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The ‘Party Of No’ Becomes The ‘Party Of Slow’

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:01:10 +0000

Our guest bloggers are Daniel J. Weiss , a Senior Fellow and the Director of Climate Strategy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, and energy team interns Jaren Love and Michael McGovern. Senate Republicans are demanding lengthy economic analyses of progressive clean energy ...

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Democrats advance contentious climate bill

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:10:56 +0000

Despite a Republican boycott, Senate Democrats pushed a climate bill through a key committee but the panel chairman said she's willing to amend it to attract Republicans.

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Climate Bill Makes It Out Of Committee--Er, Sort Of

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:46:23 +0000

Okay, that was anti-climactic. Earlier this morning, the Environment and Public Works Committee voted 11-1 to approve a cap-and-trade bill and report it out to the Senate floor. Since Republicans were still boycotting the mark-up, Democrats decided not to go through the usual amendment ...

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Senate Panel Approves Climate Change Bill Despite GOP Boycott

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:17:00 +0000

In a rare move, Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday approved a sweeping climate change bill without any Republicans present. Republicans had boycotted the committee's work on the bill, insisting on a cost analysis of the proposal by the EPA. The bill ...

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It's Official: No Climate Bill This Year

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:46:23 +0000

It's official: climate legislation has zero chance of passing before the big summit in Copenhagen this December. Many observers have assumed this for a while, though some (myself included) were hanging on to a shred of hope that senators could produce something in time for the meeting. But on ...

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Senate panel approves climate change bill despite GOP boycott

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:50:16 +0000

Washington (CNN) - A Senate committee Thursday approved a major climate change bill despite a boycott by all of the panel's seven Republican members. Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 10-1 to send the measure to the full chamber. Because of the Republican boycott of the committee hearing that began Tuesday, the panel was unable to amend the bill. Committee rules require at least two minority party members to be present to conduct regular business, including ...

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Inhofe accuses Boxer of breaking committee rules in passing climate bill

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:30:09 +0000

The Senate Enviromental and Public Works Comittee's ranking member on Thursday accused chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) of breaking the panel's rules by passing climate change legislation this morning. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today on Fox News said that committee rules dictate that at ...

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Economic Analyses | Climate Change - Climate Economics | U.S. EPA

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:26:22 +0000

Download the cover letter to Senator Lieberman from EPA Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Robert J. Meyers: Cover Letter (PDF) (4 pp, 224 KB, About PDF ) Download the cover letter to Senator Warner from EPA Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Robert J. Meyers: Cover Letter (PDF) (4 ...

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Republicans walk out of Senate hearing on climate-change bill

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:13:00 +0000

GOP senators demand a full EPA analysis of the measure, which could take five weeks. Democrats say the EPA's partial study is sufficient. > Republicans today boycotted the start of a Senate hearing on climate-change legislation.

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Republicans Bail on Climate Markup

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:31:41 +0000

As promised, the Republican members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee boycott ed the markup of the climate bill this morning. Nearly all of the Democrats on the panel showed up, but of the Republicans only Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) made an appearance. He reiterated ...

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Republicans Boycott Climate Markup; Boxer Moves Ahead Anyway

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:49:25 +0000

Okay, here's the latest on the ongoing mini-drama over the Senate climate bill. Earlier this morning, the EPW committee met to begin marking up the bill, and Republicans went through with their earlier threat to boycott the session—only George Voinovich showed up, briefly. Voinovich asked ...

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EPA putting the brakes on coal

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:34:04 +0000

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US stalls climate debate despite plea by Merkel

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:40:21 +0000

• Senate delay means no bill likely before Copenhagen • German leader makes historic Congress address International negotiators lost one of the key elements to a successful deal on global warming today after Democratic leaders in the US Congress ruled out passing a climate change law before ...

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POLITICAL INTERFERENCE? Senior House Democrat questions role of White House in EPA chemical testing…

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:10:30 +0000

POLITICAL INTERFERENCE? Senior House Democrat questions role of White House in EPA chemical testing. “A senior House Democrat has voiced concerns that the White House is interfering in tests of potentially harmful commercial chemicals. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) has flagged an Office ...

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.: U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works :: Majority Page :.

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:57:10 +0000

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today released the text of the Chairman's Mark of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S. 1733). Senator Boxer said, "We've reached another milestone as we move to a ...

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Washington Times

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:44:46 +0000

Amanda Carpenter War on coal While campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama said his cap-and-trade tax plans would "bankrupt" anyone building a coal-fired power plant. Although those taxes haven't materialized, the Environmental Protection Agency has put the brakes on ...

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