guardian.co.uk - 6/26/2009
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The Waxman-Markey climate bill is the best we will get from America until the corruption of public life is addressed It would be laughable anywhere else. But, so everyone says, the Waxman-Markey bill which is likely to be passed in Congress today or tomorrow, is the best we can expect – from ...
abcnews.go.com - 6/27/2009
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Various: Hailing the House, President Barack Obama put
pressure on senators Saturday to follow its lead and...
pass legislation to limit greenhouse gas emissions, helping usher the U.S. into a new age of energy efficiency. "Now my call to every ...
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Obama pushes Senate to act on Climate Measure
itsgettinghotinhere.org - 6/26/2009
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itsgettinghotinhere.org —
What YOU should know about the American Clean
Energy and Security Act Today, June 26th, House Representatives...
are expected to vote on ACESA, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES Act), H.R. 2998 (formerly H.R. 2454) ...
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Failed Climate Policy: ACESA needs an overhaul, or to be ...
guardian.co.uk - 6/26/2009
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guardian.co.uk —
Package that would slash US emissions likely to
win approval despite opposition from Republicans and Democrat rebels...
Democrats in Congress are poised to vote through a sweeping energy and climate change bill tomorrow that could deliver on one of ...
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Barack Obama pleads with Congress to pass historic ...
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DrumBeat: June 26, 2009
The Oil Drum —
... new limits on pollution and a market-based approach to encourage more environmentally friendly business practices. But what exactly do the proposed rules mean, and how would they work?
EU: we want US climate bill to succeed
BRUSSELS – The Europe Union wants a U.S. climate change bill to succeed so the United States can move swiftly to curb greenhouse gas emissions, EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Friday.
Monbiot: Why do we allow the US to act like a failed state on climate change?
It ...
Is the Climate Bill a Really Step Forward or Merely Marching in Place?
TreeHugger —
... ACES? Thankfully no green group is saying that the provisions in ACES are enough. It's just a question of whether we should pass a weakened piece of legislation and work to strengthen it later. But really, considering the considerable influence lobbyists and representatives have already had in gutting the bill, is it realistic to say that we can strengthen it? From my perspective I find that an unlikely proposition. I'm not sure if I'd go so far as George Monbiot in calling the US a failed state when it comes to climate change , but we're not that far from it. Despite what ...
US Cap-and-Trade Bill Passes the House
The Energy Collective —
... biggest job-killing bill that has ever been on the floor of the House of Representatives.” On the other hand the response internationally has been largely positive. In a meeting with Obama earlier today, German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised the bill: “This is, indeed, a sea change that I see [...] this really points to the fact that the United States are very serious on climate.” Although the bill has been widely supported by environmental groups, some say it does not go far enough.
The vote today does not ...
United States - June 27
Energy Bulletin - —
... would cost the average American family about $165 a year. The nation's wealthiest families would pay more. The nation's poorest families would actually benefit from the measure, by $40 a year, according to the recent CBO analysis. Bartlett, of Frederick, is a leading spokesman for the "peak oil" movement, which maintains that most global petroleum supplies have already been tapped, or will be shortly. He is promoting a "green energy" event Monday in his district. (26 June 2009) Why do we allow the US to act like a failed state on climate change? George Monbiot, Guardian The ...
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