climateprogress.org - 7/6/2009
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President Obama gave a very lengthy “must-read” interview to the several reporters Sunday in which he spelled out a great deal of his thinking on the climate bill ( transcript here ). Since Senate passage of a climate bill depends crucially on Obama’s strong messaging and ...
guardian.co.uk - 7/8/2009
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guardian.co.uk —
Endorsement of nuclear revival suggests president is open
to further compromises in order to pass climate change...
bill The Obama administration endorsed a revival of America's nuclear industry yesterday in an effort to build forward momentum for ...
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Obama makes nuclear compromise to pass clean energy bill
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com - 6/30/2009
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Krugman vs. Obama on border adjustments in the climate bill
The Energy Collective —
Obama’s interview on the climate bill last week had this Q&A (transcript here, my earlier summaries here and here):
Media: One of the provisions that got added very late to this bill that senators had expressed some reservations about was the one that puts tariffs on goods imported from countries that don’t have these sort of restrictions. What do you think of that revision and would you like to see the Senate strip it out?
Obama: At a time when the economy worldwide is still deep ...
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