energycommerce.house.gov - 3/31/2009
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House Dems Unveil Climate Plan: Carbon Cuts, National RPS and More $$$
Earth2Tech —
Clean energy, cap-and-trade, energy efficiency and green jobs — those are the four policy areas that the House Energy and Commerce Committee aims to work on in the coming months with a new bill unveiled today in draft form. Committee chairman Henry Waxman and Edward Markey, who chairs the Energy and Environment Subcommittee, crafted the bill, dubbing it the ...
Offsetting everything
Common Tragedies —
Hey, did you know that this week is International Offset Week? Oh you didn’t? Well, that’s probably because it’s not, but with all the posts about it here on CT the past couple days it might as well be. In my world, it’s been 648 pages of climate legislation week. One of the big issues I’ve mentioned in previous posts was how the ...
I drink your MILKSHAKE
Common Tragedies —
Reading this article I couldn’t help but think of Daniel Day-Lewis’ outstanding performance as the oil tycoon Daniel Plainview in There Will be Blood. There’s this liquid substance under your property, and we’re going to pay you just for the right to drill and take it out for you. You won’t even have to lift a finger! ...
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