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NEWS ABOUT: climate change legislation

climate change legislation stories: 18 news summaries
Thomas Friedman

Carbon-Tax Foes Must Think the End Is Nigh

How else to explain them being OK with the exploding population?

Nov 18, 09 8:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Opponents of cap-and-trade legislation must believe that a massive plague will wipe out 2.5 billion people sometime between now and 2050. Otherwise, their stance makes no sense, writes Thomas Friedman of the New York Times . Even if you don’t believe climate change is real—and Friedman does—... More »

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climate change • environment • cap and trade • Thomas Friedman • petrodollar • overpopulation • climate change legislation • carbon taxes • population growth

BACKSTAGE AT ASEAN

 Leaders Punt on 
 Copenhagen Deal 

Acknowledge gaps too far to bridge before climate change summit

Nov 15, 09 12:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Just 22 days ahead of Copenhagen, President Obama and other leaders have declared that a meaningful and binding international deal is unlikely to come out of the climate change conference. The move, as the New York Times reports, sets the bar much lower and effectively delays the most treacherous issues... More »

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climate change • Copenhagen • ASEAN • climate change legislation • President Obama • Copenhagen climate change conference

kate sheppard

 Let's Hope 
 Baucus Doesn't 
 'Gum Up' 
 Climate Bill 

He's already trying to water down

Oct 29, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that his committee is done with health care reform, Max Baucus has time to turn his attention to the climate bill. As a member of Barbara Boxer's environmental panel, "his ability to gum up the works is significant," writes Kate Sheppard . Essentially, he may do to the... More »

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Congress • Montana • Max Baucus • Barbara Boxer • climate change legislation • compromise • Senate Committee on Environment • Environment and Public Works • bipartisan

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Teabaggers Turn on Graham

GOP senator pilloried for op-ed with John Kerry on dangers of climate change

Oct 14, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Lindsey Graham drew the ire of teabaggers at a town hall yesterday for colluding with John Kerry on climate legislation. Angry protesters called the South Carolina Republican a “traitor” who made a “pact with the devil” by “going to bed” with the Massachusetts Dem in an... More »

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climate change • John Kerry • Lindsey Graham • town hall meeting • climate change legislation • carbon emissions • bipartisan • Tea Party • teabaggers

Big Business to 'Swarm' DC to Back Climate Bill

Bucking conventional wisdom, eBay, Gap, others push for action

Oct 5, 09 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than 150 business leaders plan to “swarm” Capitol Hill over the next two days in support of climate change legislation. Hailing from such disparate companies as eBay, the Gap, and PG&E, the executives say having a law in place would give them confidence in their long-term planning,... More »

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eBay • cap and trade • General Electric • Nike • United Technologies • climate change legislation • big business • Gap

Nike Ditches Chamber Board Over Climate Change

Says chamber hasn't represented 'diversity of views' of its members

Sep 30, 09 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nike is bolting from the US Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors over the business lobby's dogged opposition to climate change legislation, a stance it “fundamentally disagrees” with, and which fails to represent "the diversity of perspective held by the board of directors.” But the swoosh... More »

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climate change • cap and trade • environmentalism • Nike • climate change legislation • US Chamber of Commerce

Clinton Urges Progressives
to Solidify Power

But president, Congress need help cementing it

Aug 14, 09 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Political winds have shifted in America, says Bill Clinton: The country has “entered a new era of progressive politics which, if we do it right, could last 30 or 40 years,” the former president told liberal Internet activists at a convention in Pittsburgh. But first, he told Netroots... More »

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climate change • Congress • Bill Clinton • health care reform • Democratic Party • online activism • climate change legislation • progressive • Obama administration • Netroots Nation • President Obama

 Kerry Plans 
 'Hard Look 
 at Afghanistan' 

Foreign Relations Committee must ensure effort is 'Afghan, not American'

Jul 10, 09 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will “take a hard look at Afghanistan” in the coming months, John Kerry tells GlobalPost. The committee hasn’t yet publicly scrutinized the administration’s effort in the country, but “we are not going to abrogate our responsibility,” says the senator, who... More »

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Afghanistan • climate change • John Kerry • Senate • Massachusetts • Vietnam War • climate change legislation • Senate Foreign Relations Committee • Afghanistan war • US Senate

OPINION

 Climate Bill Doesn't 
 Go Far Enough 


Jun 27, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Waxman-Markey climate change bill isn’t as bad for business as its detractors claim, and “that’s the problem,” Bryan Walsh writes in Time. Because of concessions to coal and farm states that depend on the carbon economy, the bill is watered down and seeks to... More »

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Congress • cap and trade • carbon offsets • House of Representatives • climate change legislation • carbon emissions • Obama administration • Waxman-Markey • energy efficiency

(Newser) - The climate change bill barely squeaked through the House yesterday, and while that doesn't bode well for its passing the Senate, it's not necessarily doomed there, Nate Silver writes on FiveThirtyEight. One factor is the White House: Having been relatively mum on the House battle, President Obama “has conserved... More »

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House of Representatives • vote • climate change legislation • bipartisanship • US Senate • Obama administration • President Obama • political capital

 House Passes 
 Major Climate 
 Change Bill 

Dems OK legislation
by 7 votes after days
of intense talks

Jun 26, 09 6:30 PM CDT
(AP) - In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed sweeping legislation today calling for the nation's first-ever limits on pollution linked to global warming. The bill also aims to usher in a new era of cleaner, yet more costly energy. The vote was 219-212, capping months of... More »

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climate change • Congress • global warming • House Democrats • climate change legislation • bill

OPINION


 Greedy Farmers 
 Battle Climate Bill 
 That Benefits Them 

Demand government cash to take action

Jun 26, 09 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Farmers are among those facing the highest risk from global warming—storms, droughts and swarms of insect pests are coming their way—yet “true to form,” they’re not interested in backing a bill to fight it without reaping even more government cash, sputters Steven Pearlstein in the... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • cap and trade • farmer • farm • climate change legislation • regulations

(Newser) - The cap-and-trade climate legislation that could come up for a House vote tomorrow makes no economic sense and “is likely to be the biggest tax in American history,” write the editors of the Wall Street Journal. Democrats are defending the bill with an incomplete Congressional Budget Office estimate... More »

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Congress • cap and trade • Henry Waxman • House of Representatives • Congressional Budget Office • climate change legislation • Edward Markey • US gross domestic product

(Newser) - Top US officials secretly visited China late last year to negotiate a joint climate change agreement, the Guardian reports. Hosting the talks in a hotel in the Great Wall of China, China sought cooperation on carbon capture and storage, and other green technologies. "There are these two countries that... More »

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China • climate change • Bush administration • Barack Obama • United States • climate change legislation

Companies, to Their Lobbyist: Wait, We Care About Climate

Chamber of Commerce faces enviro dissent

May 5, 09 9:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cracks are appearing in big business’s monolithic opposition to federal moves to prevent climate change. Politico reports that major members of the Chamber of Commerce, including Nike and Johnson & Johnson, are complaining about the Chamber's resistance to measures like the cap-and-trade bill in Congress. A Nike spokeswoman says... More »

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climate change • Johnson and Johnson • Nike • climate change legislation • US Chamber of Commerce

 Bush Plan Cuts Growth of Greenhouse Gases by 2025

President outlines broad plan to shape debate in Congress

Apr 16, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush set 2025 as the target date by which the US should stop the growth of greenhouse emissions from coal power plants, the AP reports. The goal is for those plant emissions to peak in 10 to 15 years, then begin declining. Bush called for legislation to introduce incentives... More »

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climate change • Congress • greenhouse gases • cap and trade • green technology • climate change legislation • George W. Bush

 Bush to Unveil
 Greenhouse
 Gas Goals 

Ready with targets, no specifics, ahead of Paris talks

Apr 16, 08 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is expected to propose intermediate goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions today on the eve of climate change negotiations in Paris. The goals won't include proposed legislation or specifics on changes needed to reach the targets, reports the Washington Post. He will also reiterate his opposition to... More »

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China • climate change • greenhouse gases • India • global warming • White House • Environmental Protection Agency • Center for American Progress • climate change legislation • George W. Bush • carbon emissions • Electric Reliability Coordinating Council

EU Countries Critical of Climate Plan

Economic concerns could undermine Europe's green resolve

Jan 17, 08 2:16 PM CST
(Newser) - The European Commission is set to unveil broad new climate change legislation next week, but the measures have been criticized by member countries and trade organizations that fear adverse effects on European business. France is worried about effects on its nuclear industry, Der Spiegel reports; Germany and Spain have raised... More »

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greenhouse gases • European Union • renewable energy • emissions standards • European Commission • trade organizations • climate change legislation • carbon emissions

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