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White House Energy Confab: Democrats Seek Compromise, 'Brave Republicans'
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyIf Democratic senators were expecting a "Go Team!" postscript to a bipartisan energy meeting Tuesday with President Obama, they didn't get it. Instead the White House issued a low-key "readout" that acknowledged discord over a fundamental issue: whether companies should foot the bill for polluting the environment and contributing to climate change. Obama made clear that he still thinks the best way to transition to a "clean energy economy" is to put that kind of price on carbon pollution, the statement said, adding: "Not all of the senators agreed with this approach, and the president ...
Opinion: Corporations at the Cap-and-Trade Trough
By not in system - AOL News(April 26) -- When Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., threatened this weekend to pull back his support of a global warming bill he co-authored -- along with Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. -- it looked as though the once-dead cap-and-trade bill could be dead again. That might be just as well. Unlike the previous cap-and-trade bills, the new bill, based on what's been reported by Mother Jones, has all kinds of new goodies for utility companies, oil companies and other corporate interests to gain their support. Indeed, if you can think of a big special interest group that would ...
Green Groups Try to Assuage Dems' Worries Over Cap-and-Trade Fallout
By David Sessions - Politics DailyEnvironmental groups are scrambling to convince Democratic lawmakers that a vote on cap-and-trade this year would not harm them politically. Attempting to suppress Democrats' doubts about pushing for another controversial vote now that the health care debate has proved long and bloody, groups that support cap-and-trade say they have spent the summer building the kind of grassroots support that health care reform did not have. Climate legislation advocates say they are deploying a "climate war room" -- funded by 60 labor, business, faith, agricultural and environmental groups -- to coordinate ...
The National Parks and Climate Change: The Canary in the Coal Mine
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyIf you want to see glaciers in Glacier National Park, you had better hurry. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that within 20 years, the park will be empty of glaciers. As temperatures rise and politicians debate how to respond to climate change, the national parks already seem to be feeling the effects. At hearings in April, Jonathan Jarvis, the Obama administration's nominee as director of the National Park Service, called the national parks "the proverbial canary in the coal mine." He noted that the parks are both largely undisturbed and closely monitored, so the effects of the changing ...
Club for Growth Targets Republicans After Trade Vote
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyIn an email Monday, the conservative Club for Growth has asked members to help identify potential primary opponents for Republicans who crossed party lines and voted for Waxman-Markey, the so-called "cap and trade" bill which passed 219-212. It would not have passed without Republican support. The prodigal Republicans identified in the email were: Bono Mack, Mary (CA-45) Castle, Mike (DE-AL) Kirk, Mark (IL-10) Lance, Leonard (NJ-07) LoBiondo, Frank (NJ-02) McHugh, John (NY-23) Reichert, Dave (WA-08) Smith, Chris (NJ-04) The Club for Growth is a fiscally conservative organization, ...
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