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- Murkowski Resolution Defeated
- June 11, 2010
By Bill Polits
Senator Lisa Murkowski's (R-Alaska) resolution to stop the EPA from imposing penalties on large emitters of greenhouse gases was defeated yesterday in the Senate, 47 - 53.
The resolution enjoyed the support of all Republican senators and 6 Democratic senators. ...
Continue- Senate Vote to Curb EPA on Carbon
- June 09, 2010
By Bill Polits
On Thursday the US Senate will vote on a bill put forth by Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to quash the authority of the US Environmental Protection Agency to limit greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act -
Continue- HFC Reductions Intact: Climate Bill Rollout on Wednesday
- May 11, 2010
By Bill Polits
It has been announced that the current version of the Senate Climate and Energy bill will be unveiled tomorrow.
It is predicted that the bill will contain sections similar to earlier versions of congressional legislation which would reduce production allowances ...
Continue- Climate Bill on Hold Pending Immigration Reform
- April 26, 2010
By Bill Polits
The Kerry-Graham-Lieberman Senate climate bill is on hold for the time being and faces an uncertain future.
As the Democratic leadership in both the House and the Senate re-hash their legislative priorities concerning immigration reform and banking overhaul, to ...
Continue- New Climate Bill to be Unveiled April 26
- April 16, 2010
By Bill Polits
As widely reported in the media today, the Senate's Kerry-Graham-Liebermann climate bill will be brought forward on Monday, April 26, a few days later than previously planned.
Continue- Climate Bill: HFC's are On the Table
- April 15, 2010
By Bill Polits
With the health care bill off the legislative agenda, the US Senate will be turning its attention back to the Climate and Energy legislation. Late last year, the Kerry-Boxer bill (S. 1733) was introduced, but got tabl ...
Continue- Chances Low for Climate Law
- January 29, 2010
By Bill Polits
Since the middle of last week, bad news continues to pour in for the backers of climate legislation.
The election of Republican Scott Brown to replace ...
Continue- Copenhagen Hampers Climate Bill
- December 24, 2009
By Bill Polits
You had to be sitting under a rock the past two weeks not to know that the UNFCCC’s Copenhagen conference was an embarrassing failure for everyone concerned with climate change and the regulation of greenhouse gases world-wide – so ...
Continue- No Climate Bill in 2009
- November 13, 2009
By Bill Polits
Despite the unusual push by Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works chairman Barbara Boxer to push the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S. 1733) out of committee against a Republican boycott of the proceedings, the word on the street is that the climate bill wil ...
Continue- Congress May Give HFCs a Pass
- October 27, 2009
By Bill Polits
The “Chairman’s Mark” of S. 1733, the senate’s climate and energy bill, entitled the “Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act” was published on Friday, Oct. 23, and is the most recent version of this bill. The Senate Committee on Environment and P ...
Continue- Companies Resign from US Chamber over Climate Stance
- October 12, 2009
By Bill Polits
On October 5th, Apple became the latest in a string of large firms to withdraw from the United States Chamber of Commerce over the Chamber’s stance on climate policy. Since late September, three large utilities – Pacific Gas & Electric, PNM Resources and Excelon have resi ...
Continue- EPA Rules to Regulate Carbon
- October 07, 2009
By Bill Polits
Last week the Obama administration announced that it is moving forward to allow the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate the greenhouse gas emissions of the country’s largest ...
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