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Debt and (carbon) taxes: Obama's last chance for climate redemption
Just into Obama's hypothetical second term, when the Bush tax cuts are poised to expire, could be the best time to enact a carbon tax.
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Storm chaser: Sen. Durbin carries on lonely fight against climate change
While Obama lifts the "cloud of uncertainty" over the economy, Dick Durbin looks like one of the only lawmakers still worried about the real weather.
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Why is the EPA still an economic scapegoat?
Every time the economy declines, the same anti-EPA rhetoric is trotted out. But a clean environment and a strong economy are not mutually exclusive. A cost-benefit analysis of regulation shows taxpayers coming out on top.
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EIA releases skewed energy subsidies report to Congress
The EIA admits its data is limited and doesn't give a full picture of the subsidies landscape, but released the report anyway.
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Republicans voted against environmental protections 110 times in six months
Reps. Henry Waxman (Calif.) and Edward Markey (Mass.), of the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, have been keeping tabs on Republican votes to undermine environmental legislation. They say that since taking over the majority in January, Republicans have voted 110 times to block or weaken legislation intended to protect the environment.
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Smart ALEC: How corporations screw you over behind closed doors
The American Legislative Exchange Council gives corporations a chance to help ghostwrite legislation that benefits them.
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We can save $78 billion by ending oil and gas subsidies
We could save $78 billion by ending oil and gas subsidies.
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Obama fuel efficiency deal could leave loophole for Detroit
New fuel efficiency standards, expected to be announced tomorrow, give auto manufacturers a chance to re-negotiate after 2021.
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CBO: Clean energy standards are an affordable way to cut emissions
The Congressional Budget Office found that shifting to cleaner electricity generation is an affordable and effective way to reduce carbon emissions.
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Balancing climate pragmatism with moral clarity
The Breakthrough Institute crew has a new report called "Climate Pragmatism." It's got a few reasonable ideas and some not-so-reasonable ones.
