. ...

New EPA Analysis of Waxman-Markey: Consumer Electric Bills 7% Lower in 2020 Thanks To Efficiency
Worldchanging: Bright Green — electricmeter.png The EPA has posted its detailed analysis of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) here . The bottom line is that the total cost to consumers is low, just as CBO found — just as all major independent analyses of even strong action show (see “” Intro to climate economics “). You can read the House Energy and Commerce summary of the EPA analysis here . In this post from Wonk Room , guest blogger, Daniel J. Weiss , Director of Climate Strategy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, discusses the ...

GOP team at American Energy Alliance runs ‘Energy Town Hall’ oil bus tour
Grist - the Latest from Grist — ... The American Energy Alliance (AEA), a new polluter front group, is touring the nation to smear President Barack Obama’s clean energy reform agenda. Employees riding the “American Energy Express” bus are spreading the conservative lies that the American Clean Energy and Security Act will “ ...

CBS’s Declan McCullagh promotes another fossil-fuel-funded, falsehood-filled CEI attack on clean energy reform
Climate Progress — ... The American Clean Energy and Security Act Builds A Clean Economy For A Postage Stamp A Day. The EPA estimates a net cost of about $100 per household per year, which would be fully offset for lower-income consumers. The Congressional Budget Office — which did not consider the energy efficiency measures or the cost of inaction — determined “that the net annual economywide cost of the cap-and-trade program in 2020 would be $22 billion—or about ...

CBS’s Declan McCullagh promotes another false CEI attack on clean energy reform
Grist - the Latest from Grist — ... The American Clean Energy and Security Act Builds A Clean Economy For A Postage Stamp A Day.  The EPA estimates a net cost of about $100 per household per year, which would be fully offset for lower-income consumers. The Congressional Budget Office—which did not consider the energy efficiency measures or the cost of inaction—determined “that the net annual economywide cost of the cap-and-trade program in 2020 would be $22 billion—or about ...