Energy

Cap-and-Trade a Risk Worth Taking - E.J. Dionne, The New Republic

Hours before the House passed its cap-and-trade bill last week, freshman Democrats Tom Perriello and Frank Kratovil were pondering the political fallout of the votes they were abou...

Fuel Standards Are Killing GM - Alan Reynolds, Wall Street Journal

General Motors can survive bankruptcy far more easily than it can survive President Barack Obama's ambitious fuel economy standards, which mandate that all new new vehicles average...

Just Pass the Climate Bill - Thomas Friedman, New York Times

There is much in the House cap-and-trade energy bill that just passed that I absolutely hate. It is too weak in key areas and way too complicated in others. A simple, straightforwa...

Global Warming Debate Isn't Close to Settled - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe

IN HIS WEEKLY address on Saturday, President Obama saluted the House of Representatives for passing Waxman-Markey, the gargantuan energy-rationing bill that would amount to the lar...

Facts. Costs. Consequences. Who Cares? - David Harsanyi, Denver Post

Facts. Costs. Consequences.Who cares?We're in the middle of pretending to save the planet, baby.If it's about helping "the environment," suspend reason and salvation is yours. As I...

Republicans Give Obama Cap and Trade Victory - Alex Kaplun, New York Times

In the wake of last week's landmark passage of the House climate bill, conservatives have focused their fury on the handful of Republicans who voted in favor of the sweeping legisl...

GOP: EPA hid global warming memo - Tom LoBianco, Washington Times

Republican lawmakers, coming off a loss Friday in their attempt to block passage of a massive climate bill, have seized on a global warming memo they say was suppressed by the Oba...

Driving a Better Bargain - Linda Stern, Newsweek

Please fill in the following information and we'll email this link.Separate multiple addresses with commasIt may end up being great for the environment. It will certainly make some...

Chaos Gives Speaker Pelosi a Major Victory - Patrick O'Connor, Politico

After lawmakers had devoured the last of the Kalua Pig at last Thursday night’s White House Luau, Nancy Pelosi summoned her team back to the Capitol — to ensure the cli...

Waxman-Markey Flunks Math - Rich Karlgaard, Forbes

A couple we know got a rude interruption on Saturday night. The two had settled into their seats at the AMC Cupertino Square 16 theater and were enjoying The Taking of Pelham 123, ...

Energizing the Senate Cap and Trade Bill - Lisa Lerer, Politico

As the fight over climate and energy legislation moves to the Senate, the political climate is heating up for New Mexico Democratic Sen. Jeff Bingaman. ...

Energy Department Announces New Light Standards - Steven Mufson, Washington Post

The Energy Department issued new standards for lighting that would save large amounts of energy by boosting the efficiency of fluorescent tubes common in office buildings and refl...

Pelosi Used Personal Touch To Win Climate Vote - Alan Ota, CQ Politics

Speaker Nancy Pelosi mastered the art of conserving her political capital in the run-up to the last election by avoiding difficult votes and protecting vulnerable members.The Hou...

Obama Considers Middle Class Tax Hike for Cap and Trade - Peter Roff, US News & World Report

By Peter Roff, Thomas Jefferson Street blogAs his opponents predicted during the 2008 election, President Barack Obama's plans for America will be paid for by higher taxes on the A...

Cap and Trade Will Have Unexpected Costs - Mark Vargus, Examiner.com

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Climate Bill Faces Long Odds in Senate - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics

Despite the narrow victory, the distribution of the House vote actually suggests that the climate bill will have a tough road ahead in the Senate, as the following analysis will sh...

Betraying the Planet - Paul Krugman, New York Times

So the House passed the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill. In political terms, it was a remarkable achievement. Paul Krugman But 212 representatives voted no. A handful of these n...

Obama Agenda: Talking Energy - Mark Murray, MSNBC

The New York Times front-pages, “President Obama on Sunday praised the energy bill passed by the House late last week as an ‘extraordinary...

Climate Plan Faces Challenge - Bloomberg

U.S. House Democrats cheered when they won a vote to impose the nation’s first limits on greenhouse-gas emissions. Senate...

Obama Warns on Climate Bill Tariffs - Baltimore Sun

President Obama on Sunday called a House-passed energy bill "an extraordinary first step" toward halting global warming and...

A House Victory for Obama on Climate - Fresno Bee

Facing a rare defeat, President Barack Obama put a big dose of political capital on...

The Death to America Act - Wes Vernon, Renew America

Grassroots Americans need to use the Fourth of July congressional recess to contact their senators and urge...

Guests: David Axelrod; Mitt Romney, Lindsey Graham - Meet the Press

MR. GREGORY: Welcome back to MEET THE PRESS.MR. DAVID AXELROD: Great to be here.MR. GREGORY: An important victory for the president Friday night on the climate change bill, he ge...

What Does Climate Change Legislation Really Mean? - Bryan Walsh, Time

  With a razor-thin margin of just seven votes, the House of Representatives on Friday evening passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act — the first bill to...

Obama: Measure Will Transform Economy - Bloomberg

President Barack Obama said climate- change legislation passed by the U.S. House yesterday would help transform the...

Obama Urges Senators to Back Bill - Washington Post

President Obama called on senators to disregard what he called the "misinformation" offered by critics of his energy bill, which passed the...

GOP's Boehner Worries on Debt, Taxes - Los Angeles Times

Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a historic piece of legislation that will open the door to a clean-energy economy and a better future for America....

Cap and Trade Needs to be Dealt With NOW! - Examiner

That slimey ol Congress is trying to slip one by us at this very minute. The house has done a test vote on the cap and trade bill, and it passed!...

Global Warming Struggles Through Congress - Jay Newton-Small, Time

If Nancy Pelosi gets her way by the end of the week, the U.S. House of Representatives will have passed landmark global warming legislation. But you might not know it from the near...

This Cap-and-Trade is 2+2=5 - Newt Gingrich, DC Examiner

Climate Bill Vote Nears - New York Times

House Democratic leaders are working furiously to round up the votes on a major global warming and energy bill ahead of a roll call...

Markey: Obama Will Sign Climate Bill Before '10 - National Journal

Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, explored the prospects for domestic and international action on c...

Markey Feeling the Heat - Examiner

Rep. Betsy Markey is on the fence about a global warming bill, but she is gaining a better understanding of Washington heat. White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel met yesterday w...

Proposed Bill a Breath of Fresh Air - David Greising, Chicago Tribune

The climate bill, with its cap-and-trade component, that is to go to the House floor for a vote Friday is that rare piece of legislation that has both environmentalists and...

The Climate Change Climate Change - Kimberley Strassel, Wall St. Journal

Steve Fielding recently asked the Obama administration to reassure him on the science of man-made global warming. When the administration proved unhelpful, Mr. Fielding decided to ...

Tilting at Green Windmills - George Will, Washington Post

WASHINGTON -- The Spanish professor is puzzled. Why, Gabriel Calzada wonders, is the U.S. president recommending that America emulate the Spanish model for creating "green jobs" in...

Replace Cap & Trade with a Carbon Tax - Todd Darling, Los Angeles Times

George W. Bush fought global warming policy all the way to the Supreme Court. And he lost. Despite this judicial rebuke, he opposed climate-change legislation to the end. Now, with...

President Obama on the Cap-and-Trade Bill - Barack Obama

THE PRESIDENT: Hey, guys. Good afternoon. Right now, the House of Representatives is moving towards a vote of historic proportions on a piece of legislation that will open the door...

Minority Leader Boehner's Weekly Press Conference - John Boehner

BOEHNER: Good morning, everyone.QUESTION: Good morning. BOEHNER: All year long, Democrats have made -- here in Washington have made plenty of promises about putting Americans back ...

The Green Revolution(s) - Thomas Friedman, New York Times

There has been a lot of worthless chatter about what President Barack Obama should say about Iran’s incipient “Green Revolution.” Sorry, but Iranian reformers don’t need ou...

House Democrats Strike Deal on Climate Bill - Politico

  They still call it the Waxman-Markey climate-energy bill — but it’s Nancy’s bill now. By saying she would pass the massive — and massively controvers...

Farm Groups Prevail - New York Times

The Agriculture Department will have the lead role in overseeing agriculture offsets under the House climate bill, a major victory for farm groups that pushed lawmakers to take the...

But Will It Actually Work? - Miami Herald

How much will it cost the average American household to reduce the U.S. share of global warming pollution and shift to cleaner sources of energy produced at home?...

GOP Pushes Back Against Dem Energy Deal - Kyle Trygstad, RCP

Following an agreement last night with Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), House Democrats are poised this week to pass an energy and climate change bill...

The Big Chill - Pete Du Pont, Wall Street Journal

Two months ago this column offered an analysis of the Waxman-Markey global warming bill, its enormous cost and its practical impossibilities. Sometime in the next few weeks Congres...

The War Over Waxman-Markey - Josh Harkinson, Mother Jones

A long-awaited vote on the Waxman-Markey climate bill, expected this week or early next month, has environmentalists teetering at the edge of existential crisis. Some believe the b...

Obama to Push Healthcare, Energy Reform - Reuters

President Barack Obama will throw his weight behind legislative bids to reform healthcare and...

Cutting Energy is Target of Fed Funds to MI - Detroit News

Michigan will receive $32.8 million in federal grants to reduce energy consumption in homes and businesses, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced Monday....

Chu Announces $16M for Iowa - Chicago Tribune

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced Monday that Iowa will get $16 million for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, an amount that likely...

U.S. to Start Financing Efficient Car Design - New York Times

After months of uncertainty, the Energy Department is beginning to lend money from a $25 billion loan program to develop fuel-efficient...