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Cows Let Go a Sigh of Relief: Congress acted on climate this week. And it's certainly a move to chew over. by erica — last modified Oct 29, 2009 01:53 PM — filed under: cap and trade, U.S. Congress, climate, animals, greenhouse gas emissions, farmers, climate change, enteric fermentation, global warming, farms, Environmental Protection Agency, ranching, methane — Relevance: 1%
What’s Different? Waxman-Markey Vs. Kerry-Boxer Climate Bills: How does the newly unveiled Senate climate bill draft compare to the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act passed by the House in June? by erica — last modified Oct 14, 2009 09:57 AM — filed under: cap and trade, U.S. Congress, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, climate change, legislation, Kerry-Boxer climate bill, Waxman-Markey climate bill, American Clean Energy and Security Act, policy, politics — Relevance: 1%
Changing Climate Change Legislation: A new bipartisan bill was proposed on Monday. Is it real or a pretender? by erica — last modified Nov 17, 2009 02:27 PM — filed under: cap and trade, U.S. Congress, Lamar Alexander, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, energy, economics, legislation, green investments, global warming, Kerry-Boxer climate bill, Waxman-Markey climate bill, Jim Webb, nuclear, policy, politics, carbon dioxide emissions, United States, Jimmy Carter — Relevance: 1%
And Here’s to You, Mrs. Mary Bono Mack: Our nation turns its grateful eyes to you. Last Thursday was an historic day in the House. The Waxman-Markey climate bill passed out of committee by a vote of ... by erica — last modified Jun 10, 2009 10:12 AM — filed under: cap and trade, climate change, legislation, global warming, Waxman-Markey climate bill, Mary Bono Mack, policy, politics — Relevance: 1%
Cap and Trade Part 4: Forests, Farms, and Offsets: What do you do if something emits greenhouse gases but is not <a class="external-link" href="http://nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/capandtrade3">under the ... by erica — last modified Aug 27, 2009 09:51 AM — filed under: cap and trade, climate, greenhouse gas emissions, offsets, climate change, economics, forests, global warming, ecosystems, carbon, carbon dioxide emissions, agriculture — Relevance: 1%
Climate Negativity From the Naysayers: First the globe was not warming. Then the warming wasn’t due to human activities. In a slow, rearguard action, the naysayers now have a new mantra: "It can’t ... by erica — last modified Apr 27, 2009 02:29 PM — filed under: cap and trade, alternative fuel, economics, solar, Bjorn Lomborg, Robert Hirsch, climate change, New York Times, climate skeptics, renewable energy, wind, Kyoto Protocol, Washington Post, James Schlesinger — Relevance: 1%
National Academies Kick Off Climate Study with Summit: Scientists, policy makers, and corporate execs are descending on Washington, D.C., to discuss America’s long-term response to climate change. What to expect? by erica — last modified Mar 31, 2009 12:36 PM — filed under: cap and trade, America’s Climate Choices, carbon tax, global warming, adaptation, climate disruption, climate change, policy, National Academy of Sciences — Relevance: 1%
Memo to CNN.com: You Got It Wrong: It’s great when reporters call you for your opinion. It’s even better when they feature a quote from you in the story. And it’s better yet when it’s from an ... by erica — last modified Aug 31, 2009 02:55 PM — filed under: cap and trade, green investments, climate change, energy, Supreme Court, New York Times, Clean Air Act (1990), air quality, renewable energy, renewables, economy, fuel economy, oil, carbon tax, global warming, Barack Obama, CNN, Department of Transportation, Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE), air pollution, economics, gasoline, George W. Bush, Environmental Protection Agency — Relevance: 1%
Indiana Governor: Cap and Trade Unfair to Hoosiers. Really?: In Friday’s <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124234844782222081.html">Wall Street Journal</a> Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels said "no thanks" ... by erica — last modified May 19, 2009 04:36 PM — filed under: cap and trade, economics, renewable energy, climate change, carbon capture and storage (CCS), legislation, politics, coal, Waxman-Markey climate bill, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Wall Street Journal, policy, carbon, carbon dioxide emissions, wind, economy — Relevance: 1%
Cap and Trade Part 5: What’s With the Add-Ons?: If Waxman-Markey has a cap and trade, why does it need all the other stuff like fuel-economy standards for cars, renewable electricity standards, and building ... by erica — last modified Jul 10, 2009 10:08 AM — filed under: cap and trade, greenhouse gas emissions, economics, legislation, Waxman-Markey climate bill, Washington Post, policy, carbon dioxide emissions — Relevance: 1%
Cap and Trade Part 3 – You Ask, “What?” I Say, “How Wide?”: Which greenhouse gas emissions do you find when you look under a cap and trader? by erica — last modified Jul 10, 2009 10:15 AM — filed under: cap and trade, oil, transportation, automobile, economics, global warming, climate change, acid rain program, carbon dioxide emissions, agriculture, economy — Relevance: 1%
Climate Science Flurry: Cooling vs. Warming et al. Hot Items: This past week has been chock-full of new stuff on climate change. Let’s take a gander at a few. by erica — last modified May 05, 2009 03:47 PM — filed under: cap and trade, climate, greenhouse gas emissions, legislation, climate change, greenhouse gases, Jim Hansen, climate disruption, policy, research — Relevance: 1%
Cap and Trade Part 1: It’s About the Cap, Stupid: Where the climate is concerned, don’t be fooled: it’s ultimately about the “cap” not the “and trade” part. by erica — last modified Jul 10, 2009 10:18 AM — filed under: cap and trade, climate, greenhouse gas emissions, business, climate change, legislation, global warming, global economy, policy, politics, carbon dioxide emissions — Relevance: 1%
Companies Calling for Carbon Caps: And Then There Were 26: Amid a growing debate between a carbon tax and cap and trade and reports of congressional rifts between so-called brown states and green states, one unlikely ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 12:10 PM — filed under: cap and trade, U.S. Congress, greenhouse gas emissions, business, USCAP, carbon tax, legislation, global warming, United States Climate Action Partnership, climate change, corporations, Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act — Relevance: 1%
Are We Dining on a Carbon Sink?: Worldwide, a whopping 27 percent of the globe's ice-free land is under cultivation. That’s 13 million square miles. Have you ever thought what might happen if ... by erica — last modified Oct 28, 2009 09:23 AM — filed under: cap and trade, atmosphere, carbon sink, farmers, David Holmgren, climate change, Bill Mollison, global warming, permaculture, biosphere, perennial crops, no-till farming, carbon, carbon dioxide emissions, agriculture, William Ruddiman — Relevance: 1%
Carbon Markets and Environmentalism: Is Market-Based the New Dirty Word(s)?: In the 1970s, markets and environmentalists were like oil and water. But by the 1990s market-based solutions had proved effective in combating acid rain. Now ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 01:23 PM — filed under: cap and trade, business, climate change, greenhouse gases, global warming, carbon dioxide emissions, markets — Relevance: 1%
Is the Conservative-Friendly Carbon Tax a Regressive Flat Tax In Disguise?: What’s wrong with this picture? Conservatives, such as the members of Wall Street Journal's editorial board, are talking up a carbon tax instead of a ... by erica — last modified Aug 27, 2009 09:40 AM — filed under: cap and trade, economics, Ralph Nader, progressive tax, climate change, carbon tax, New York Times, tax, flat tax, Climate Security Act, global warming, Wall Street Journal, Bob Inglis, acid rain program, Arthur Laffer, economy — Relevance: 1%
Start Counting the Votes for a Climate Bill: The signals from the Obama administration are that a cap-and-trade bill on climate is on the way, but is Congress ready? by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 11:54 AM — filed under: cap and trade, legislation, Massachusetts v. EPA, New York Times, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, China, Environmental Protection Agency, climate change, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Carol Browner — Relevance: 1%
Cap and Trade Under Attack - Say It Ain’t So, Mr. Nader: Last week featured strange bedfellows and strange enemies: Ralph Nader teaming up with the Wall Street Journal, on the one hand, environmental ... by erica — last modified Sep 03, 2009 10:41 AM — filed under: cap and trade, Ralph Nader, climate change, China, Wall Street Journal, carbon dioxide emissions — Relevance: 1%
Obama: The Environmental President?: It's official: there's a new U.S. president. Will Barack Obama be able to advance an environmental agenda? If so, he will have distinguished himself from ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 12:13 PM — filed under: cap and trade, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Fish & Wildlife Service, Diane Feinstein, water pollution, Theodore Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Clean Air Act (1990), air quality, legislation, Clean Water Act, National Park Service, Kyoto Protocol, Clean Air Act, Abraham Lincoln, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, oceans, global warming, Barack Obama, Endangered Species Act, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, air pollution, Woodrow Wilson, Montreal Protocol, George W. Bush, Environmental Protection Agency, Yosemite — Relevance: 1%
Renewable Energy: A Growth Industry in a Contracting Economy?: Could the red roiling in the financial world stall the march to green, renewable energy? So argues an <a ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 12:45 PM — filed under: cap and trade, renewable energy, pollution, economy — Relevance: 1%
McCain and Obama on Environmental Issues: Did you know that both presidential candidates have now weighed in on some of the key scientific issues facing our country today, including global warming? ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 01:51 PM — filed under: cap and trade, grok video, climate change, multimedia, global warming, solutions, science, politics — Relevance: 1%
Upstream, Downstream, or Midstream – Where to Place the Cap?: Implementing a cap-and-trade system to rein in greenhouse gas pollution will be complicated. Where the cap is “placed” will go a long way to determining how ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 11:50 AM — filed under: cap and trade, greenhouse gas emissions, downstream, climate change, global warming, upstream, policy, carbon dioxide emissions, economy — Relevance: 1%
WSJ Climate Naysayer Has New Culprit: Big Business: News flash from the op-ed pages of the Wall Street Journal: we must stop climate change legislation. Why? Because big business wants to make money. by erica — last modified May 28, 2009 09:00 AM — filed under: cap and trade, greenhouse gas emissions, Bjorn Lomborg, business, climate change, carbon tax, economics, global warming, global economy, Wall Street Journal, acid rain program, economy — Relevance: 1%
U.S. Climate Bill Part of Solution but Not the Whole Solution: The climate deniers have a new argument: don’t pass climate legislation because it doesn’t cut emissions enough. by erica — last modified Jun 15, 2009 03:13 PM — filed under: cap and trade, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, global warming, Waxman-Markey climate bill, China, temperatures, climate disruption, carbon dioxide emissions — Relevance: 1%
Cap and Trade Part 2: Walking the International Tightrope: Suppose the United States adopts a cap on greenhouse gas emissions and China does not? What then? by erica — last modified Jul 10, 2009 10:16 AM — filed under: cap and trade, U.S. Congress, Paul Krugman, greenhouse gas emissions, Thomas Friedman, economics, legislation, global warming, United States, Waxman-Markey climate bill, global economy, China, climate change, policy, politics, carbon dioxide emissions, economy — Relevance: 1%
On the Climate Bill Fence: What Sen. Alexander Is Thinking: For the second installment of our series on what senators on the fence are thinking about cap and trade, we turn to the senior senator from Tennessee: Lamar ... by erica — last modified Sep 17, 2009 02:31 PM — filed under: cap and trade, U.S. Congress, Lamar Alexander, climate change, legislation, climate bill fence, global warming, Waxman-Markey climate bill, policy, politics — Relevance: 1%
On the Climate Bill Fence: What Sen. McCain Is Thinking: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) had been like the Lone Ranger in the Senate working with his Tonto, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) to push for climate legislation. ... by erica — last modified Sep 17, 2009 02:33 PM — filed under: cap and trade, U.S. Congress, greenhouse gas emissions, legislation, Climate Stewardship Act, climate bill fence, global warming, John McCain, American Clean Energy and Security Act, politics, Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act, Joe Lieberman — Relevance: 1%
Climate Legislation: Countdown to the House Showdown: Two recent polls show that a large majority of Americans want the U.S. to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. On Friday the House delivered. Read the updated ... by erica — last modified Oct 02, 2009 09:59 AM — filed under: cap and trade, climate change, economics, legislation, global warming, Waxman-Markey climate bill, American Clean Energy and Security Act, policy, politics, carbon dioxide emissions — Relevance: 1%
The Nation’s Energy Expert Speaks Out on Climate ... Not: Quiz: What soon-to-be-ex-governor of a very northern state could write an op-ed about climate legislation without once mentioning the word “climate”? by erica — last modified Jul 15, 2009 01:46 PM — filed under: cap and trade, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, economics, Sarah Palin, Alaska, global warming, infrastructure, carbon dioxide emissions, permafrost, economy — Relevance: 1%

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