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The House climate bill debate, in one minute
Grist sat through roughly six hours of debate of the climate bill on Friday, and if you were watching or following our live blogging of it, you know how painful it got at times. For those who want to see the short version of Friday’s debate, Progressive Media USA put together a one-minute summary of […]
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Why we overestimate the costs of climate change legislation
Recent days have seen a flurry of blogospheric back-and-forth about the new CBO and EPA reports, and more generally about the costs and benefits of climate change legislation. As someone who believes the costs are overestimated and the benefits underrated, I thought I’d weigh in. Here are three key questions: How available and affordable are […]
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Seattle and Berkeley drop biodiesel
Here’s a King 5 News video clip and here is a short article from the online Seattle PI, demonstrating how much easier it is to fall back on science when there’s money involved. The PI article suggests that Seattle quit because of this EPA study, which came out in May (Figure 2 shows soy biodiesel […]
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We need more than ACES
Yesterday morning, on the day that the House of Representatives very narrowly passed a very problematic–a bad–climate bill, I finally became clear in my mind what I was hoping for. My first choice was that the House leadership cancel the planned floor vote because they would decide that they didn’t have enough votes to pass […]
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VIDEO: Violent Massey attack on Goldman Prize winner Judy Bonds
Question of the week: Has any Obama administration or West Virginia state official publicly denounced the violence by the mountaintop removal operators this week? Courtesy Coal River Mountain Watch / Amy SicklesIn last Tuesday’s nonviolent march from Marsh Fork Elementary School, which sits downslope of a precarious 2.8 billion gallon coal sludge impoundment, and a […]
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House passes landmark climate and clean-energy bill
House Democrats late Friday eked out a win on the American Clean Energy and Security Act, getting just one more vote than was necessary to pass the sweeping bill. The victory marks the first major action by the U.S. Congress to address climate change, but the narrowness of the vote suggests the fragile nature of […]
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Did Waxman-Markey’s ancestors really deliver on their promises?
President Obama is betting that a cap-and-trade program can help solve the climate crisis. Southern California leaders hoped the same thing when they set up a cap-and-trade program to clean up the region’s air. The results? See above. Photo: jordansmall via Flickr Nearly 20 years ago, a novel program called “cap and trade” was rolled […]
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Reactions to passage of the House climate and energy bill
Many folks are praising the House’s passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act, but stressing that they want to see it improved in the Senate. Sierra Club: “With today’s historic vote, Congress has taken the first step toward unleashing a true clean energy revolution. … We urged the House to pass this bill […]
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How did your rep vote on the House climate and energy bill?
By a vote of 219-212, the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26 passed a landmark climate and energy bill — the American Clean Energy and Security Act, aka the Waxman-Markey bill. Most Democrats voted for the bill — 211 in all — but 44 Dems voted against. Almost all Republicans opposed the bill — […]
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Friday music blogging: Little Boots
Waxman-Markey passed the House! Here’s a celebratory song from rising British electro-pop star Little Boots, from her debut album Hands:
