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cap and trade stories: 37 news summaries

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 Dems Use Nukes to 
 Lure GOP to Climate Bill 

Plants, drilling offered as sweetener for cap-and-trade

Nov 2, 09 9:28 AM CST
(Newser) - The climate change bill up for Senate committee debate tomorrow doesn't stand a chance unless its Democratic backers can sweet talk some of their GOP colleagues, the Washington Post reports. The legislation focuses on a cap-and-trade system where companies could buy and sell emissions permits as needed. But Republican support... More »

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climate change • environment • Democrats • nuclear power • cap and trade • Senate • Lindsey Graham • emissions standards • Lisa Murkowski • Republicans

ANALYSIS

 Fewer Americans 
 Believe in Global Warming 

Those seeing evidence of it dropped from 71%-57% in 18 months

Oct 22, 09 8:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The percentage of Americans who think there’s serious evidence of global warming has dropped precipitously in the past 18 months—from 71% to 57%, the Pew Research Center finds. Numbers were down across the political spectrum—Democrat, independent, Republican—but the drop was most pronounced among independents, to 53%... More »

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climate change • global warming • cap and trade • science • Pew Center • opinion polls

Obama Tries to Hobble Chamber of Commerce

Conservative business group now 'radioactive' in Washington

Oct 19, 09 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is deliberately freezing out a US Chamber of Commerce seemingly chilly to its entire agenda. White House officials have pointedly ignored the Chamber, speaking instead directly with the CEOs of its member companies. “We prefer the approach where the actual people who are on the front... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • cap and trade • lobbyists • Obama administration • US Chamber of Commerce

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

OPINION

 Krugman: Get Ready 
 for Climate Lies 

Curbing emissions won't actually cost much

Sep 25, 09 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you liked the health care debate, you’re going to love the upcoming battle over climate change, says Paul Krugman. The House has already passed a decent bill, but the Senate battle will bring out “the usual suspects.” Some will keep insisting that global warming isn’t... More »

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climate change • cap and trade • Paul Krugman • Waxman-Markey

Climate Groups Look to Avoid Health Care Repeat

But administration reluctant to push climate legislation this year

Sep 21, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Environmental groups are struggling to convince Democrats that the fight for cap-and-trade legislation won’t be as damaging as the one over health care, and to keep them from punting on the issue, Politico reports. Climate supporters say they have a grass-roots network in place that health care reformers didn’... More »

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climate change • health care • environment • cap and trade • environmentalists

Industry Ponies Up for Climate Change Fight

Environmentalists appear ill-prepared as issue heads to Senate

Aug 31, 09 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the oil and coal lobbies came to Athens, Ohio, they held rallies full of screaming supporters, sponsored free lunches and free concerts, and gave away T-shirts praising coal power. When the environmentalists came to Athens, they held a sedate panel discussion and handed out stickers. Environmentalists seem ill-equipped for... More »

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climate change • cap and trade • lobbyists • lobbying blitz • energy bill

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John Kerry: Palin Misses Point on Cap and Trade


Jul 14, 09 8:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Kerry takes Sarah Palin to task for missing the big picture in her essay today against President Obama's cap-and-trade proposal. Palin, he writes in the Huffington Post, manages to criticize legislation to curb climate change without acknowledging the dangers of climate change itself. "It's like complaining about the... More »

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climate change • Alaska • John Kerry • global warming • cap and trade • governor • senator • Sarah Palin

(Newser) - President Obama's cap-and-trade energy plan is actually a "cap-and-tax" plan that is an "enormous threat to our economy," Sarah Palin writes in the Washington Post. In an op-ed piece she predicts will disappoint "the chattering class," who prefer "personality-driven political gossip," she says... More »

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energy • Alaska • cap and trade • energy dependence • energy bill • Sarah Palin • energy policy • offshore drilling

(Newser) - The recession has been good to Goldman Sachs: The world’s most powerful investment bank snatched $10 billion in TARP funds, reclaimed $13 billion from AIG, watched archrival Lehman Brothers disintegrate, and found alumni spearheading Washington’s economic rescue effort. But this isn’t new, Matt Taibbi writes in a... More »

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Barack Obama • cap and trade • Goldman Sachs • Henry Paulson • AIG • TARP

OPINION

 The Climate Change 
 Bill Is Awful—Now Pass It 




'Pathetic' Waxman-Markey at least puts a price on carbon: Friedman

Jul 1, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Waxman-Markey is a "pathetic" and "appalling" bill that totally fails to respond to the urgency of climate change—and it should be passed by the Senate and signed into law straight away, writes Thomas Friedman. For the New York Times columnist, the flawed legislation has one great... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • Congress • environment • global warming • cap and trade • carbon trading • carbon • Thomas Friedman • House Republicans • Waxman-Markey

OPINION

Dems Put Pragmatism Before Policy

Desperate to pass
bills, Congress quick to forgo ideals: Brooks

Jun 30, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democrats learned lasting lessons from the Clinton health care battle: Let Congress, not the White House, write the bills; don’t try to fight the corporations; and avoid failure at all costs. As a consequence, writes David Brooks in the New York Times. the party has taken a “... More »

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health care • Congress • Democrats • cap and trade • White House • health care reform • Vince Lombardi • David Brooks • bill • Obama administration

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

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

 Gore Throws 
 Weight Behind 
 Climate Bill 

Former VP dials Congressional Dems to rally support

May 21, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - With controversial cap-and-trade climate legislation now in committee, former vice president Al Gore has mobilized his lobbying organization and grass-roots movement behind the bill, even calling some wavering Democrats personally, Politico reports. While some groups feel the measure is too soft on polluting industries, the Nobel Prize winner supports its... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • cap and trade • Nobel Prize • carbon taxes • carbon emissions

ANALYSIS

Climate Change May Usher GOP Into Ice Age

Republican Party ignores young voters' top concern—at its peril

May 8, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - By steadfastly opposing action on climate change, the GOP is signing its own death warrant, writes David S. Bernstein in the Boston Phoenix. The so-called “Millennial” generation—those born in 1980-2000—is 100 million strong, and doesn’t share Republicans' blasé attitude toward the environment. Says a Harvard analyst,... More »

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climate change • cap and trade • Republican Party • millennials

OPINION

Cap-and-Trade Could Help —Not Hurt—the Economy

Fighting climate change can be profitable: Krugman

May 1, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Now that Washington finally has the political will to combat climate change, opponents of environmentalism are pushing a new line: limiting emissions would do further damage to a battered economy. For Paul Krugman, those claims are "junk economics" to go with climate change deniers' "junk science." A... More »

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climate change • environment • cap and trade • economics • investment • green business • carbon emissions

(Newser) - By issuing its long-awaited “endangerment finding” on carbon yesterday, the EPA is essentially putting a gun to Congress’ head, writes Bryan Walsh in Time. Capitol Hill is loathe to regulate carbon emissions, with Republicans and coal-state Democrats worried about the economic fallout. But by ruling that carbon is... More »

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climate change • energy • Congress • cap and trade • Environmental Protection Agency • carbon emissions • EPA

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