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Waxman-Markey bill

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    Peterson gets his way with climate and energy bill

    Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) on Tuesday surrendered to agriculture interests on a key provision in the massive climate and energy bill he introduced with Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.). Facing a defection from farm-state Democrats, Politico.com reports that Waxman agreed to change the bill so that “the U.S. Department of Agriculture will oversee the [carbon] offset […]

    Russ Walker Politics

  • Blogospheric passions run high on, um, the CBO report

    After watching a tedious press conference this morning at which not a single question was asked about the Waxman-Markey bill (after Obama endorsed it!), I’m happy to see that somebody outside the dreary confines of “green blogging” is grappling with it. If it all happens to be obsessively focused on the CBO report, well, I’ll […]

    David Roberts Politics

  • Obama endorses climate bill, press corps asks about his cigarettes

    President Obama gave a strong endorsement of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) at a White House press conference today, calling it “historic legislation that will transform the way we produce and use energy in America.” The White House press corps didn’t seem to notice, asking not a single question about the bill, […]

    Jonathan Hiskes Politics

  • Waxman-Markey: We’d better try to get what we need

    Once again Mick Jagger is right: “You can’t always get what you want/But if you try sometimes you just might find/You get what you need.” The House of Representatives is poised for its first-ever floor debate and series of votes on a landmark measure to reduce global warming pollution. This bill is revolutionary in its […]

    John Podesta Politics

  • EPA: Waxman-Markey will lower electricity bills

    The main argument conservatives and big oil and coal companies use against the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) is that it would cripple American households with a crushing energy tax. To make that claim, they have distorted cost estimates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and conducted their own biased studies. Today, […]

    Daniel J. Weiss Politics

  • Collin Peterson is not killing the planet

    Not yet, anyway. I agree with Tom Philpott that Peterson’s meddling in the Waxman-Markey climate bill is far more than a distraction. Weakening the bill out of spite is pretty much the extreme opposite of statesmanship. And I decried Peterson’s clearly implied climate denial just the other day. But I’m a bit leery of going […]

    Tom Laskawy Politics

  • Climate bill might get a vote this week after all

    The American Clean Energy and Security Act might get a vote in the House this week after all. The House Committee on Rules posted the bill on its website late Monday — with 255 additional pages, bringing the total page count to 1201. The bill’s prospects for going to a floor vote this week looked […]

    Kate Sheppard Politics

  • Big Ag aims its pitchfork at historic climate legislation

    Photo illustration by Tom Twigg / GristLike a tractor inching through a wet field, the Waxman-Markey climate legislation slowed to a crawl last week, on the verge of getting stuck. The bill’s authors still have to deal with plenty of mud, but it’s now looking like they will get a vote by Friday of this […]

    Tom Philpott Politics

  • Climate activists to descend on House cafeteria on Tuesday

    A side of flashmob with your lunch? An unnamed group of climate activists is planning to descend on one of the larger Capitol Hill cafeterias on Tuesday to call for strengthening the American Clean Energy and Security Act. They’re using Craigslist to gather supporters. Here’s the ad: Dear DC-ite. Your presence is requested on Tuesday, […]

    Kate Sheppard Politics