Prospects for climate/energy action
In This Series
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The game plan: partnership with China
Conventional wisdom seems to be that Obama needs to secure a domestic climate bill and then take that bill to…
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The game plan: regulating CO2 under the Clean Air Act
This element of Obama’s impending energy policy hasn’t gotten nearly the attention it deserves. If he does it right, it…
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The game plan: The mother of all energy bills
(hat tip to Joe Romm for the title) The next big green priority after stimulus will be energy. It…
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The game plan: starting with a bang
In the last few posts, I focused on the lay of the land — the groups and institutions that will…
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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…
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The players: Business, labor, advocates, and the public
Big business It was once accurate to speak of the business lobby in the U.S. as a monolithic and implacable…
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The players: Obama’s people
Obama’s green team Joe Romm says, “I honestly don’t know if it is politically possible to preserve a livable…
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The players: House and Senate
I’m trying to get a handle on the prospects for federal climate/energy action in the next year or two. Initially…
