Will Dangerous Climate Change Be Mitigated In Copenhagen This December?
Even though the science concerning climate mitigation is clear, “political and ethical complexities remain as contested as ever,” and a December deal in Copenhagen “is not guaranteed,” a new report, “Tripping Points,” warns.
Jim Hansen Blames Waxman-Markey Climate Bill for US Failure to Get Necessary Emissions Targets at G-8 Summit
With a workable climate bill in his pocket, President Obama might have been able to begin building that global consensus in Italy, but it didn’t take long for the counterfeit climate bill known as Waxman-Markey to push back against President Obama’s agenda to achieve meaninful greenhouse gas targets
With so many ACES in the Waxman-Markey climate bill, have we been dealt a bad hand?
We need a strong, not just any, climate bill. We need to take what happened yesterday in the House and turn it into something that history will record as not so much the culmination of our many years of hard work but a breakthrough that opened the way for a flood of people power, a broad and deep clean energy revolution in the months and years ahead.
Our Planet, on Climate Life Support
Efforts are underway by a coalition of environmental, climate and other groups to mount an effort to build support for several strengthening amendments to this bill on the House floor. Groups involved are 1Sky, Environment America, Sierra Club, MoveOn, Green for All, ACORN, Oxfam, USAction, Health Care Without Harm, Democracia Ahora and Rock the Vote. This effort is certainly called for and should be supported.
An Analysis of the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill
On May 21st, following months of work, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACESA), a 932-page piece of climate legislation. There have been mixed reactions from environmental and climate groups, but most groups are in agreement that it needs to be strengthened going forward. For some groups the problems they see with the bill have led to their public withdrawal of support. These groups include Greenpeace USA, Public Citizen and Friends of the Earth. The Chesapeake Climate Action Network also does not support the bill in current form.
Watered-down US Climate Bill Will Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Only 4%
Climate pressure ‘building on US’ By Roger Harrabin Environment analyst, BBC News May 29, 2009 Climate negotiations are to begin in Bonn with pressure building for the US to deliver deeper emissions cuts. Delegates are dealing with the reality that although they are wrangling with the Obama administration, US Congress will help determine the final [...]
Obama Insists on Cap and Trade Legislation
Under pressure from the Obama administration, the House Energy and Commerce Committee has put forward its proposal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the US. The plan calls for the creation of a cap and trade market, as the mechanism to begin reduing the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions. But James Handley from the Carbon Tax Center believes that cap and trade is the wrong way to go in general.
Cap and Dividend Could Control Dangerous Climate Change
Cap and Dividend is the only fair way to transition off of fossil fuels is to auction all pollution permits and rebate most of the money to consumers
Waxman-Markey Bill Dooms Us to Dangerous Climate Change
The Waxman-Markey bill, calls for a Cap and Trade system, one seen as unreliable in countries in which it has been implemented. “The bottom line is that a reduction of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions of greater than 80%, as envisioned in the Waxman-Markey climate bill will only produce a global temperature “savings” during the next 50 years of about 0.05ºC.” Chip Knappenberger
Cut Carbon Dioxide With ‘Cap and Dividend’
The debate over carbon taxes v. Cap & Trade is wrongheaded: it treats global warming as an economic issueas such won’t solve the problem. There is a solution that does work— ‘Cap and Dividend’
