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President Obama After One Year

Dean Baker | Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Financial Crisis, President Obama, Cap and Trade, Finance, Employee Free Choice Act, Progressives, Alan Greenspan, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Barack Obama, Politics News

A year after President Obama's election, progressives can say that we got pretty much what we had a right to expect: a centrist agenda in office.

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The Race Is On for Clean Energy

Gene Karpinski | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Barbara Boxer, Economic Stimulus Package, Green Jobs, John Kerry, Steven Chu, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Green Energy, US Chamber of Commerce, Global Warming, Green News

As President Obama has said many times: the nation that leads in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy.

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Cap and Trade, Meet the Opposition

Jeffrey B. Swartz | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Kerry-Boxer, Timberland, Waxman-Markey, Green News

Truth is, if I could wave a wand I'd have every government on earth impose a straightforward tax on carbon emissions--less bureaucracy, less confusion--but I am a boot maker, not a wand waver.

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CNN Poll Shows Strong Support For "Cap And Trade" Legislation

Huffington Post | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy Jobs, Cap and Trade, CNN Cap and Trade Poll, Clean Energy Jobs Bill, Kerry-Boxer Bill, Climate Change, Cap and Trade Poll, Boxer-Kerry, Green News

A new poll released Tuesday by CNN reveals strong support for the "Cap and Trade" legislation proposed by Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer, with ...

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Confusion in the Senate Regarding Allowance Allocation

Robert Stavins | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Market-Based Environmental Policies, Efficiency, Waxman-Markey Legislation, U.S. Senate, Environmental Politics, Distributional Analysis, Cap-and-Trade, Kerry-Boxer Legislation, Cost-Effectiveness, U.S. House of Representatives, Global Climate Policy, Green News

The new debate over climate change is repeating the confusion that was prevalent in the press about the allowance allocation in the Waxman-Markey legislation in the House of Representatives.

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Gillibrand: Cap And Trade Could Benefit New York

wsj.com | KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Cap and Trade, Unemployment, New York Cap and Trade, Wall Street, New York Economy, Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator Gillibrand, New York News

Over the past year, the economic crisis has devastated the financial services industry that fueled New York's boom years. The ripple effect from Wall ...

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Who's Got a Scorecard?

Carl Pope | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Bill, Cap-and-Trade, Global Warming, Green News

Will the Senate really kill climate legislation if, at the end of the day, the typical state is treated as "average"? My gut tells me that the odds of getting something good done just got better.

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Nobel Prize Recognizes Link Between Peace and Climate Action

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Legislation, Nobel Peace Prize, Al Gore, Copenhagen 2009, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Climate Change, Obama Nobel, Green News

After eight costly years of inaction, the United States has begun to lead. Since taking office, Obama has moved quickly to put climate change near the top of his agenda.

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Religious Groups Take Sides On Climate Change Bill

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Climate Change, Lobbyblog, Cap-and-Trade, Business News

The Los Angeles Times reports that religious groups are the latest to lobby for the passage of sweeping climate change legislation. A group called Fa...

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Tell Your Senators to Save Our National Parks From Global Warming

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Glacier National Park could lose all its glaciers, Joshua Tree National Park all its Joshua trees and Saguaro National Park all its saguaros, according to a new report on climate change from NRDC.

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20 GOP Politicians Repeat $1,761 Clean Energy Bill Lie

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Treasury Department, Ed Markey, Waxman-Markey, Senator Murkowski, Senator Inhofe, John Boehner, Senator Wicker, Green, League of Conservation Voters, Joel Pollack, Deniers, Mike Pence, Cbs, Cynthia Lummis, Cap and Trade, Politifact, Nrcc, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Change, Politics News, Wonk Room, Congressional Budget Office, Washington Post, Environmental Defense, John Culberson, Senator Alexander, Oregon GOP, Fred Upton, Represenative Markey, Politics, Roy Blunt, Clean Energy, Mitt Romney, Global Warming, National Republican Congressional Committee, Blaine Leutkemeyer, Politico, Value Voters Summit, Mike Bearn, Politics News

For the past few weeks Republicans have latched onto the $1,761 energy tax lie to oppose clean energy legislation.

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Cap-and-Trade Versus the Alternatives for U.S. Climate Policy

Robert Stavins | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Market-Based Environmental Policies, New Source Review, Carbon Tax, National Journal, Endangerment Finding, Regulation, Obama Administration, Hamilton Project, Global Climate Policy, Japan, CAFE Standards, Sulfur Dioxide, Cap-and-Trade, Environmental Politics, Ozone Depleting Substances, RECLAIM Program, Leaded Gasoline, Waxman-Markey, Green News

One of the key merits of the cap-and-trade approach is that the program can provide cost-effectiveness, while achieving meaningful reductions in greenhouse gas emissions levels.

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Daily Show Hits Democrats For Giving Polluters Free Pass On Cap-And-Trade (VIDEO)

Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Video, Daily Show, Climate Change, Jon Stewart, Democrats, Global Warming, Green News

The Daily Show criticized the cap-and-trade bill put forth by the Democrats because it completely appeases the companies who created the problem in th...

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No Climate Change Bill This Year, Says Obama Adviser

The Associated Press | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Cap and Trade, Carbon Emissions, House, Waxman Markey Bill, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Talks, Obama, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Carol Browner, Waxman-Markey, Emissions, Senate, Climate Bill, Politics News

WASHINGTON (AP)- President Barack Obama's top energy adviser says there is no way Congress will be able to pass a bill on climate change this year. "...

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9/12 Movement: "Send Congress A Pink Slip"

The Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap and Trade, 9/12 Movement, Hate Crimes, Congress, World Net Daily, 9/12, Public Option, Health Care Public Option, Politics News

The 9/12 movement showed up in large numbers (somewhere between 12 and 80 squillion, I'm told), but Congress, they say, still has not received the mem...

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Exelon Quits Chamber Of Commerce Over Climate Change Legislation

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Lobbyblog, Nuclear Power, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business News

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has lost another member because of its opposition to climate change legislation, reports the Washington Post. The natio...

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Democracy and Global Warming

Jennifer Schneider | Posted 11.25.2009 | Denver

Read More: Cap and Trade, Copenhagen 2009, cop15, Climate Change, Science-Policy, WorldWide Views, Decarbonization, Global Warming, Colorado School of Mines., Denver News

On Saturday, 100 citizens from various ethnic, socioeconomic and political backgrounds are scheduled to gather at the School of Mines. They will be voting on climate resolutions throughout the day.

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The G20, Climate Talks, and Trade Measures: Keeping Jobs in America

Frances Beinecke | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Labor, Green Jobs, Climate Week Nyc, Free Trade, United Steelworkers, Manufacturing, g20, Green News

Won't new climate legislation hurt American industry? Won't it send jobs overseas? The answer is no, it won't.

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New Rule: If America Can't Get it Together, We Lose the Bald Eagle

Bill Maher | Posted 11.25.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Supreme Court, Wall Street, Ondemand, Jon Cryer, Cap-and-Trade, Washington, Max Baucus, Youtube, Medicare, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lyndon Johnson, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ground Zero, Fdr, Bill Maher New Rule, Real Time With Bill Maher, Bill Maher, Comedy News

If America can't get its act together, it must lose the bald eagle as our symbol and replace it with the YouTube video of the puppy that can't get up. As long as we're pathetic, we might as well act like it's cute.

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A Goal for Copenhagen: Keep the Focus on Enforcement

Peter Lehner | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen, Fundecor, Governance, Nicaragua, Rainforest, Cap and Trade, Carbon Emissions, Costa Rica, Green News

There's no silver bullet that can resolve the carbon emissions problem in Copenhagen, but there are steps that can be taken to help developing nations strengthen their institutions and, with that, enforcement.

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Small Oil Refineries Pull Support For Climate Change Bill

HuffingtonPost | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Cap and Trade, Lobbyblog, Climate Change Bill, Business News

The Hill reports that small oil refineries -- once a strong ally of the climate change bill -- are now withdrawing their support for the legislation. ...

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ACCCE Coal Lobby Targeting Key Democrats In Senate Climate Debate

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, America's Power Army, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Astroturf, Americans for Balanced Energy Choices, Senate Climate Bill, Accce, Green News

America's Power Army, the sister organization to the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, sent an email this week to its Astroturf "army" laying out the coal lobby's plans to barrage key Democratic targets.

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Pawlenty Flips On Climate Change With Sudden Right Turn

Minnesota Public Radio | Tom Scheck | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama Cap and Trade, Cap and Trade, President Obama Climate Change, Climate Change, Pawlenty Clean Energy, Pawlenty Green House Gas Emissions, Clean Energy, Tim Pawlenty, Pawlenty Cap and Trade, Pawlenty Climate Change, Politics News

President Obama is promising new steps toward capping greenhouse gas emissions, but Gov. Tim Pawlenty is backing away from his earlier support for new...

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Murkowski Staffer Confuses 'Reporter' With 'Tape Recorder'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Lisa Murkowski, Cap and Trade, U.S. Senate, Environmental Policy, Media Criticism, Media News

There is so much to enjoy in this piece on Enviroknow, in which a blogger contacts Senator Lisa Murkowski's office to ask about a bogus set of talking...

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Murkowski Spokesman Admits GOP Talking Point Is Completely Irrelevant

Josh Nelson | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Waxman-Markey, Senator Murkowski, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Politics, Robert Dillon, Treasury, Green Energy, Cap and Trade, Global Warming, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Change, Political News, Green News

I followed up with many Republican politicians on their factually incorrect statements regarding cap and trade. The most interesting response -- by far -- came by way of a series of increasingly heated emails.

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