Climate Bill Rope-A-Dope, Part Infinity: Joe Manchin Caves (Or Does He?)
The on-again, off-again climate bill is back, now that West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin is on board, for now.
Climate Bill
Why The Climate Bill Failed (Op-Ed With Some Strong Evidence)
The post below by Dr Joe Romm is, as you will see, a response to a 142-page “report” (i.e. opinion piece) on “why the climate bill failed” (despite broad public and corporate support). Romm has written about this topic extensively, but I think this is his best piece on the … [continued]
Top 10 Clean Tech Stories of 2010
I know, I’m one of the few people who actually waited until the beginning of 2011 to do a 2010 top 10 list. Hope that you haven’t seen enough of them by now. A top 10 list of clean tech stories is pretty hard to come up with these days, … [continued]
Cancun! Wait! Democrats Get a Climate and Clean Energy Bill! (in Return for Baubles for…
The world has been dismayed by the inability of the US to pass climate legislation. At Cancun, negotiators have given up on us. But – not so fast! It now looks likely that the 111th congress will pass a renewable energy bill in the lame duck session, as promised. A … [continued]
Why It Might Actually be Good for the Planet that the US is For Sale
The year 2010 provides lessons from two policy fights that climate hawks can learn from, and apply in the next battle. And fortunately for us, the news is encouraging for three reasons. 1. Money made the difference. 2. With Citizens United, the US democracy is now for sale. And 3. … [continued]
Cleantech Worldwide Breathes Sigh of Relief as California Saves Climate Legislation
In the largest public referendum in history on climate and clean energy policy, US voters in the eighth largest economy in the world voted to keep going forward on clean energy, and soundly repudiated the arguments of the fossil energy industry. No on Prop 23 voters spanned the full spectrum … [continued]
China Even Beats US to Cap and Trade, Due to Republican Opposition to Climate Legislation
The same day that the US Senate gave up on cap and trade climate legislation that would make polluters pay for the switch to clean energy, because not even one Republican will vote for it, news comes that China has just beaten us to implementing their own cap and trade … [continued]
Google Eaarth Shows Our Hellish 4C Future if Republicans Filibuster 2010 Climate Bill
If the Republican party does succeed in filibustering landmark climate legislation that Majority Leader Senator Reid brings to a vote this month, we will end the world as we have known it. This Earth will become what Bill McKibben calls Eaarth, a unknown new planet, with temperature and other changes … [continued]
Majority of Americans Now Against Off-Shore Drilling
According to a just released poll by Rasmussen published at Enviroknow, it appears that Republican voters have now moved left, tipping the nation’s majority against off-shore oil drilling. Pre-disaster, only 31% of Republicans were concerned or somewhat concerned, so along with the 70% of Democrats who were concerned it was … [continued]
Obama Tells Senators to Use Cap and Trade to Make Polluters Pay Carbon Cost
Today, President Obama told twenty three senators who met at the White House to discuss proposed climate legislation, to use the funds of polluters, not taxpayers, in order to fund the replacement of existing fossil energy with new climate-safe energy. Senators coming out of the meeting say that President Obama … [continued]
