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the green skeptic™: Obama's Energy Bill passed in the House Friday, but still has a long way to go
The Energy Collective: Obama's Energy Bill passed in the House Friday, but still has a long way to go
Climate Progress: Obama confident Senate will pass climate bill, asserts “My strong belief is that innovation and technology are going to accelerate our process beyond these targets, and that we’re going to look back and say we can do even more.”
Chu uses “very cool” Wayne Gretzky metaphor, says Obama
Clean Break —
I just had to point this out ’cause it made me laugh. President Obama had a Q&A session Sunday with reporters about Friday’s House vote on the U.S. clean energy bill. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Carol Browner, the White House coordinator on energy and climate policy, also sat in. First, I urge you to read the Q&A, which was published online by the New York Times. It never ceases to amaze me how knowledgeable and well-spoken Obama is on the energy file. He truly *gets it*.
At one point in the interview, Chu made the following comment:
Well, I just want to reiterate what the President said in terms ...
Reactions to the Energy Bill: Obama, Cleantech Biz, Environmentalists
Earth2Tech —
... to help the bill clear the House.) This weekend during his radio address and media interviews, Obama called for senators to “come together” around the legislation, which he said “will finally make clean energy the profitable kind of energy.” In an interview with a group of reporters, Obama also said the bill would provide “clarity and certainty” and would “end up being much less costly, much more efficient; technology is going to move much more rapidly than people anticipate.” ...
Obama's Energy Bill passed in the House Friday, but still has a long way to go
the green skeptic™ —
... to help the bill clear the House.) This weekend during his radio address and media interviews, Obama called for senators to "come together" around the legislation, which he said "will finally make clean energy the profitable kind of energy." In an interview with a group of reporters, Obama also said the bill would provide "clarity and certainty" and would "end up being much less costly, much more efficient; technology is going to move much more rapidly than people anticipate." ...
Obama's Energy Bill passed in the House Friday, but still has a long way to go
The Energy Collective —
... to help the bill clear the House.) This weekend during his radio address and media interviews, Obama called for senators to "come together" around the legislation, which he said "will finally make clean energy the profitable kind of energy." In an interview with a group of reporters, Obama also said the bill would provide "clarity and certainty" and would "end up being much less costly, much more efficient; technology is going to move much more rapidly than people anticipate." ...
Obama confident Senate will pass climate bill, asserts “My strong belief is that innovation and technology are going to accelerate our process beyond these targets, and that we’re going to look back and say we can do even more.”
Climate Progress —
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 lobbying effort, I will excerpt the interview in two parts.
The wide-ranging interview gives Obama a chance to explain his reaction to the House abandoning his goal of 100% auctions and how the bill fits into the international negotiation process.
Significantly, Obama argues that, as I and others have suggested, meeting the emissions targets with domestic clean energy ...
Chu: U.S. needs to be the Wayne Gretzky of clean energy. Obama: “I hear that the Republicans were shouting ‘BTU’ on the floor…. that tells me those guys are 16 years behind the times.”
Climate Progress —
In the first half of his Sunday interview after the passage of the Waxman-Markey bill, Obama said he was confident the Senate will pass the climate and clean energy bill. He also asserted “My strong belief is that innovation and technology are going to accelerate our process beyond these targets, and that we’re going to look back and say we can do even more.”
Then Obama invited Energy Secretary Steven Chu and climate czar Steven Carol Browner to chime in (transcript here). Here is the rest of the interview:
Secretary Chu: Well, I just want to reiterate what the President ...
Krugman vs. Obama on border adjustments in the climate bill
Climate Progress —
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 in recession and we’ve seen a significant drop in global trade, I think we have to ...
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 in recession and we’ve seen a significant drop in global trade, I think we have to be very careful ...
