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grist.org - 10/12/2009

Seven reasons for optimism about the Senate climate bill

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hope. Conventional wisdom says that the Kerry-Boxer clean energy bill faces a long uphill slog against unlikely odds. Many Senators, especially those in the “center,” think it’s unpopular. They think it will raise prices during a recession. They think it will unfairly hurt their states. They see ...

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tnr.com - 10/8/2009

Graham And McCain Open To A Deal On The Climate Bill

— tnr.com — This is interesting. A small band of Senate Republicans are now suggesting they could, potentially, endorse the... Kerry-Boxer climate bill but only if it includes sufficient support for nuclear power and offshore oil drilling. Here's Lindsey Graham: "A ... (more) Graham And McCain Open To A Deal On The Climate Bill

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politico.com - 10/14/2009

Boxer: Climate bill ready

— politico.com — A major Senate climate change bill is written and ready to be debated, says Sen. Boxer (D-Calif.).... (more) Boxer: Climate bill ready

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Is A Bipartisan Climate Bill Possible?
The New Republic blogs — ... legislation. That's big news. Maybe not a "game-changer," as some greens have been crowning it, but big news all the same. A cap-and-trade bill likely can't survive the Senate without some Republican support, and while Graham isn't exactly co-sponsoring the Kerry-Boxer proposal just yet, he's at least naming his price (namely: more support for nukes, offshore drilling, carbon tariffs). That sets up a different dynamic than outright, arms-crossed, GOP recalcitrance. As Dave Roberts explains , there are probably four or five Republicans in play right now: [image] Snowe and ...

links for 2009-10-13
Grasping Reality with a Ten-Foot-Long Flexible Trunk — ... Two Chapters from the Best Book of Literary Criticism Ever Erich Auerbach: David Roberts: Seven reasons for optimism about the Senate climate bill | Grist ...

Morning No: No Perpetual Motion
Open Left - Front Page — ... , courtesy of the nice folks at 1Sky. I'm already superficially happier with it than the Lieberman-Warner bill, go figure, but there are reasons for optimism. I'm (not alone in being) very cheered to see that the ...

Can Offshore Drilling Save the Climate Bill?
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... in this Sunday's New York Times by Sens. John Kerry and Lindsay Graham has given hope to some very smart climate-policy watchers that a substantive climate bill may indeed pass the Senate this year. ...

Reasons for Hope on Cap-and-Trade?
Ezra Klein — ... I'm pretty pessimistic on the chances for cap-and-trade to pass the Senate anytime soon, but David Roberts offers seven arguments for optimism, and they're more convincing than I'd have originally thought. The first one is the biggest one: the steadfast presence of Senate Republicans might make this possible. But if they abandon the plan, it's likely dead. Which leaves us with an interesting unknown: How many Senate Republicans are privately convinced of the dangers posed by global warming? ...

Wednesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... want to see reform watered down. * David Roberts: Seven reasons for optimism about the Senate climate bill. * RNC Chairman Michael Steele ...

links for 2009-10-15
Grasping Reality with a Ten-Foot-Long Flexible Trunk — ... Matthew Yglesias: Health Care Experts Release Statement on Misleading AHIP Report David Roberts: Seven reasons for optimism about the Senate climate bill John Maynard Keynes, ...

Climate Change Reform Will Be Tougher than Health Care
The Atlantic Politics Channel — ... David Roberts from Grist disagrees and offers seven reasons why liberals should be optimistic about climate change reform. His first four are: Demonstrated Republican support, momentum from health care's passage, public support and international pressure for a bill. The first two seem right. The last two seem wrong. ...