Prospects for climate/energy action
The players: cap-and-trade agonistes
In the last few posts, I covered some of the groups and institutions that will shape climate/energy policy in the next few years.
Analyst and all-around brainiac Holmes Hummel, in a presentation linked to by Adam Browning, has a nice visual representation that sheds additional light on the landscape, from a slightly different angle. It focuses on the coming cap-and-trade bill, breaking out the players and arraying their concerns. It’s a nice supplement to the last few posts, and helpful as a rudimentary guide to the playing field Obama and the Democrats face:
Next up: What’s going to happen, and when?
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