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There's no way her bill will become law without further changes, but Boxer did exactly what needed to be done to get any bill passed.

What would constitute a success? What could come out of Copenhagen that would help us avert a climate crisis? President Obama laid down that marker yesterday.

Since the summer, greens have had one good break after another. Unlike after An Inconvenient Truth, the latest dramas are not pop culture events, but political achievements inside the Beltway.

There is no reason to believe that delaying Committee action for additional computer runs would change any votes on the Committee given the extensive analysis that is already available.

Now is the time for young people who learned to flex their political muscle last November to shift into high-gear and get Washington to take on our historic legislation to combat global climate change.

If the Democrats are going to compromise on the climate change bill, they should secure real commitments in return. And they should compromise with money, not architecture.

What's the deal with this amendment to prevent the EPA from regulating green house gases? I'm sure the amendment's ghost writers (i.e. the polluters) have their reasons, but we prefer to protect the environment.

We have to get biofuels right to get the pollution reductions the clean energy bill is designed to achieve.

The bill as it currently stands is stronger than the American Clean Energy and Security Act in several crucial ways, but it has a treacherous gauntlet to run before reaching the President's desk.

We are not just playing defense in the Senate. We can get back on offense. And offense is more enticing for the grassroots. But to play effective offense, you need to know what the goal is.