Climate change bill likely D.O.A.
As predicted in an earlier post, the Senate is slated to take up S. 3036, America's Climate Security Act, this week. The Senate will vote this evening on a cloture motion to close debate and proceed to a vote on the measure; the bill's supporters are confident they have the 60 votes needed to pass the motion.(The bill number is different -- it started life as S. 2191 -- and the main sponsor is now Barbara Boxer, chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, although it is named for the original drafters, Sens. Joe Lieberman and John Warner.)
S. 3036 enjoys widespread support - from General Electric and PG&E to the Teamsters to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to the Environmental Defense Action Fund and the Nature Conservancy.
But it appears that the bill is already a lame duck. And for reasons that make me want to ask, "Is anyone at the White House familiar with the word 'irony'?"
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Last week, the International Center for Technology Assessment and a coalition of environmental and public health groups, including the the Center for Food Safety, Greenpeace, and Consumers Union, filed a
The House and Senate are just about finished with
A silent tsunami which knows no borders sweeping the world.
America's Climate Security Act (S. 2191)
So, it appears that Sen. McCain isn't alone in
Presidential candidate John McCain is calling for a Memorial Day-to-Labor Day moratorium on collecting the 18.4 cent-a-gallon federal gasoline tax and 24.4 cent-a-gallon federal diesel tax.
Last week, Richard Cabrera, a geological engineer, recommended that Chevron pay $8-16 billion in damages if it loses a lawsuit brought by indigenous groups.
As food prices continue to rise -- especially for corn given the mandate in the 2005 energy bill to produce more ethanol – fewer farmers are letting their land lay fallow and accepting payments for not planting.
This coming week, the House of Representatives will take up
On April 4, Harry Reid introduced a 












