Climate Policy

The U.S. is not only investing far less in our clean energy industries than Asian nations, but also falling behind in energy science and technology education.

A closer examination reveals that the American Clean Energy abd Security Act could create a "super-lobby" of interest groups that will significantly diminish the possibility of achieving future reforms.

The CBO has published the first predictions from a government agency about the actual impact on U.S. emissions likely to result from the version of the Waxman-Markey legislation.

Such a low level could severely blunt the signal to the private sector to invest billions of dollars and expand production, manufacturing, and job creation.

And finally, what happened to the "hard cap" and "emissions reduction certainty" that cap and trade advocates have long promised?

[Updated 6/18/09 to more clearly explain and depict the potential banking of offsets.] At the heart of the nearly thousand page long climate change a...

There is a realistic opportunity to staunch the bleeding and spearhead a global healing process that is feasible in both economic and environmental terms.

The bill before us, depending on the allowance value it establishes, would invest just one-twentieth to one-sixtieth of the $15 billion President Obama has pledged -- and specifically requested from Congress.

Our analysis finds that Waxman-Markey would spend about $9 billion annually on a range of things that could generously be classified as technology innovation.

Forget Seattle and Berkeley. When it comes to deciding America's energy future, it's place like Akron and Pittsburgh, St Louis and Detroit that deserve the spotlight right now.

International climate experts say that the next few years is the window for averting irretrievable climate disruption. If there's no action before 2012, that's too late.

Last week was the opening round of the national climate fight, and the Democratic Congress was nearly knocked out.

Representatives Henry Waxman and Ed Markey Tuesday at long last made public a discussion draft of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES). ...

The Senate's top environmental lawmaker offered a preview on Wednesday of major component of climate change legislation she said could be introduced "...

Reducing our carbon intensity will reduce both energy demand and energy prices and spur a wave of productive investment. Sane climate policy is not a burden to bear -- it's going to save our hides.