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Latest Draft of Senate Climate Bill: What's Good and What Needs Work

October 27, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
bioenergy, biomass, copenhagen, copenhagencountdown, energyandclimate2009, energyefficiency, globalwarming, kerry-boxer

Last Friday, Senators Kerry and Boxer released a more detailed draft of the clean energy and climate legislation they introduced last month. This new version brings welcome clarity and offers an excellent starting point for Senate Environment and Public Works...continued

Let's Not Go Backwards on Biofuels: Fixing the Climate Bill's Biofuels Provisions

July 7, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

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ACES, agriculture, agriculturedepartment, biofuels, biomass, cleanenergy, forests, globalwarming, renewablefuelstandard, simplesteps

I welcomed the passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act last month. It is a good bill that gets us going down the road toward clean energy and climate solutions. But passing the bill in the House required...continued