Senate Delays Work On Climate Change Bill By Months

Reuters:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's push for quick action by Congress on climate change legislation suffered a setback on Thursday when the U.S. Senate committee leading the drive delayed work on the bill until September.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer said her self-imposed deadline of early August for finishing writing a bill to combat global warming has been put off until after Congress returns from a recess that ends in early September.

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Comments

[RomeoMD25]

The average person has been misled and is confused about what the current Global Warming debate is about,
greenhouse gases. None of which has anything to do
with air pollution. People are confusing Smog, Carbon Monoxide (CO) and the pollutants in
car exhaust with the life supporting, essential trace gas in our atmosphere, Carbon Dioxide (CO2).

Guess you didn't try my experiment with the ice cubes and the glass of water. Basic physics tells us that water expands when it freezes, therefore it takes up more volume than when it was water. So, when it melts, it takes up less volume, causing a drop in the water level.

You ask who is being cheated and of what by this scam. The American people are the ones being cheated

[jumperpin]

Similar kitchen "experiments" can demonstrate the earth is flat.

Next time you live your cave, try and find a brain.

[fabricnthreads]

Yes, children. Time for your recess.

When recess is over, come back ready to KICK SOME BUTT because the American people are tired of waiting...­..........­...

[Mildmannered]

Here is another reason why we need the climate change bill:

"The U.S. is now home to only two of the ten largest solar photovoltaic producers in the world, two of the top ten wind turbine producers and one of the top ten advanced battery manufacturers. That is, only one-sixth of the world’s top renewable energy manufacturers are based in the United States. ... Sustainable technologies in solar, wind, electric vehicles, nuclear and other innovations will drive the future global economy. We can either invest in policies to build U.S. leadership in these new industries and jobs today, or we can continue with business as usual and buy windmills from Europe, batteries from Japan and solar panels from Asia.”

[SAdelmann]

Great point. Do you have a source for that quote so i can lay it on all the ostriches when they take their heads out of the sand?

[rollingdivision]

During a hearing today in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, EPA Administrator Jackson confirmed an EPA analysis showing that unilateral U.S. action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would have no effect on climate. Moreover, when presented with an EPA chart depicting that outcome, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said he disagreed with EPA’s analysis.

“I believe the central parts of the [EPA] chart are that U.S. action alone will not impact world CO2 levels,” Administrator Jackson said.

[Logistics]

O geez, another Obama fail. That's three this week.

[VikingQuest]

Who cares, that just means our energy bills will be safe for a few more months . . . it's not like this bill has anything to do with changing the climate anyways.

[wtheman]

you should investigate how we lowered the sulfer dioxide levels in the 90's. I think it might have been a tax neutral cap-and-trade system.

[VikingQuest]

Study?

We can't even get Congress to read bills before they cast their votes . . . let's try that first.

[Chernynkaya]

This is good news- good for health care and good for the environmental legislation. The bill in its current form does too little and there needs to be more focus on it. Right now, health care reform is taking up all the oxygen in the room. (Pun not intended.)

[Daniboy]

Algore did okay with Global Warming-made over $100 million-guess he can live in a mansion and fly around in gas guzzeling jets! A true believer!

[VikingQuest]

That kind of stuff only causes global warming if you do it . . . not Al.

[Daniboy]

We must now call it Climate Change-because we don't know if the world is cooling or warming. ALgore blew a lot of hot air-was this the cause of the short warming phase?

[BabblingBrooks]

Plenty of time for the Earth to cool off a little more and reason to set in.

[Daniboy]

Is it true that solar power is at least three times as high as coal or natural gas power. Who will pay for this new BTU tax? Obama promised no one making under 250 grand would have to pay more taxes-OhOh!

[fairtaxnow]

Think cap and trade is about cleaning up the enviroment.
THINK AGAIN!!


"Weve got to ride the global warming issue. Even if the theory of global warming is WRONG, we will be doing the right thing -- in terms of economic policy and environmental policy." Timothy Wirth, former U.S. Senator (D-Colorado)

[Daniboy]

Is the world cooling or warming? I hear Polar Bear numbers are increasing.

[TheBaffler]

From what lying corporatist did you hear that?

[dizmo4]

What is wrong with the Senate?

[Daniboy]

A good idea to tax American business-send all manufacturing to China and India-go Cap and Trade! Good thing Obama wants to create more government jobs-those are the only jobs we'll have left when him and SanFran Nan are done!