Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
Minority members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) followed through on their threat to boycott the scheduled markup of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S.1733) today, demanding more analysis of the bill before they...continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
Last week President Obama galvanized the debate about how to ensure an economic recovery with clean energy investments by calling on this Congress to deliver global warming legislation for him to sign. The administration followed this up by releasing a...continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
I can't remember a week that heralded so much progress.On Monday, Kevin Rudd, Australia's new prime minister ratified the Kyoto protocol, leaving the United States as the only industrial power outside the agreement.Monday night Peter Petrelli destroyed the Shanti virus,...continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
Representative John Dingell posted his carbon tax proposal today and is asking for public comment. He was interviewed about it by Newsweek. In a previous post I talked about why I think a discussion of carbon taxes is a distraction...continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
Someone has asked about carbon taxes at every public forum on global warming policy that I have participated in recently. This idea has been around for a long time, but has been largely dormant in policy circles since 1993, after...continued→
