http://solveclimate.com/today/2009-12-31December 31, 2009
11 Northeast States Agree to Cut Tailpipe Emissions (The Hill)
The 10 RGGI states plus Pennsylvania signed a memorandum of understanding agreeing to develop a low-carbon fuel standard to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks despite objections from the oil industry.
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http://www.cnbc.com/id/32912635Corporate America Takes A Big Step In Managing Carbon Footprint
Monday, 5 Oct 2009
The best-managed companies are evaluating their carbon footprint,” says R. Paul Herman, founder and CEO of HIP Investor Inc., a Californian investment advisory firm that has created two sustainability indexes tracking the S&P 100 and S&P 500 constituent companies. “And they’re managing it lower to save energy and costs, reduce their future volatility of materials costs, mitigate potential environmental liabilities, and create new competitive advantages.”Getting a handle on these emissions, however, takes work.
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http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/08/17/daily35.html
Battelle-led group nixes plans for carbon-capture project
http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/08/17/daily35.html
Battelle-led group nixes plans for carbon-capture projectAugust 21, 2009
A federal partnership led by Battelle of Columbus has scrapped plans to use an ethanol plant near Dayton to test carbon emissions-cutting technology.
Battelle spokeswoman Katy Delaney confirmed Friday that the more than 30-organization Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership is no longer considering a plant near Greenville, about 100 miles west of Columbus, for a proposed $93 million project that involves capturing CO2 from its source and injecting it below ground. The process, a key development front for Battelle, cuts emissions by keeping some of the gas out of the atmosphere.
Delaney said the Greenville project, which the federal government considered the group’s principal effort, was scrapped because of “business considerations” and declined to elaborate
A federal partnership led by Battelle of Columbus has scrapped plans to use an ethanol plant near Dayton to test carbon emissions-cutting technology.
Battelle spokeswoman Katy Delaney confirmed Friday that the more than 30-organization Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership is no longer considering a plant near Greenville, about 100 miles west of Columbus, for a proposed $93 million project that involves capturing CO2 from its source and injecting it below ground. The process, a key development front for Battelle, cuts emissions by keeping some of the gas out of the atmosphere.
Delaney said the Greenville project, which the federal government considered the group’s principal effort, was scrapped because of “business considerations” and declined to elaborate
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http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/11/23/daily24.html
AMP-Ohio abandons plans for coal plant
http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/11/23/daily24.html
AMP-Ohio abandons plans for coal plantNovember 25, 2009
An unexpected 37 percent increase in the project cost has led American Municipal Power Inc. to pull the plug on its proposed $3 billion coal-fired power plant in southern Ohio.
The Columbus-based nonprofit power supplier said Wednesday it will instead explore developing a natural gas-fired power facility, buying power on the open market and pursuing advanced energy technologies to serve its members.
The decision came Tuesday after AMP learned the cost to build the coal-fired plant would increase by more than a third, said AMP spokesman Kent Carson. Part of the reason for the big price
The Columbus-based nonprofit power supplier said Wednesday it will instead explore developing a natural gas-fired power facility, buying power on the open market and pursuing advanced energy technologies to serve its members.
The decision came Tuesday after AMP learned the cost to build the coal-fired plant would increase by more than a third, said AMP spokesman Kent Carson. Part of the reason for the big price
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COAL FOR INDUSTRIAL USE== INDIA CHU VISITS INDIA 1.5 BILLION PEOPLE
http://www.energy.gov/ Secretary Chu Travels to India
VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS7Voe0syR0&feature=player_embedded#
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Google News Alert for: cap and trade
Political ardor cools for climate-change billGrand Junction SentinelBy The Daily Sentinel Senate action on a cap-and-trade climate bill has been put off until at least next spring, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said this ...See all stories on this topic
Would Cap and Trade Persuade China To Reform?Atlantic OnlineCap and trade, if it passes at all, will be an imperfect and politically compromised attempt to slow the growth of carbon emissions. ...See all stories on this topic
Pros and cons of 'cap and trade'New Mexico Free PressCap-and-trade legislation pending before the US Senate would do a lot of things, including capping carbon emissions and using more renewable energy. US Sen. ...See all stories on this topic
We need cap and trade for the bayBaltimore SunThis "cap and trade" approach worked to not only halt acid rain pollution but substantially reduced the cost of pollution abatement. ...See all stories on this topic
Why cap-and-trade is 'dead policy walking'Reuters Blogs (blog)Carbon cap-and-trade legislation appears to be Dead Policy Walking in Washington. The devaluation of the Copenhagen climate summit – now the goal is a ...See all stories on this topic
ReutersCarbon trade on brink of boom - or backwaterReuters... by 2020 if nations agree to a new climate pact curbing greenhouse gas emissions and the United States introduces its own federal cap-and-trade scheme. ...See all stories on this topic
EPA Attorneys: Cap and Trade Is Fatally FlawedThe Chilling Effect (blog)It knocks cap and trade, which is good, but argues for “carbon fees and rebates,” which is code for a giant new tax. Democrats may like the idea because it ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and trade legislation concerns citizenCadillac NewsHe is concerned for a local industry and how cap and trade legislation is going to impact it. The industry is Lake City Forge, and as a result of the cap ...See all stories on this topic
Why Are Our Best Players Potential Benchwarmers?Burnt Orange Report (blog)Even if you believe the Senator, she says she will wait until the Senate has finished considering Health Care Reform and Cap and Trade legislation. ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and trade controversial in AustraliaZDNet (blog)It's not only in the US that cap and trade (CAT) is a controversial approach to try to lower greenhouse gas emissions. A report written in Australia, ...See all stories on this topic
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Hot Air » Blog Archive » Reid: No cap-and-trade debate until springBy Ed Morrissey If the Senate doesn't get to cap-and-trade in 2010, the 112th Congress will have to start over from scratch in 2011. The chances of jamming another Waxman-Markey through either chamber will be much smaller, especially since it looks ...Hot Air » Top Picks - http://www.hotair.com/
NEI Nuclear Notes: After Cap-and-TradeBy Mark Flanagan How far it gets depends on the traction it receives from Republicans and Democrats uncomfortable with cap-and-trade -– and that's by no means a unanimous group. Such support may or may not be enough to carry it since, after all, ...NEI Nuclear Notes - http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/
Cap-and-Trade Is No Good for NYC GlobalWarming.orgBy Fred L Smith Senator Gillibrand' wrote an op ed for the Wall Street Journal last month that understates the gains a cap-and-trade climate policy could yield New York city.GlobalWarming.org - http://www.globalwarming.org/
Tertium Quids: No cap and trade until springBy Norman Leahy The Senate's version of cap and trade will be delayed until spring, at the earliest. Not because it doesn't have supporters, mind you (except for Sen. Webb, who says he will vote against the bill regardless of the timing). ...Tertium Quids - http://tertiumquids.blogspot.com/
obama tells anti cap n trade epa scientists to shut it - PC ...By old82 Specifically, the administration's chief environmental official did not want Williams or Zabel mentioning their four decades with the EPA -- time spent studying cap and trade. "The people who understand the problems with the cap and ...PC Perspective Forums - http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?p=4340020
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EPA Employees Silenced for Criticizing Cap and Trade - FOXNews.comNov 17, 2009 ... When Zabel and Williams released a video on the Internet expressing their concerns over the Obama administration's plans to use a cap and ...
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http://www.enernoc.com/enerblog/can-underground-coal-gasification-finally-make-clean-coal-a-reality/
Critics have labeled clean coal an ever-elusive goal that is perpetually over the next horizon, kind of like the hydrogen-powered car. “Clean coal” typically refers to two types of technologies, coal gasification and carbon capture and storage. The former turns coal into a synthetic gas which is then burned in an efficient combined cycle turbine (IGCC). The latter, often discussed in conjunction with gasification, involves capturing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, and sequestering the gas underground (CCS). While a number of IGCC projects are being pursued, there isn’t a single one in commercial operation – same is true for carbon sequestration, despite a number of small pilot projects. Cost is the main culprit.
COAL FOR INDUSTRIAL USE== INDIA CHU VISITS INDIA 1.5 BILLION PEOPLE
http://www.energy.gov/ Secretary Chu Travels to India
VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS7Voe0syR0&feature=player_embedded#
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Google News Alert for: cap and trade
Political ardor cools for climate-change billGrand Junction SentinelBy The Daily Sentinel Senate action on a cap-and-trade climate bill has been put off until at least next spring, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said this ...See all stories on this topic
Would Cap and Trade Persuade China To Reform?Atlantic OnlineCap and trade, if it passes at all, will be an imperfect and politically compromised attempt to slow the growth of carbon emissions. ...See all stories on this topic
Pros and cons of 'cap and trade'New Mexico Free PressCap-and-trade legislation pending before the US Senate would do a lot of things, including capping carbon emissions and using more renewable energy. US Sen. ...See all stories on this topic
We need cap and trade for the bayBaltimore SunThis "cap and trade" approach worked to not only halt acid rain pollution but substantially reduced the cost of pollution abatement. ...See all stories on this topic
Why cap-and-trade is 'dead policy walking'Reuters Blogs (blog)Carbon cap-and-trade legislation appears to be Dead Policy Walking in Washington. The devaluation of the Copenhagen climate summit – now the goal is a ...See all stories on this topic
ReutersCarbon trade on brink of boom - or backwaterReuters... by 2020 if nations agree to a new climate pact curbing greenhouse gas emissions and the United States introduces its own federal cap-and-trade scheme. ...See all stories on this topic
EPA Attorneys: Cap and Trade Is Fatally FlawedThe Chilling Effect (blog)It knocks cap and trade, which is good, but argues for “carbon fees and rebates,” which is code for a giant new tax. Democrats may like the idea because it ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and trade legislation concerns citizenCadillac NewsHe is concerned for a local industry and how cap and trade legislation is going to impact it. The industry is Lake City Forge, and as a result of the cap ...See all stories on this topic
Why Are Our Best Players Potential Benchwarmers?Burnt Orange Report (blog)Even if you believe the Senator, she says she will wait until the Senate has finished considering Health Care Reform and Cap and Trade legislation. ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and trade controversial in AustraliaZDNet (blog)It's not only in the US that cap and trade (CAT) is a controversial approach to try to lower greenhouse gas emissions. A report written in Australia, ...See all stories on this topic
Google Blogs Alert for: cap and trade
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Reid: No cap-and-trade debate until springBy Ed Morrissey If the Senate doesn't get to cap-and-trade in 2010, the 112th Congress will have to start over from scratch in 2011. The chances of jamming another Waxman-Markey through either chamber will be much smaller, especially since it looks ...Hot Air » Top Picks - http://www.hotair.com/
NEI Nuclear Notes: After Cap-and-TradeBy Mark Flanagan How far it gets depends on the traction it receives from Republicans and Democrats uncomfortable with cap-and-trade -– and that's by no means a unanimous group. Such support may or may not be enough to carry it since, after all, ...NEI Nuclear Notes - http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/
Cap-and-Trade Is No Good for NYC GlobalWarming.orgBy Fred L Smith Senator Gillibrand' wrote an op ed for the Wall Street Journal last month that understates the gains a cap-and-trade climate policy could yield New York city.GlobalWarming.org - http://www.globalwarming.org/
Tertium Quids: No cap and trade until springBy Norman Leahy The Senate's version of cap and trade will be delayed until spring, at the earliest. Not because it doesn't have supporters, mind you (except for Sen. Webb, who says he will vote against the bill regardless of the timing). ...Tertium Quids - http://tertiumquids.blogspot.com/
obama tells anti cap n trade epa scientists to shut it - PC ...By old82 Specifically, the administration's chief environmental official did not want Williams or Zabel mentioning their four decades with the EPA -- time spent studying cap and trade. "The people who understand the problems with the cap and ...PC Perspective Forums - http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?p=4340020
Google Web Alert for: cap and trade
EPA Employees Silenced for Criticizing Cap and Trade - FOXNews.comNov 17, 2009 ... When Zabel and Williams released a video on the Internet expressing their concerns over the Obama administration's plans to use a cap and ...
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http://www.enernoc.com/enerblog/can-underground-coal-gasification-finally-make-clean-coal-a-reality/
Critics have labeled clean coal an ever-elusive goal that is perpetually over the next horizon, kind of like the hydrogen-powered car. “Clean coal” typically refers to two types of technologies, coal gasification and carbon capture and storage. The former turns coal into a synthetic gas which is then burned in an efficient combined cycle turbine (IGCC). The latter, often discussed in conjunction with gasification, involves capturing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, and sequestering the gas underground (CCS). While a number of IGCC projects are being pursued, there isn’t a single one in commercial operation – same is true for carbon sequestration, despite a number of small pilot projects. Cost is the main culprit.Paul
February 18, 2009 05:36 PM
CSS is, in all honesty, just a very expensive way of delaying the mass replacement and closure of coal power. The technology is so unproven all those Billions are going towards "test" sites. Logically it's all BS, there is no subterranean location on earth even close to large enough to store the 2 Billion tons a year the 600 coal plants in the US emit. Logistically it requires the transportation of more volume just in the US than the entire global oil industry. When you include those facts these Billion Dollar tests are a gross waste of time and money, they just delay the inevitable... coal is doomed.
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http://www.pennenergy.com/index/power/display/366923/articles/power-engineering/projects-contracts/ge-plans-400-mw-igcc-plant-with-90-per-cent-carbon-capture-in-queensland-australia.QP129867.cmpid=EnlPerspectivesJuly292009.html
GE plans 400 MW IGCC plant with 90 per cent carbon capture in Queensland, Australia
28 July 2009 -
GE is to build a 400 MW integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) that will also capture 90 per cent of carbon emissions in Queensland, Australia.
GE has formed a consortium to build the 400 MW plant near Wandoan on the western Darling Downs in the state's southern region by 2015.
It plans to capture and store 90 per cent of the carbon emissions underground. Zerogen also wants to build a 530 MW station using similar technology in central Queensland by late 2015.
Phil Solomon from GE says new generation coal-powered plants have been operating in the United States for years.
"They were IGCC plants - GE technology and gasification has been around for decades," he said.
"What we're doing here is putting both gasification combined cycle and carbon capture together in one plant."
If the development phase moves forward this year, the plant is expected to be ready for commercial operation in late 2015
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http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/
http://www.pointcarbon.com/
Winners and Losers of Cap-and-Trade
November 2, 2009,
A new study from PointCarbon, a carbon market research firm, indicates that ExxonMobil would face an annual outlay of $5.9 billion to purchase carbon allowances under the terms of the Kerry-Boxer cap-and-trade bill, while electricity giants like Exelon and Pacific Gas and Electric would emerge as financial winners, because they rely heavily on diversified, low-emission fleets that include nuclear reactors and hydro dams.
The analysis, titled “Carbon Exposure” and released Monday, examines the impact of a $15-per-ton carbon dioxide trading market ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/photosvideos/photos/report-cover-for-false-hope
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/photosvideos/photos/report-cover-for-false-hope
February 18, 2009 05:36 PM
CSS is, in all honesty, just a very expensive way of delaying the mass replacement and closure of coal power. The technology is so unproven all those Billions are going towards "test" sites. Logically it's all BS, there is no subterranean location on earth even close to large enough to store the 2 Billion tons a year the 600 coal plants in the US emit. Logistically it requires the transportation of more volume just in the US than the entire global oil industry. When you include those facts these Billion Dollar tests are a gross waste of time and money, they just delay the inevitable... coal is doomed.
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http://www.pennenergy.com/index/power/display/366923/articles/power-engineering/projects-contracts/ge-plans-400-mw-igcc-plant-with-90-per-cent-carbon-capture-in-queensland-australia.QP129867.cmpid=EnlPerspectivesJuly292009.html
GE plans 400 MW IGCC plant with 90 per cent carbon capture in Queensland, Australia28 July 2009 -
GE is to build a 400 MW integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) that will also capture 90 per cent of carbon emissions in Queensland, Australia.
GE has formed a consortium to build the 400 MW plant near Wandoan on the western Darling Downs in the state's southern region by 2015.
It plans to capture and store 90 per cent of the carbon emissions underground. Zerogen also wants to build a 530 MW station using similar technology in central Queensland by late 2015.
Phil Solomon from GE says new generation coal-powered plants have been operating in the United States for years.
"They were IGCC plants - GE technology and gasification has been around for decades," he said.
"What we're doing here is putting both gasification combined cycle and carbon capture together in one plant."
If the development phase moves forward this year, the plant is expected to be ready for commercial operation in late 2015
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http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/
http://www.pointcarbon.com/Winners and Losers of Cap-and-Trade
November 2, 2009,
A new study from PointCarbon, a carbon market research firm, indicates that ExxonMobil would face an annual outlay of $5.9 billion to purchase carbon allowances under the terms of the Kerry-Boxer cap-and-trade bill, while electricity giants like Exelon and Pacific Gas and Electric would emerge as financial winners, because they rely heavily on diversified, low-emission fleets that include nuclear reactors and hydro dams.
The analysis, titled “Carbon Exposure” and released Monday, examines the impact of a $15-per-ton carbon dioxide trading market ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/photosvideos/photos/report-cover-for-false-hope
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/photosvideos/photos/report-cover-for-false-hope
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Thursday, October 29, 2009 6:43 PM
Google News Alert for: cap and trade
One coal official favors cap-and-tradeCharleston GazetteA top official with the nation's second largest coal producer on Thursday urged Congress to pass tough legislation to cap power plant emissions that ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-and-trade will do little to cut emissions, ATA warnsRefrigerated TransporterProposed cap-and-trade legislation will impose significant costs on the trucking industry and all consumers while doing little to reduce carbon emissions ...See all stories on this topic
Today's Calamity: Senate Concerns on Cap and Trade Cannot Be FixedHeritage.orgOn October 27 Senator Baucus said he has “serious reservations” about the cap and trade bill, especially the increased near-term target of 20 percent carbon ...See all stories on this topic
Mayor Bloomberg's green jobs goofNew York Daily NewsThe mayor's ambitious plan depends on Congress passing a controversial cap-and-trade scheme to combat global warming. That bill will cost the economy ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and Trade Would Sink the US EconomySeeking Alpha (blog)First and foremost, cap and trade is a carbon tax on capital, which really means a tax on economic growth. To get some understanding of the severe ...See all stories on this topic
Morning Bell: The Cap and Trade Threat to Our National SecurityHeritage.orgThis is a major problem for those on the left who want to reorganize our entire economy under the guise of cap and trade climate change legislation. ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and Trade vs. Carbon Taxes: W.Va. to Pay Either WayState JournalEven though the current administration has signed on to using cap and trade (CAT) as its primary approach to curbing CO2 pollution, a major debate rages ...See all stories on this topic
Valero CEO, NPRA Chairman, Testifies Against Cap-and-TradeNACS OnlineBill Klesse testifies that the bill would be “devastating” for consumers and the refining and petrochemical industries. by RSS Feed by Email WASHINGTON ...See all stories on this topic
Bond fights cap and trade legislationKWMULOUIS, MO (St. Louis Public Radio) - US Senator Kit Bond says he'll continue to fight cap and trade bills in Congress that he says will kill jobs and raise ...See all stories on this topic
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IfEnergy: Cap & Trade 101James Jordan The fact that you're reading this blog at all tells me that you're probably at least.IfEnergy - http://www.ifenergy.com/
Cap-and-Trade Largest Tax Increase In U.S. History » The ...By Stephen Rhodes James Inhofe tells Newsmax that the cap-and-trade bill that Democrats support would amount to “the largest tax increase in the history of America” — and won't accomplish anything. Filed under: The Red Skinny, Videos. Tags: cap and trade ...The Republican Temple - http://www.therepublicantemple.com/
';Cap and Trade' – a bedtime story (revised) « Xanthippa's ChamberpotBy xanthippa 'Cap and Trade' – a bedtime story (revised). October 28, 2009 — xanthippa. Hat tip: The Reference Frame. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated). Pat Condell: Wake up, America · Obama's Dr. Frankenstein: John Holdren ...Xanthippa's Chamberpot - http://blog.xanthippas.com/
Environmental News Bits»Blog Archive » Equity and Efficiency in ...By Laura B. A cap-and-trade system to control U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as proposed in recent draft legislation, for example in H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACESA), creates a limited and declining number of ...Environmental News Bits - http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/
Leading Climate Scientist: Cap and Trade Could Ruin US Economy ...By harbinger BILLINGS- As debate over climate change legislation heats up on Capitol Hill, the Director of the University of Montana's Climate Change Studies Program, and a co-author of a Nobel Prize winning report, says cap and trade legislation ...DoomDaily - http://www.doomdaily.com/
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Thursday, October 29, 2009 6:43 PMGoogle News Alert for: cap and trade
One coal official favors cap-and-tradeCharleston GazetteA top official with the nation's second largest coal producer on Thursday urged Congress to pass tough legislation to cap power plant emissions that ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-and-trade will do little to cut emissions, ATA warnsRefrigerated TransporterProposed cap-and-trade legislation will impose significant costs on the trucking industry and all consumers while doing little to reduce carbon emissions ...See all stories on this topic
Today's Calamity: Senate Concerns on Cap and Trade Cannot Be FixedHeritage.orgOn October 27 Senator Baucus said he has “serious reservations” about the cap and trade bill, especially the increased near-term target of 20 percent carbon ...See all stories on this topic
Mayor Bloomberg's green jobs goofNew York Daily NewsThe mayor's ambitious plan depends on Congress passing a controversial cap-and-trade scheme to combat global warming. That bill will cost the economy ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and Trade Would Sink the US EconomySeeking Alpha (blog)First and foremost, cap and trade is a carbon tax on capital, which really means a tax on economic growth. To get some understanding of the severe ...See all stories on this topic
Morning Bell: The Cap and Trade Threat to Our National SecurityHeritage.orgThis is a major problem for those on the left who want to reorganize our entire economy under the guise of cap and trade climate change legislation. ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and Trade vs. Carbon Taxes: W.Va. to Pay Either WayState JournalEven though the current administration has signed on to using cap and trade (CAT) as its primary approach to curbing CO2 pollution, a major debate rages ...See all stories on this topic
Valero CEO, NPRA Chairman, Testifies Against Cap-and-TradeNACS OnlineBill Klesse testifies that the bill would be “devastating” for consumers and the refining and petrochemical industries. by RSS Feed by Email WASHINGTON ...See all stories on this topic
Bond fights cap and trade legislationKWMULOUIS, MO (St. Louis Public Radio) - US Senator Kit Bond says he'll continue to fight cap and trade bills in Congress that he says will kill jobs and raise ...See all stories on this topic
Google Blogs Alert for: cap and trade
IfEnergy: Cap & Trade 101James Jordan The fact that you're reading this blog at all tells me that you're probably at least.IfEnergy - http://www.ifenergy.com/
Cap-and-Trade Largest Tax Increase In U.S. History » The ...By Stephen Rhodes James Inhofe tells Newsmax that the cap-and-trade bill that Democrats support would amount to “the largest tax increase in the history of America” — and won't accomplish anything. Filed under: The Red Skinny, Videos. Tags: cap and trade ...The Republican Temple - http://www.therepublicantemple.com/
';Cap and Trade' – a bedtime story (revised) « Xanthippa's ChamberpotBy xanthippa 'Cap and Trade' – a bedtime story (revised). October 28, 2009 — xanthippa. Hat tip: The Reference Frame. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated). Pat Condell: Wake up, America · Obama's Dr. Frankenstein: John Holdren ...Xanthippa's Chamberpot - http://blog.xanthippas.com/
Environmental News Bits»Blog Archive » Equity and Efficiency in ...By Laura B. A cap-and-trade system to control U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as proposed in recent draft legislation, for example in H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACESA), creates a limited and declining number of ...Environmental News Bits - http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/
Leading Climate Scientist: Cap and Trade Could Ruin US Economy ...By harbinger BILLINGS- As debate over climate change legislation heats up on Capitol Hill, the Director of the University of Montana's Climate Change Studies Program, and a co-author of a Nobel Prize winning report, says cap and trade legislation ...DoomDaily - http://www.doomdaily.com/
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GE Technology Selected for IGCC Project in Southern California
BP-Rio Tinto Joint Venture Project Planned to Capture Up to 90% of CarbonATLANTA--
(Business Wire)--GE Energy has signed a technology licensing agreement with Hydrogen Energy for aproposed 250-megawatt power plant that would use integrated gasificationcombined-cycle (IGCC) technology, a product of ecomagination.
The plant,
to be located near Bakersfield, in Kern County, Calif., would be designed to captureup to 90 percent of its carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery andsequestration in an adjacent oil field. "This is a homecoming of sorts for GE and IGCC technology," said Monte Atwell,general manager, gasification of GE Energy. "GE technology was involved in thefirst IGCC pilot plant in Barstow, Calif., and we are pleased to be deployingthe next generation of this technology to deliver low carbon power to the peopleof Southern California.
" HEI is a joint venture of BP Alternative Energy and multinational mining companyRio Tinto Hydrogen.
In 2007, GE and BP formed a global alliance to jointlydevelop and deploy technology for at least five IGCC power plants that coulddramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation.
TheHydrogen Energy California County project would be the first power plant builtunder that alliance. "Offering further proof that IGCC with carbon capture and storage (CCS) isviable commercial technology, this plant could become a model
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http://www.carbontax.org/
Why revenue-neutral carbon taxes are essential,what’s happening now, and how you can help
The Obama Administration and the new Congress are being called upon to address 21st Century climate realities. In a carbon-constrained world, a permanent and increasing U.S. carbon tax is essential to reduce the emissions that are driving global warming.
A carbon tax is a tax on the carbon content of fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas).
A carbon tax is the most economically efficient means to convey crucial price signals and spur carbon-reducing investment and low-carbon behavior. Our spreadsheet shows how fast emissions will fall.
Carbon taxes should be phased in so businesses and households
http://www.carbontax.org/Why revenue-neutral carbon taxes are essential,what’s happening now, and how you can help
The Obama Administration and the new Congress are being called upon to address 21st Century climate realities. In a carbon-constrained world, a permanent and increasing U.S. carbon tax is essential to reduce the emissions that are driving global warming.
A carbon tax is a tax on the carbon content of fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas).
A carbon tax is the most economically efficient means to convey crucial price signals and spur carbon-reducing investment and low-carbon behavior. Our spreadsheet shows how fast emissions will fall.
Carbon taxes should be phased in so businesses and households
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National Press Club Luncheon with Nokia Chairman Jorma OllilaThursday
10-15-09
The Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company endorsed a cap-and-trade system for controlling carbon emissions and urged greater emphasis on energy efficiency. Jorma Ollila is also the incoming Chairman of the World Business Council and the Chairman of Nokia. His remarks from the National Press Club last about an hour.
WE CAN NEVER AGAIN
"DO BUSINESS AS USUAL" WE HAVE TO THINK IN NEW WAYS!
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2009/10/15/Energy/A/24351/National+Press+Club+Luncheon+with+Nokia+Chairman+Jorma+Ollila.aspx
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8-5-09
Google News Alert for: cap and trade
Survey: Most Arkansans opposed to proposed cap and trade legislationThe City WireArkansans are almost split on their opinion of global warming, but they are clearly opposed to the proposed cap and trade legislation that was approved in ...See all stories on this topic
Lucas Asks Peterson for Additional Hearings on Cap & Trade LegislationBixby BulletinThere are a number of different analyses on cap and trade that show reductions in farm income reaching all the way up to 94 percent by 2035. ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-and-trade dead now, too?Hot AirNow Politico reports that cap-and-trade will be off the agenda as well. The arm-twisting required for obamacare means that the White House will have no ...See all stories on this topic
Minnesota farmers are skeptical about cap-and-trade proposalsCapitol ReportThe bill creates a cap-and-trade system in which carbon emissions are capped and polluters can buy credits from entities that cut their emissions. ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and trade costs — FAPRIDelta Farm PressKit Bond, R-Mo., to crunch data to show the impacts of cap and trade legislation on Missouri farmers, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute ...See all stories on this topic
Ag Update: Cap-And-Trade Concept Takes Center StageCattleNetwork.comThe centerpiece of the House bill is a cap-and-trade system under which greenhouse gas emissions expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent would be capped at ...See all stories on this topic
Is Schweitzer Shifting His Position on Cap-and-Trade?Flathead BeaconBrian Schweitzer's position of late regarding support for a cap-and-trade greenhouse gas emissions bill. Chesser contrasts Schweitzer's long support for the ...See all stories on this topic
Government Study Shows Cap-and-Trade Will Raise Energy PricesU.S. News & World Reporteia's independent conclusion confirms what the opponents of the cap-and-trade bill have been saying all along—that the regulatory approach backed by the ...See all stories on this topic
Kratovil catches flak for cap and trade voteAnnapolis CapitalFrank Kratovil for voting for a bill that would regulate greenhouse gas emissions through a cap-and-trade system. Kratovil told constituents at a town-hall ...See all stories on this topic
Did Dems Buy Cap and Trade Votes?Human Events... (FEC) reports and found one indicating that just days before the 219-212 “cap-and-trade” national energy tax vote in the US House of Representatives, ...See all stories on this topic
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Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Dems Cap and Trade “Energy” Bill ...By Mike's America Tuesday, the U.S. Energy Information Administration released their study of the impacts of the Democrat's Cap and Trade program which recently passed the House of Representatives. Bloomberg news sorted through the bureaucratic language ...Flopping Aces - http://www.floppingaces.net/
Cyberhillbilly: Hal Rogers: Cap and Trade Would Devastate EKY EconomyBy Cyberhillbilly Hal Rogers: Cap and Trade Would Devastate EKY Economy. From the Floyd County Times: Rather than transitioning responsibly towards new energy technologies, the President is trying to impose draconian, government-mandated limits on carbon ...Cyberhillbilly - http://cyberhillbilly.blogspot.com/
EIA: Energy Prices Inch Up in Early Years of Cap-and-Trade BNET ...By Kirsten Korosec BNET Energy provides daily news coverage for managers and executives in the energy industry, with coverage on major utilities, oil companies, and clean tech and renewable energy businesses.BNET Energy - http://industry.bnet.com/energy/
Bunkerworld News - Latest News - Schwarzenegger backs cap-and ...The EAAC was established to advise California's Air Resources Board (ARB) on the implementation of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) and the cap-and-trade system. In December 2008, the ARB adopted the AB 32 ...Bunkerworld News - http://www.bunkerworld.com/
Catastrophe - How Obama's Cap And Trade Will Destroy American ...By Team How Obama, Congress And The Special Interests Are Turning A Slump Into A Crash, Freedom Into Socialism, And A Disaster Into A CATASTROPHE...And How To Fight.Finance Video Blog - http://www.financevideoblog.com/
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Warning: 'Cap and trade' not DOA (OneNewsNow.com)Aug 4, 2009 ... An interesting statistic brought up in the meeting shows how the cap-and-trade bill even affects healthcare. According to calculations ...
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November 6, 2008
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Clean Coal's Chicken and Egg Problem
President Elect Barack Obama supports creating a carbon cap-and-trade program, which can create a boon for the carbon capture-and-storage sector. But timing the program's deployment is up for debate.
A carbon cap-and-trade program would require polluters who can't meet emissions requirements to buy credits from those who can. Europe has such a program in place since 2003.
The field of carbon-capture-and-storage is still in the early development stages. Scientists and power plant operators worldwide have carried out pilot projects to test various technologies, which are costly to deploy and have not been proven for commercialization (see Canada to Beat U.S. to Carbon Storage and Vattenfall to Trap Carbon Emissions.)
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http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/08/05/05greenwire-fossil-fuel-groups-form-circular-firing-squad-7979.html
Fossil-Fuel Groups Form Circular Firing Squad
August 5, 2009
Big oil and gas companies are condemning the House climate bill that buoys coal-fired utilities.
Coal's response is to ask senators for even more help than the fuel received in the House legislation.
The struggle promises to increase in the weeks ahead. With the Senate expected to move ahead on climate legislation in September, each of the fossil fuels wants to make itself appear most worthy of help. Increasingly, that means making a rival look less entitled.
"Instead of simply standing opposed, everyone is looking for the advantage," said Sam Thernstrom, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. "It's inevitable that there will be conflict between cleaner sources of energy, such as natural gas, and dirty sources of energy. The whole process of crafting climate policy is picking winners and losers."
---That changed after a group of 27 independent gas companies came together to form America's Natural Gas Alliance.
The alliance began lobbying the Senate full force. It also started running full-page ads in Washington newspapers. The ads promote the benefits and availability of natural gas. But they also throw dirt on coal, the source of half the power in the United States.
"We can cut carbon emissions by 50 percent today," one ad says, followed by pie charts showing how generating half of U.S. electricity from natural gas, instead of coal, would dramatically lower carbon dioxide emissions.
Then, on Monday, the National Mining Association struck back in the Politico newspaper.
"We can raise electricity prices by 450 percent today," the NMA ad screamed in red and fuchsia type, "by replacing coal with natural gas to generate electricity
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Duke Energy Elbows Co-ops for Carbon Permits in Climate Measure
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By Lorraine Woellert
Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Some of the largest U.S. electricity companies, including Duke Energy Corp. and American Electric Power Co., are fighting what may be a $100 billion battle with smaller cooperatives, community providers and state regulators over the right to pollute.
As the Senate writes a bill to control greenhouse gases, the groups are swarming over a pot of free permits that cap carbon emissions and create a trading system of pollution rights.
Lawmakers want to broker peace the way they did two decades ago when they gave AEP and other coal-plant operators license to pollute
This is big guy versus little guy,” said Wally Wolski, president of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in Arlington, Virginia.
Edison Electric’s members have spent two years mulling how to distribute allowances under a possible cap-and-trade plan, collaborating with the New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council to draft what became the blueprint for a version of the measure that was approved by the House of Representatives.
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The 10 Most-Respected Global Warming Skeptics
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July 28, 2009
National Academies: U.S. energy at a crossroads
If changing the U.S. energy supply to be more secure and sustainable is like steering a massive ship, then the direction we set it on today won't be fully felt for 10 or 20 years.
The National Research Council, the operating arm of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, on Monday released a report called "America's Energy Future" that seeks to focus the country's discussion on energy and draw attention to the most promising technologies.
One of the messages from the report is that long-term problems require sustained strategies and a break from business as usual.
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Joule Biotechnologies Introduces Its Technology for Producing Renewable Transportation Fuels
27 July 200
Joule Biotechnologies, Inc., a bioengineering startup, unveiled its Helioculture technology—a system that leverages highly engineered photosynthetic organisms to catalyze the conversion of sunlight and CO2 to usable transportation fuels and chemicals. Among the co-founders of Joule Biotechnologies is Harvard
Medical School Professor of Genetics George Church, who also co-founded LS9
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Weekend story: Now Hiring – Green-Collar WorkersJuly 25, 2009 by PEA Blogger
From Business Week
When Alden Zeitz started the Wind Energy Program at Iowa Lakes Community College five years ago, 15 students enrolled.
This year, 102 students enrolled in the two-year training program for wind turbine technicians, including some students who abandoned another career for the economic promise of green technology. The wind energy industry hasn’t been immune to the recession, but students are counting on the federal government’s injection of $80 billion in clean energy projects to change that.
Stimulus for Green Energy
The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 is a stimulus package that includes money for solar farms, wind turbines, electrical grid updates, mass transit, and the weatherizing and retrofitting
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$20 Per Gallon' by Christopher Steiner
Christopher Steiner looks ahead and projects, $2 at a time, how rising gasoline prices will transform civilization.
By Matthew DeBord July 26, 2009
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Carbon plan stirs anxiety
in Missouri power sector
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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
07/26/2009
Built in 1953, it's the oldest piece of the utility's coal-fired fleet, and among the cheapest to operate. These days, however, it's less a symbol of cheap electricity than a potential casualty if Congress passes a law to slash greenhouse gas emissions.The House of Representatives passed the sweeping, 1,500-page American Clean Energy and Security Act last month. The House bill, sponsored by Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Edward Markey, D-Mass., aims to cut emissions of heat-trapping gases 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050
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House Climate Bill Dangles Cash to Lure CCS 'First Movers'
July 24, 2009
The legislation lays out billions of dollars in incentives to entice owners of coal-fired power plants to try carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), technology considered vital to keeping the abundant fossil fuel in play as an energy source while curbing emissions of heat-trapping gases.
The measure sponsored by Democratic Reps. Henry Waxman of California and Ed Markey of Massachusetts makes the first 6,000 megawatts of new or retrofitted power plants eligible for up to $90 in allowances for every ton of carbon dioxide that they capture and store. Such bonus allowances for "first mo
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Gov’ts should pony up billions for carbon capture: report
07-24-2009
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The graphic is great. It shows all the POSSIBLITIES but does not show the projected traffic. The majority of carbon dioxide is going down hole into existing oil fields to scarf oil and return it to the surface. Oil that is brought up like this is saturated with Carbon Dioxide and there is a large amount of carbon dioxide escapes back into the atmosphere before after and during the recovery of oil. In Saskatchewan, reports of carbon dioxide escaping ahead of the oil giving the sound of a jet engine and running for hours before the oil shows up is a repeated report
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National Press Club Luncheon with Nokia Chairman Jorma OllilaThursday
10-15-09
The Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company endorsed a cap-and-trade system for controlling carbon emissions and urged greater emphasis on energy efficiency. Jorma Ollila is also the incoming Chairman of the World Business Council and the Chairman of Nokia. His remarks from the National Press Club last about an hour.
WE CAN NEVER AGAIN
"DO BUSINESS AS USUAL" WE HAVE TO THINK IN NEW WAYS!
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UK time, Friday, 18 September 2009
The message I'm getting from the utilities is that several different factors are driving costs up relentlessly, and it's not just about their need to turn a profit.eventually, from Libya.
The insecurity is eased by the recent start of liquefied natural gas being shipped into Wales, but that doesn't stop a vulnerability to spikes in global prices.
A key factor is the need to replace generation capacity, and to make it greener.
Wind power is much more expensive than conventional big power stations, but it's essential to meet climate change targets.
Other renewable technologies haven't even been proven commercially yet, and once they are, they don't look like they're going to be cheap either.
Even without the need to boost renewables, old power stations need replaced.
Old nuclear will cost vast amounts to de-commission.
New coal is supposed to come with carbon capture technology - clever stuff, though unproven technology, a long time from becoming fully commercial, and it's reckoned to be one of the most expensive ways to save the planet.
Distribution costs are another significant pressure, already accounting for about 15% of the bill.
Energy reaches us via a national grid which is creaking, partly through age and partly through changing patterns of demand.
It was built as a solid piece of fine British engineering. But that was decades ago. Many billions of pounds are needed to replace kit.
And it was built to link big power stations with population centres. That pattern is changing.
Power sources are moving to more remote areas, where renewables can be generated most efficiently.
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March 11, 2009
Cap and trade is a program that basically sets a cap for emissions and then holds people below that cap. Here’s how a cap and trade system works:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/douglasfraser/2009/09/bills_face_a_power_surge.html
UK time, Friday, 18 September 2009
The message I'm getting from the utilities is that several different factors are driving costs up relentlessly, and it's not just about their need to turn a profit.eventually, from Libya.
The insecurity is eased by the recent start of liquefied natural gas being shipped into Wales, but that doesn't stop a vulnerability to spikes in global prices.
A key factor is the need to replace generation capacity, and to make it greener.
Wind power is much more expensive than conventional big power stations, but it's essential to meet climate change targets.
Other renewable technologies haven't even been proven commercially yet, and once they are, they don't look like they're going to be cheap either.
Even without the need to boost renewables, old power stations need replaced.
Old nuclear will cost vast amounts to de-commission.
New coal is supposed to come with carbon capture technology - clever stuff, though unproven technology, a long time from becoming fully commercial, and it's reckoned to be one of the most expensive ways to save the planet.
Distribution costs are another significant pressure, already accounting for about 15% of the bill.
Energy reaches us via a national grid which is creaking, partly through age and partly through changing patterns of demand.
It was built as a solid piece of fine British engineering. But that was decades ago. Many billions of pounds are needed to replace kit.
And it was built to link big power stations with population centres. That pattern is changing.
Power sources are moving to more remote areas, where renewables can be generated most efficiently.
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March 11, 2009Cap and trade is a program that basically sets a cap for emissions and then holds people below that cap. Here’s how a cap and trade system works:
The government (because we trust them) sets a “cap” on the amount of emissions that can be produced within a given area.
For example they say that your town, USA is allowed to produce 100 metric tons of carbon emissions. They then auction off the right to be the one producing the emissions. For our example let’s say that they break the 100 metric tons into 1 metric ton”permits”. And they auction those permits off to the ten residents of Your Town ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Google News Alert for: cap and trade---Saturday, September 19, 2009 6:43 PM
The API on Cap and TradeEnergy Collective (blog)I asked one question on cap and trade during the call (see below). The API listed three key areas that they are focused on. These are the Waxman-Markey ...See all stories on this topic
Treasury Memo Resets Cap and Trade Energy Tax DebateJohn Birch SocietyBy my calculation assuming there are 106 million American households, at the upper end of this estimate the cost of these cap and trade energy taxes would ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and trade legislation worries utililtiesBrainerd Daily DispatchBy MIKE O'ROURKE House Resolution 2454 is known by many names - the cap and trade bill, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the Waxman-Markey bill, ...See all stories on this topic
MidAmerican president vows to fight cap and tradeDesMoinesRegister.comBy DAN PILLER • dpiller@dmreg.com • September 19, 2009 MidAmerican Energy President Bill Fehrman said again Friday that a cap-and-trade provision of the ...See all stories on this topic
Treasury Docs: Enviro Taxes Could Reach $400 Billion A YearCBS NewsMost of that revenue would come from companies required to purchase the right to generate greenhouse gases, a concept called cap and trade. ...See all stories on this topic
Builders worry cap and trade will stifle green growthKY3The so-called cap and trade bill that's already cleared the US House includes new national building standards that would require builders like Willaby to go ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-and-Trade Impact on JobsNTVCap and trade is an environmental measure that looks to cut down on pollution from US companies. It would meet that goal by putting a "cap" on how much ...See all stories on this topic
What will the 'cap and trade bill' mean for Houston?KHOUThat's where something called “cap and trade” comes in. “The cap and trade, as I best understood it, is intended to address the amount of carbon that is ...See all stories on this topic
Reid pledges to move cap-and-trade bill “as quickly as we can”Energy Collective (blog)by Joseph Romm on 09/18/2009 09:46 0 comments , 2 views Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) insisted today that he hopes to move a comprehensive ...See all stories on this topic
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Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » CBO: Cap-And-Trade Could Reduce ...By Doug Mataconis Earlier this week, we learned that the White House estimated that it's cap-and-trade plan could cost American families $ 1761 per year, the Congressional Budget Office is out with an estimate of the devastating impact it would have on ...Below The Beltway - http://belowthebeltway.com/
Right Truth: Cap and TradeBy Debbie By Christine Hall of the Competitive Enterprise Institute September 18, 2009 Global Warming Cap-and-Trade Costs Could Hit $300 Billion Annually, Cost Up to Several GDP Points, US Treasury Admits Treasury Dept Releases Un-redacted ...Right Truth - http://righttruth.typepad.com/right_truth/
The API on Cap and Trade Eco Friendly MagBy EcoFriendly The API on Cap and Trade Yesterday the American Petroleum Institute conducted a blogger's conference call to talk about various energy issues that they are.Eco Friendly Mag - http://www.ecofriendlymag.com/
Cap and Trade: We Can't Tell Them it Costs That Much The Daily ...By Jeff Harding By Jeff Harding. The Great Cap and Trade Kerfuffle between the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a libertarian think tank, and the Center for American.The Daily Capitalist - http://dailycapitalist.com/
Dirty Democrats » Obama Administration: Cap & Trade Will Cost ...By admin Obama Administration: Cap & Trade Will Cost American Households $1761 a Year.Dirty Democrats - http://dirtydemocrats.com/
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Carbon Sequestration
Carbon Sequestration, also know as Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), is an approach to mitigating global warming by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from large point sources such as power plants and subsequently storing it instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. The merit of CCS systems is the reduction of CO2 emissions by up to 90%, depending on plant type. Technology for capturing of CO2 is already commercially available for large CO2 emitters, such as power plants; Storage of CO2, on the other hand, is a relatively untried concept and as yet (2007) no power plant operates with a full carbon capture and storage system.
In theory, CCS applied to
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Cap and trade subject of special town hall meetingTexarkana GazetteThe Texarkana Chamber of Commerce is hosting a town hall meeting about the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, better known as the Cap and Trade ...See all stories on this topic
Hoosier Ag TodaySkillman Attacks Cap and TradeHoosier Ag TodaySkillman delivered a blistering attack on the cap and trade legislation. “The Governor and I have been very clear on our position to cap and trade as ...See all stories on this topic
Dump cap and trade, levy a carbon taxKansas City StarThe cap and trade measure is designed to make businesses buy and sell permits to meet orderly goals of reduced pollution. But the House policy is full of ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and trade would put the family farm in jeopardySouth Bend TribuneBy PETER HOEKSTRA The cap and trade national energy tax bill passed by the US House and now making its way through the Senate would impose nearly impossible ...See all stories on this topic
Hutchison says budget deficit under Obama is scaryDallas Morning NewsA recent poll showed that a narrow margin of Americans back a cap-and-trade system that would set a ceiling for greenhouse gas emissions and allow companies ...See all stories on this topic
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Don Surber » Blog Archive » Cap'n trade tax fight continuesBy donsurber The National Association of Manufacturers and the National Federation of Independent Business launched an ad campaign against the cap-and-trade tax, which will double Don Surber's electric bill. This evil must be stopped. ...Don Surber - http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber
Sun Powered Dreams » Blog Archive » No US Carbon Cap Anytime SoonBy Little Miss Sunshine I personally think that if this is the sort of “carbon cap and trade” system that comes about, it will have little or no impact on the way most Americans live. With or without cap and trade, it's time to put a carbon tax on gasoline and ...Sun Powered Dreams - http://sunpowereddreams.com/
Cap And Trade: The Permanent Recession « PA Pundits – InternationalBy papundits If you want to know what cap and trade will to do our economy, we're living it. According to new data released from the Energy Information Administrations, United States carbon dioxide emissions are down 9% since 2007. ...PA Pundits - International - http://papundits.wordpress.com/
Big Oil Gets in on Right-Wing Astroturf Game Environment AlterNetBy Jim Hightower, AlterNet I seriously doubt Jim is remotely done with commenting on cap and trade (if we can even get there with two corporate owned subsidiaries or as they are generally called parties). [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate ...AlterNet.org - http://www.alternet.org/
Sharks clear cap room, Heatley trade rumblings continue - Posted ...By Erin Valois Canada's trusted source for national news, financial news, world news, commentary, entertainment and sports.Posted Sports - http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/default.aspx
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Town Hall Meeting Addresses Health Care And Cap and TradeWMFD.comThe Mansfield North Central Ohio Tea Party Association sponsored a public town hall meeting on government run health care and cap-and-trade Monday night at ...See all stories on this topic
US Sen. Grassley: EPA, health care, cap and tradeIowaPolitics.com (press release)QUESTION: Yes, Senator, with -- with all the health care debate going on, does that -- is that going to push the cap-and-trade discussion further back in ...See all stories on this topic
Carbon legislation would heat up finance hiringWall Street JournalBy KYLE STOCK With healthcare reform on its death-bed, Congress is turning some attention back to carbon cap-and-trade legislation -- proposals that would ...See all stories on this topic
American Energy Express Raises Awareness About Cap-And-TradeNorth Central OhioThe 40 foot RV is taking a trip through Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia to build public awareness about Cap-and-Trade and its impact ...See all stories on this topic
Rally Sept. 1 to oppose cap-and-trade billeTruckerThose opposing the cap-and-trade bill, officially the American Clean Energy and Security Act, HR bill 2454, can protest its passage at 11:30 am, Sept. ...See all stories on this topic
Govt unveils cap and trade market worth $15 blnReuters India"We have reached the stage where we are willing to cap and trade. Now they have to ensure sustained implementation." Continued...See all stories on this topic
Groups target GOP on cap-and-tradePoliticoNayak said his group will also be taking out print ads attacking two House Democrats who voted against the cap-and-trade legislation, Rep. ...See all stories on this topic
WOWKCap-and-Trade Town Hall to Be Held in Huntington Tuesday EveningWOWKHUNTINGTON -- Plans by Congress to institute a cap-and-trade system will be the subject of a town hall meeting in Huntington Tuesday evening. ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-and-Trade Analysis from 25x'25American Agriculturist... steps to provide a wide-ranging objective assessment of cost changes associated with the move to a low-carbon future under a cap and trade system. ...See all stories on this topic
Lonnie Leake, Emerado, ND, letter: Carbon tax, yes; cap and trade, noGrand Forks HeraldThe cap-and-trade bill stinks. But don't get me wrong; I'm all for carbon dioxide emission reduction. But cap and trade puts the burden of carbon pollution ...See all stories on this topic
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Groups target Cantor, Wolf on cap-and-trade HamptonRoads.com ...By Ben Smith Four independent groups are launching more than $1 million in attack ads Tuesday targeting five House Republicans who voted against energy legislation in June, spokespeople for the groups said.News - http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/27
';Deadliest Catch' a cowboy race to cap-and-trade The Smirking ChimpBy Pierre Tristam "Deadliest Catch" doesn't advertise the fact, but it's an excellent example of one of the most successful cap-and-trade systems on the planet -- the same principle that successfully cleaned up the Northeast's acid rain in the 1990s and ...The Smirking Chimp - News And... - http://www.smirkingchimp.com/
Trailer for new anti-cap and trade documentary: Climate Chains ...By Klockarman Trailer for new anti-cap and trade documentary: Climate Chains.GORE LIED - http://algorelied.com/
Tom Nelson: Cap and trade plagues PetersonBy Tom Cap and trade plagues Peterson · http://www.areavoices.com/swedog/?blog=58151. Posted by Tom at 2:28 PM. 0 comments: Post a Comment · Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Recent comments. My Blog List. Climate Realists ...Tom Nelson - http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/
Cap and Trade Calls for Productive U.S. Farmland to be Converted ...By ToddK New forests would spread across the American landscape, replacing both pasture and farm fields, under a congressional plan to confront climate change, an Environmental Protection Agency analysis shows. About 18 million acres of new ...WinkyDog - http://www.winkydog.net/
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Cap-and-trade to hurt industry: studyAmerican Metal MarketBy Lisa GordonPublished: Aug 17 2009 4:31PM Enacting the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the so-called cap-and-trade emissions legislation, ...See all stories on this topic
Farm Bureau asks fairgoers to sign against cap and tradeMissourinet.comMissouri Farm Bureau President Charlie Kruse says the bureau has taken its opposition to cap and trade to the State Fair. "We're doing everything we can to ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-And-Trade: A Boon To Coal-Fired Power Plants?Progress IllinoisAnd if cap-and-trade is approved in the Senate, those same plants -- many of which were grandfathered in under the 1977 Clean Air Act and continue to ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-and-Trade Interests Try to Break Through Health Care ClutterRoll Call (subscription)The API is hardly on its own in voicing opposition to the House-passed “cap and trade” legislation. The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, ...See all stories on this topic
Kansas lawmakers slam cap-and-trade proposalForbesThe lawmakers found a supportive audience at the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association convention in their opposition to the suggested "cap-and-trade" ...See all stories on this topic
Wall Street and the cap-and-trade businessFierceFinanceWill financial firms--the likes of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley--inevitably come to dominate any market for carbon emissions? ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-and-trade opponents taking cue from health-care reform opponentsTampabay.comStarting today, "a coalition of 15 business and conservative groups kicks off a series of rallies throughout the country to decry efforts to enact a cap and ...See all stories on this topic
Kansas lawmakers slam cap & trade proposalNTVMoran said the so-called cap & trade bill singles out the Midwest because those states generate most of their electricity by coal-fired plants. ...See all stories on this topic
Business Travel NewsOp-Ed: Cap-And-Trade Policy Could Hamper The Reduction Of Airline ...Business Travel NewsThe ACES act is a "cap-and-trade" scheme that would limit overall carbon emissions and require fuel and energy companies to buy and sell the right to ...See all stories on this topic
New magazine issue looks at Razorback football history, cap and ...The City WireFeature stories about historic football games, cap and trade legislation, converting vehicles to use natural gas, the economics of the Arkansas lottery, ...See all stories on this topic
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Cap and Trade May Have to Wait Until Next Year - Minnesotans For ...By Elmer With each passing day, cap and trade legislation in the United States looks more likely to become a bystander casualty of the political fight over healthcare reform. The country's voter base has become agitated, feeling that too much ...Minnesotans For Global Warming - http://minnesotansforglobalwarming.com/m4gw/
Economists Who Invented Cap-And-Trade Say It Won't Work for Global ...By George Washington Now, according to the Wall Street Journal, the economists who invented the entire cap-and-trade concept say it probably won't work in regards to climate change. Whatever you think about global warming, carbon trading is a scam which ...Washington's Blog - http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/
Cap and Trade DebateBy patriot2342001 I'll get you Conservatives off to a start here. Socialism!!! It's Slavery!!! This is full blown communism!!! Obama is turing us into a fascist/Socialis.Argue With Everyone Political Forums - http://www.arguewitheveryone.com/
Analysts assert cap-and-trade climate program is still alive ...Des Moines Register: The cap-and-trade plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has run into a lot of opposition in the Senate, but the idea isn't dead yet. That's what analysts say at ClearView Energy Partners LLC in Washington, DC, ...US politics - Community and Politics... - http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Community-and-Politics/US-politics/Earth_Community-and-Politics_US-politics_18_193_734.html
The Best Way to Play Upcoming Senate Brawl Over Cap & Trade May be ...By ktadmin At the rate things are going, the best way for investors to play the upcoming brawl in the U.S. Senate over cap-and-trade may be to buy shares of the very companies this carbon-busting legislation is intended to squeeze out of business. ...1800blogger - http://www.1800blogger.com/
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Climate Change Measure Should Be Set Aside, U.S. Senators Say ...Aug 14, 2009 ... The House passed cap-and-trade legislation in June. ... Most Republicans have said they oppose the cap-and-trade measure, and at least 15
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Sandbag is bagging carbon credits
Part environmental watchdog and part social-networking site, Sandbag lobbies the United Nations and European Union for tighter caps on carbon emissions and permits, while buying up carbon credits.
The U.K.-based not-for-profit community organization, whose motto is "real action on climate change," launched in September 2008. It uses donations to buy up EU carbon credits and cancel them in an effort to drive up the price of carbon credits in the marketplace.
The group has started to gain a following. The Guardian Newspaper Group became a corporate sponsor earlier this year, and on Monday, two London hospitals agreed to sell Sandbag 2,000 tonnes worth of carbon credits.
Google News Alert for: cap and trade---Saturday, September 19, 2009 6:43 PMThe API on Cap and TradeEnergy Collective (blog)I asked one question on cap and trade during the call (see below). The API listed three key areas that they are focused on. These are the Waxman-Markey ...See all stories on this topic
Treasury Memo Resets Cap and Trade Energy Tax DebateJohn Birch SocietyBy my calculation assuming there are 106 million American households, at the upper end of this estimate the cost of these cap and trade energy taxes would ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and trade legislation worries utililtiesBrainerd Daily DispatchBy MIKE O'ROURKE House Resolution 2454 is known by many names - the cap and trade bill, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the Waxman-Markey bill, ...See all stories on this topic
MidAmerican president vows to fight cap and tradeDesMoinesRegister.comBy DAN PILLER • dpiller@dmreg.com • September 19, 2009 MidAmerican Energy President Bill Fehrman said again Friday that a cap-and-trade provision of the ...See all stories on this topic
Treasury Docs: Enviro Taxes Could Reach $400 Billion A YearCBS NewsMost of that revenue would come from companies required to purchase the right to generate greenhouse gases, a concept called cap and trade. ...See all stories on this topic
Builders worry cap and trade will stifle green growthKY3The so-called cap and trade bill that's already cleared the US House includes new national building standards that would require builders like Willaby to go ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-and-Trade Impact on JobsNTVCap and trade is an environmental measure that looks to cut down on pollution from US companies. It would meet that goal by putting a "cap" on how much ...See all stories on this topic
What will the 'cap and trade bill' mean for Houston?KHOUThat's where something called “cap and trade” comes in. “The cap and trade, as I best understood it, is intended to address the amount of carbon that is ...See all stories on this topic
Reid pledges to move cap-and-trade bill “as quickly as we can”Energy Collective (blog)by Joseph Romm on 09/18/2009 09:46 0 comments , 2 views Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) insisted today that he hopes to move a comprehensive ...See all stories on this topic
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Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » CBO: Cap-And-Trade Could Reduce ...By Doug Mataconis Earlier this week, we learned that the White House estimated that it's cap-and-trade plan could cost American families $ 1761 per year, the Congressional Budget Office is out with an estimate of the devastating impact it would have on ...Below The Beltway - http://belowthebeltway.com/
Right Truth: Cap and TradeBy Debbie By Christine Hall of the Competitive Enterprise Institute September 18, 2009 Global Warming Cap-and-Trade Costs Could Hit $300 Billion Annually, Cost Up to Several GDP Points, US Treasury Admits Treasury Dept Releases Un-redacted ...Right Truth - http://righttruth.typepad.com/right_truth/
The API on Cap and Trade Eco Friendly MagBy EcoFriendly The API on Cap and Trade Yesterday the American Petroleum Institute conducted a blogger's conference call to talk about various energy issues that they are.Eco Friendly Mag - http://www.ecofriendlymag.com/
Cap and Trade: We Can't Tell Them it Costs That Much The Daily ...By Jeff Harding By Jeff Harding. The Great Cap and Trade Kerfuffle between the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a libertarian think tank, and the Center for American.The Daily Capitalist - http://dailycapitalist.com/
Dirty Democrats » Obama Administration: Cap & Trade Will Cost ...By admin Obama Administration: Cap & Trade Will Cost American Households $1761 a Year.Dirty Democrats - http://dirtydemocrats.com/
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Carbon SequestrationCarbon Sequestration, also know as Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), is an approach to mitigating global warming by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from large point sources such as power plants and subsequently storing it instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. The merit of CCS systems is the reduction of CO2 emissions by up to 90%, depending on plant type. Technology for capturing of CO2 is already commercially available for large CO2 emitters, such as power plants; Storage of CO2, on the other hand, is a relatively untried concept and as yet (2007) no power plant operates with a full carbon capture and storage system.
In theory, CCS applied to
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Google News Alert for: cap and trade
Cap and trade subject of special town hall meetingTexarkana GazetteThe Texarkana Chamber of Commerce is hosting a town hall meeting about the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, better known as the Cap and Trade ...See all stories on this topic
Hoosier Ag TodaySkillman Attacks Cap and TradeHoosier Ag TodaySkillman delivered a blistering attack on the cap and trade legislation. “The Governor and I have been very clear on our position to cap and trade as ...See all stories on this topic
Dump cap and trade, levy a carbon taxKansas City StarThe cap and trade measure is designed to make businesses buy and sell permits to meet orderly goals of reduced pollution. But the House policy is full of ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and trade would put the family farm in jeopardySouth Bend TribuneBy PETER HOEKSTRA The cap and trade national energy tax bill passed by the US House and now making its way through the Senate would impose nearly impossible ...See all stories on this topic
Hutchison says budget deficit under Obama is scaryDallas Morning NewsA recent poll showed that a narrow margin of Americans back a cap-and-trade system that would set a ceiling for greenhouse gas emissions and allow companies ...See all stories on this topic
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Don Surber » Blog Archive » Cap'n trade tax fight continuesBy donsurber The National Association of Manufacturers and the National Federation of Independent Business launched an ad campaign against the cap-and-trade tax, which will double Don Surber's electric bill. This evil must be stopped. ...Don Surber - http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber
Sun Powered Dreams » Blog Archive » No US Carbon Cap Anytime SoonBy Little Miss Sunshine I personally think that if this is the sort of “carbon cap and trade” system that comes about, it will have little or no impact on the way most Americans live. With or without cap and trade, it's time to put a carbon tax on gasoline and ...Sun Powered Dreams - http://sunpowereddreams.com/
Cap And Trade: The Permanent Recession « PA Pundits – InternationalBy papundits If you want to know what cap and trade will to do our economy, we're living it. According to new data released from the Energy Information Administrations, United States carbon dioxide emissions are down 9% since 2007. ...PA Pundits - International - http://papundits.wordpress.com/
Big Oil Gets in on Right-Wing Astroturf Game Environment AlterNetBy Jim Hightower, AlterNet I seriously doubt Jim is remotely done with commenting on cap and trade (if we can even get there with two corporate owned subsidiaries or as they are generally called parties). [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate ...AlterNet.org - http://www.alternet.org/
Sharks clear cap room, Heatley trade rumblings continue - Posted ...By Erin Valois Canada's trusted source for national news, financial news, world news, commentary, entertainment and sports.Posted Sports - http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/default.aspx
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Google News Alert for: cap and tradeTown Hall Meeting Addresses Health Care And Cap and TradeWMFD.comThe Mansfield North Central Ohio Tea Party Association sponsored a public town hall meeting on government run health care and cap-and-trade Monday night at ...See all stories on this topic
US Sen. Grassley: EPA, health care, cap and tradeIowaPolitics.com (press release)QUESTION: Yes, Senator, with -- with all the health care debate going on, does that -- is that going to push the cap-and-trade discussion further back in ...See all stories on this topic
Carbon legislation would heat up finance hiringWall Street JournalBy KYLE STOCK With healthcare reform on its death-bed, Congress is turning some attention back to carbon cap-and-trade legislation -- proposals that would ...See all stories on this topic
American Energy Express Raises Awareness About Cap-And-TradeNorth Central OhioThe 40 foot RV is taking a trip through Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia to build public awareness about Cap-and-Trade and its impact ...See all stories on this topic
Rally Sept. 1 to oppose cap-and-trade billeTruckerThose opposing the cap-and-trade bill, officially the American Clean Energy and Security Act, HR bill 2454, can protest its passage at 11:30 am, Sept. ...See all stories on this topic
Govt unveils cap and trade market worth $15 blnReuters India"We have reached the stage where we are willing to cap and trade. Now they have to ensure sustained implementation." Continued...See all stories on this topic
Groups target GOP on cap-and-tradePoliticoNayak said his group will also be taking out print ads attacking two House Democrats who voted against the cap-and-trade legislation, Rep. ...See all stories on this topic
WOWKCap-and-Trade Town Hall to Be Held in Huntington Tuesday EveningWOWKHUNTINGTON -- Plans by Congress to institute a cap-and-trade system will be the subject of a town hall meeting in Huntington Tuesday evening. ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-and-Trade Analysis from 25x'25American Agriculturist... steps to provide a wide-ranging objective assessment of cost changes associated with the move to a low-carbon future under a cap and trade system. ...See all stories on this topic
Lonnie Leake, Emerado, ND, letter: Carbon tax, yes; cap and trade, noGrand Forks HeraldThe cap-and-trade bill stinks. But don't get me wrong; I'm all for carbon dioxide emission reduction. But cap and trade puts the burden of carbon pollution ...See all stories on this topic
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Groups target Cantor, Wolf on cap-and-trade HamptonRoads.com ...By Ben Smith Four independent groups are launching more than $1 million in attack ads Tuesday targeting five House Republicans who voted against energy legislation in June, spokespeople for the groups said.News - http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/27
';Deadliest Catch' a cowboy race to cap-and-trade The Smirking ChimpBy Pierre Tristam "Deadliest Catch" doesn't advertise the fact, but it's an excellent example of one of the most successful cap-and-trade systems on the planet -- the same principle that successfully cleaned up the Northeast's acid rain in the 1990s and ...The Smirking Chimp - News And... - http://www.smirkingchimp.com/
Trailer for new anti-cap and trade documentary: Climate Chains ...By Klockarman Trailer for new anti-cap and trade documentary: Climate Chains.GORE LIED - http://algorelied.com/
Tom Nelson: Cap and trade plagues PetersonBy Tom Cap and trade plagues Peterson · http://www.areavoices.com/swedog/?blog=58151. Posted by Tom at 2:28 PM. 0 comments: Post a Comment · Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Recent comments. My Blog List. Climate Realists ...Tom Nelson - http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/
Cap and Trade Calls for Productive U.S. Farmland to be Converted ...By ToddK New forests would spread across the American landscape, replacing both pasture and farm fields, under a congressional plan to confront climate change, an Environmental Protection Agency analysis shows. About 18 million acres of new ...WinkyDog - http://www.winkydog.net/
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Cap-and-trade to hurt industry: studyAmerican Metal MarketBy Lisa GordonPublished: Aug 17 2009 4:31PM Enacting the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the so-called cap-and-trade emissions legislation, ...See all stories on this topic
Farm Bureau asks fairgoers to sign against cap and tradeMissourinet.comMissouri Farm Bureau President Charlie Kruse says the bureau has taken its opposition to cap and trade to the State Fair. "We're doing everything we can to ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-And-Trade: A Boon To Coal-Fired Power Plants?Progress IllinoisAnd if cap-and-trade is approved in the Senate, those same plants -- many of which were grandfathered in under the 1977 Clean Air Act and continue to ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-and-Trade Interests Try to Break Through Health Care ClutterRoll Call (subscription)The API is hardly on its own in voicing opposition to the House-passed “cap and trade” legislation. The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, ...See all stories on this topic
Kansas lawmakers slam cap-and-trade proposalForbesThe lawmakers found a supportive audience at the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association convention in their opposition to the suggested "cap-and-trade" ...See all stories on this topic
Wall Street and the cap-and-trade businessFierceFinanceWill financial firms--the likes of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley--inevitably come to dominate any market for carbon emissions? ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-and-trade opponents taking cue from health-care reform opponentsTampabay.comStarting today, "a coalition of 15 business and conservative groups kicks off a series of rallies throughout the country to decry efforts to enact a cap and ...See all stories on this topic
Kansas lawmakers slam cap & trade proposalNTVMoran said the so-called cap & trade bill singles out the Midwest because those states generate most of their electricity by coal-fired plants. ...See all stories on this topic
Business Travel NewsOp-Ed: Cap-And-Trade Policy Could Hamper The Reduction Of Airline ...Business Travel NewsThe ACES act is a "cap-and-trade" scheme that would limit overall carbon emissions and require fuel and energy companies to buy and sell the right to ...See all stories on this topic
New magazine issue looks at Razorback football history, cap and ...The City WireFeature stories about historic football games, cap and trade legislation, converting vehicles to use natural gas, the economics of the Arkansas lottery, ...See all stories on this topic
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Cap and Trade May Have to Wait Until Next Year - Minnesotans For ...By Elmer With each passing day, cap and trade legislation in the United States looks more likely to become a bystander casualty of the political fight over healthcare reform. The country's voter base has become agitated, feeling that too much ...Minnesotans For Global Warming - http://minnesotansforglobalwarming.com/m4gw/
Economists Who Invented Cap-And-Trade Say It Won't Work for Global ...By George Washington Now, according to the Wall Street Journal, the economists who invented the entire cap-and-trade concept say it probably won't work in regards to climate change. Whatever you think about global warming, carbon trading is a scam which ...Washington's Blog - http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/
Cap and Trade DebateBy patriot2342001 I'll get you Conservatives off to a start here. Socialism!!! It's Slavery!!! This is full blown communism!!! Obama is turing us into a fascist/Socialis.Argue With Everyone Political Forums - http://www.arguewitheveryone.com/
Analysts assert cap-and-trade climate program is still alive ...Des Moines Register: The cap-and-trade plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has run into a lot of opposition in the Senate, but the idea isn't dead yet. That's what analysts say at ClearView Energy Partners LLC in Washington, DC, ...US politics - Community and Politics... - http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Community-and-Politics/US-politics/Earth_Community-and-Politics_US-politics_18_193_734.html
The Best Way to Play Upcoming Senate Brawl Over Cap & Trade May be ...By ktadmin At the rate things are going, the best way for investors to play the upcoming brawl in the U.S. Senate over cap-and-trade may be to buy shares of the very companies this carbon-busting legislation is intended to squeeze out of business. ...1800blogger - http://www.1800blogger.com/
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Climate Change Measure Should Be Set Aside, U.S. Senators Say ...Aug 14, 2009 ... The House passed cap-and-trade legislation in June. ... Most Republicans have said they oppose the cap-and-trade measure, and at least 15
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Sandbag is bagging carbon credits
Part environmental watchdog and part social-networking site, Sandbag lobbies the United Nations and European Union for tighter caps on carbon emissions and permits, while buying up carbon credits.
The U.K.-based not-for-profit community organization, whose motto is "real action on climate change," launched in September 2008. It uses donations to buy up EU carbon credits and cancel them in an effort to drive up the price of carbon credits in the marketplace.
The group has started to gain a following. The Guardian Newspaper Group became a corporate sponsor earlier this year, and on Monday, two London hospitals agreed to sell Sandbag 2,000 tonnes worth of carbon credits.
It's the equivalent of taking 1,000 cars off the road, according to Sandbag's founder Bryony Worthington.
The group's pitch, which is explained through a silent video "Sandbag in 60 seconds," is
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Monday, August 10, 2009 6:43 PM
A Rorschach on Cap-and-TradeNew York TimesBy David Leonhardt In Sunday's Times, Greg Mankiw had the clearest description of the cap-and-trade issue that I've read in a long time. ...See all stories on this topic
Leonard Boswell can't explain Cap and Trade voteExaminer.comPart of the process of you getting stimulus money from Obama for your special interest groups, then voting for Obama's Cap and Trade bill a few days later. ...See all stories on this topic
Little Benefit in Cap and Trade Legislation for FL AgricultureSoutheast AgNetby Julie – August 10th, 2009 The EPA has released a peer review of their proposed Renewable Fuels Standard which cast concerns of incomplete and unreliable ...See all stories on this topic
Bennett discusses cap-and-trade billCache Valley DailyThe so-called cap-and-trade bill has already passed the house but Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, says the sponsor of the Senate bill, Sen. ...See all stories on this topic
Generous Assumptions on Cap and Trade Do Not Mask the CostsHeritage.orgThe Heritage Foundation recently released its economic analysis of the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill, and unsurprisingly, found devastating results. ...See all stories on this topic
LETTER - Hoekstra's arguments on cap and trade are off baseHollandSentinel.comPeter Hoekstra, has weighed in on the cap and trade issue (Sentinel, July 29), and it's instructive to read his comments. He opens by noting that “higher ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-and-trade has a China problemReuters BlogsSo not only would cap-and-trade create more taxes and regulation, it might spur a bout of protectionism. It is the gift that keeps on giving. ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and Trade in Perspective: Stopping Acid RainSolveClimateOver the next few days, we'll look at three cap-and-trade programs already in place – what works about them, what doesn't, and what the US government can ...See all stories on this topic
Guest Opinion: Cap-and-trade bill should give allowances to ...Billings GazetteThe benefit of "allowances" under the "cap and trade" provisions of the House bill should go to customers. For utilities, this should generally be under the ...See all stories on this topic
The Case for a Carbon Tax to Control Climate Change (Part I)The GlobalistThe current legislation, however, embodies a cap-and-trade approach to addressing greenhouse gases. Most economists and many environmentalists, ...See all stories on this topic
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Hot Air » Blog Archive » Cap-and-trade will kill jobs, economyBy Ed Morrissey Barack Obama sold the Democratic cap-and-trade bill as a job-creation bill, but a new study by Heritage tells a much different story. Rather than an effective means of boosting the American economy through the creation of a “green ...Hot Air » Top Picks - http://www.hotair.com/
Roger L. Simon » Cap-and-trade getting capped?By Roger L Simon Not heard much about cap-and-trade legislation lately? Well, if healthcare reform is going South, cap-and-trade is going Far South. Reason: “A January Pew poll placed global warming last among the top 20 priorities Americans have for ...Roger L. Simon - http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/
The Oregon Economics Blog: Eco-Nomics: Carbon Taxes and Cap-and-TradeBy Patrick Emerson The Oregon Economics Blog discusses and comments on economic issues and policy that matter to the state of Oregon.The Oregon Economics Blog - http://oregonecon.blogspot.com/
Illinois groups to hold anti-cap and trade rally BrownfieldBy Ken Anderson A coalition of Illinois groups will hold a rally in Springfield on September 1st to express opposition to federal cap and trade legislation. The coalition includes Illinois Farm Bureau, the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association ...Brownfield - http://brownfieldagnews.com/
Hybrid Cars: Is it time to put cap and trade on the back burner?By Dahcredyns News and information regarding hybrid cars and electric vehicles, including hybrid car testimonials from the owners of all hybrid vehicles. If you like to follow the issues regarding hybrid cars including concept hybrids, ...Hybrid Cars - http://www.hybridcarblog.com/
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The group's pitch, which is explained through a silent video "Sandbag in 60 seconds," is
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Monday, August 10, 2009 6:43 PM
A Rorschach on Cap-and-TradeNew York TimesBy David Leonhardt In Sunday's Times, Greg Mankiw had the clearest description of the cap-and-trade issue that I've read in a long time. ...See all stories on this topic
Leonard Boswell can't explain Cap and Trade voteExaminer.comPart of the process of you getting stimulus money from Obama for your special interest groups, then voting for Obama's Cap and Trade bill a few days later. ...See all stories on this topic
Little Benefit in Cap and Trade Legislation for FL AgricultureSoutheast AgNetby Julie – August 10th, 2009 The EPA has released a peer review of their proposed Renewable Fuels Standard which cast concerns of incomplete and unreliable ...See all stories on this topic
Bennett discusses cap-and-trade billCache Valley DailyThe so-called cap-and-trade bill has already passed the house but Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, says the sponsor of the Senate bill, Sen. ...See all stories on this topic
Generous Assumptions on Cap and Trade Do Not Mask the CostsHeritage.orgThe Heritage Foundation recently released its economic analysis of the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill, and unsurprisingly, found devastating results. ...See all stories on this topic
LETTER - Hoekstra's arguments on cap and trade are off baseHollandSentinel.comPeter Hoekstra, has weighed in on the cap and trade issue (Sentinel, July 29), and it's instructive to read his comments. He opens by noting that “higher ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-and-trade has a China problemReuters BlogsSo not only would cap-and-trade create more taxes and regulation, it might spur a bout of protectionism. It is the gift that keeps on giving. ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and Trade in Perspective: Stopping Acid RainSolveClimateOver the next few days, we'll look at three cap-and-trade programs already in place – what works about them, what doesn't, and what the US government can ...See all stories on this topic
Guest Opinion: Cap-and-trade bill should give allowances to ...Billings GazetteThe benefit of "allowances" under the "cap and trade" provisions of the House bill should go to customers. For utilities, this should generally be under the ...See all stories on this topic
The Case for a Carbon Tax to Control Climate Change (Part I)The GlobalistThe current legislation, however, embodies a cap-and-trade approach to addressing greenhouse gases. Most economists and many environmentalists, ...See all stories on this topic
Google Blogs Alert for: cap and trade
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Cap-and-trade will kill jobs, economyBy Ed Morrissey Barack Obama sold the Democratic cap-and-trade bill as a job-creation bill, but a new study by Heritage tells a much different story. Rather than an effective means of boosting the American economy through the creation of a “green ...Hot Air » Top Picks - http://www.hotair.com/
Roger L. Simon » Cap-and-trade getting capped?By Roger L Simon Not heard much about cap-and-trade legislation lately? Well, if healthcare reform is going South, cap-and-trade is going Far South. Reason: “A January Pew poll placed global warming last among the top 20 priorities Americans have for ...Roger L. Simon - http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/
The Oregon Economics Blog: Eco-Nomics: Carbon Taxes and Cap-and-TradeBy Patrick Emerson The Oregon Economics Blog discusses and comments on economic issues and policy that matter to the state of Oregon.The Oregon Economics Blog - http://oregonecon.blogspot.com/
Illinois groups to hold anti-cap and trade rally BrownfieldBy Ken Anderson A coalition of Illinois groups will hold a rally in Springfield on September 1st to express opposition to federal cap and trade legislation. The coalition includes Illinois Farm Bureau, the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association ...Brownfield - http://brownfieldagnews.com/
Hybrid Cars: Is it time to put cap and trade on the back burner?By Dahcredyns News and information regarding hybrid cars and electric vehicles, including hybrid car testimonials from the owners of all hybrid vehicles. If you like to follow the issues regarding hybrid cars including concept hybrids, ...Hybrid Cars - http://www.hybridcarblog.com/
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Google News Alert for: cap and trade-Saturday, August 8, 2009 6:43 PM
A Missed Opportunity on Climate ChangeNew York TimesWhat Mr. Obama proposed was a cap-and-trade system for carbon, with all the allowances sold at auction. In short, the system would put a ceiling on the ...See all stories on this topic
Americans can't afford cap-and-trade legislationBangor Daily NewsUnder the guise of environmental reform, the US House of Representatives passed cap-and-trade carbon emissions legislation — ignoring the job losses and ...See all stories on this topic
State JournalSpace Defends Vote On Cap & TradeState JournalOHIO -- Ohio Congressman Zack Space continues to defend his vote on the cap and trade bill. The bill, which addresses global warming and limits emissions on ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and Trade legislation just another tax levyThe Daily News of NewburyportA scientific explanation of the issues is too complex to interest most people, which explains the dire situation with the "Cap & Trade" legislation that was ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and trade a bad ideaGreeley TribuneMy opinion is cap and trade will extend our recession by least an additional five years. Why? With unemployment still taking several hundred thousand jobs ...See all stories on this topic
Space: Cap & Trade Is VitalWheeling IntelligencerBy JOSELYN KING WHEELING - "Cap and trade" legislation passed this summer in the US House was about 1400 pages long, and US Rep. Zack Space said he read the ...See all stories on this topic
Gerdeman: “Cap and trade” proposal poised to raise electric billsLimaOhio.comLIMA — Higher electric bills are on the way if the “cap and trade” legislation currently pending in the US Senate is approved, a local energy expert said ...See all stories on this topic
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Space: Cap & Trade Is Vital - News, Sports, Jobs - The ...The Wheeling Intelligencer and News-Register covers the Ohio Valley and reports the latest local and national news, sports, and weather. The papers serves the Northern Panhandle in W. Va. and Harrison, Guernsey, Jefferson, ...The Intelligencer / Wheeling... - http://www.theintelligencer.net/
CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive ...By rsinderbrand It's a crime what is going on and cap and trade feeds this mafia-like behavior. People need to educate themselves about ACORN and SEIU and realize how much money they are getting from this President. They got him elected and he's paying ...CNN Political Ticker - http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
McDonnell Talks Jobs In GOP Response « The Richmond ReportBy Adam Rhew Right now Virginians are particularly concerned about federal cap-and-trade legislation. This legislation would amount to a huge new national energy tax. If implemented, electricity rates would skyrocket and jobs would be lost. ...The Richmond Report - http://nbc29.wordpress.com/
NH INSIDER- Your Source for NH Politics - Press Releases - AFP ...By NH INSIDER This week, I've been on the road doing AFP rallies against cap-and-trade in Monroe, LA; El Dorado, AR; Jonesboro, AR; Sikeston, MO and Evansville, IN. I've met literally hundreds upon hundreds of the greatest Americans there are - the ...Press Releases - http://www.nhinsider.com/press-releases
Alex Constantine's Blacklist: Oil and Gas Industries Fueling Tea ...By Alex Constantine Newt Gingrich's American Solutions For Winning The Future has been one of the biggest players in the fight against cap-and-trade. The organization has run ads against the bill and provided talking points for conservatives to call ...Alex Constantine's Blacklist - http://aconstantineblacklist.blogspot.com/
Americans can't afford cap-and-trade legislationBangor Daily NewsUnder the guise of environmental reform, the US House of Representatives passed cap-and-trade carbon emissions legislation — ignoring the job losses and ...See all stories on this topic
State JournalSpace Defends Vote On Cap & TradeState JournalOHIO -- Ohio Congressman Zack Space continues to defend his vote on the cap and trade bill. The bill, which addresses global warming and limits emissions on ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and Trade legislation just another tax levyThe Daily News of NewburyportA scientific explanation of the issues is too complex to interest most people, which explains the dire situation with the "Cap & Trade" legislation that was ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and trade a bad ideaGreeley TribuneMy opinion is cap and trade will extend our recession by least an additional five years. Why? With unemployment still taking several hundred thousand jobs ...See all stories on this topic
Space: Cap & Trade Is VitalWheeling IntelligencerBy JOSELYN KING WHEELING - "Cap and trade" legislation passed this summer in the US House was about 1400 pages long, and US Rep. Zack Space said he read the ...See all stories on this topic
Gerdeman: “Cap and trade” proposal poised to raise electric billsLimaOhio.comLIMA — Higher electric bills are on the way if the “cap and trade” legislation currently pending in the US Senate is approved, a local energy expert said ...See all stories on this topic
Google Blogs Alert for: cap and trade
Space: Cap & Trade Is Vital - News, Sports, Jobs - The ...The Wheeling Intelligencer and News-Register covers the Ohio Valley and reports the latest local and national news, sports, and weather. The papers serves the Northern Panhandle in W. Va. and Harrison, Guernsey, Jefferson, ...The Intelligencer / Wheeling... - http://www.theintelligencer.net/
CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive ...By rsinderbrand It's a crime what is going on and cap and trade feeds this mafia-like behavior. People need to educate themselves about ACORN and SEIU and realize how much money they are getting from this President. They got him elected and he's paying ...CNN Political Ticker - http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
McDonnell Talks Jobs In GOP Response « The Richmond ReportBy Adam Rhew Right now Virginians are particularly concerned about federal cap-and-trade legislation. This legislation would amount to a huge new national energy tax. If implemented, electricity rates would skyrocket and jobs would be lost. ...The Richmond Report - http://nbc29.wordpress.com/
NH INSIDER- Your Source for NH Politics - Press Releases - AFP ...By NH INSIDER This week, I've been on the road doing AFP rallies against cap-and-trade in Monroe, LA; El Dorado, AR; Jonesboro, AR; Sikeston, MO and Evansville, IN. I've met literally hundreds upon hundreds of the greatest Americans there are - the ...Press Releases - http://www.nhinsider.com/press-releases
Alex Constantine's Blacklist: Oil and Gas Industries Fueling Tea ...By Alex Constantine Newt Gingrich's American Solutions For Winning The Future has been one of the biggest players in the fight against cap-and-trade. The organization has run ads against the bill and provided talking points for conservatives to call ...Alex Constantine's Blacklist - http://aconstantineblacklist.blogspot.com/
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August 7, 2009
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The Green Bank Is Essential for a Clean-Energy Strategy
The New Institution Will Lower Energy Costs, Create Jobs,
Reduce Carbon Emissions, and Protect Our National Security
Introduction
The United States must build and deliver clean energy today to create jobs, lower energy costs, and strengthen our economy.
The establishment of a federally owned, independent, not for profit Green Bank—formally called the Clean Energy Deployment Administration, or CEDA, in legislation now before the Senate—will spur private-sector investment in innovation and American ingenuity to help end our dependence on oil,
and help diversify our nation’s sources of energy to lower prices over the long term while also confronting global warming.
The Green Bank will improve our global economic competitiveness, too, by making the United States a worldwide leader in the manufacture and deployment of clean-energy technology.
The creation of a Green Bank will encourage a long overdue integrated and strategic approach to clean-energy innovation, efficiency, and deployment in the United States.
In combination with Senate action on clean energy—legislation
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Cap-and-trade: Estimates of fees, job impact vary widelyFinance and Commerceby Bob Geiger Staff Writer The cap-and-trade system to curtail global warming will wipe out 21000 jobs in Minnesota, and cost each household in the state ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and Trade? or $2 Trillion Tax?Big Sky Business JournalOn a per capita basis the goals of “cap and trade” aim to reduce CO2 levels, to 1905 levels, even though today we have four times the population, ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-and-trade bill should not be passedShelby StarAfter narrow approval in the House, the socalled cap-and-trade bill to curb global warming should never leave the US Senate. The Waxman-Markey legislation ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and trade bill to increase utility bills for ArkansansThe City WireThe proposed federal cap and trade legislation could raise some annual utility bills in Arkansas by as much as $870 a year by 2030. ...See all stories on this topic
Manufacture This: 10 Democrats Express Concern over Cap and TradeHeritage.orgTen Senate Democrats recently expressed their concern over cap and trade legislation that would dramatically increase energy prices and particularly hurt ...See all stories on this topic
More analysis comes out against Cap-and-TradeExaminer.comFor the past couple of weeks I have not written much about the Cap-and-Trade bill nor the debate surrounding it. At this time, with consideration of the ...See all stories on this topic
Business Owners Weary of Cap and TradeInc.comAlthough supporters say the policy will help fight global warming, some contend that cap-and-trade legislation could provide a dangerous new commodities ...See all stories on this topic
Boxer, Baucus Headed for Turf War Over Cap-And-Trade BillNew York TimesFor Boxer, that means she will fold the allowance provisions into a broader cap-and-trade bill that includes greenhouse gas limits that stretch out over the ...See all stories on this topic
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Cap and Trade? or $2 Trillion Tax? - Big Sky Business Journal ...By india-tax-news Cap and Trade? or $2 Trillion Tax?Big Sky Business JournalHines explained that studies have demonstrated that the lower the income of citizens the more energy they tend to use. Without investment to install more . ...India Tax News - http://elagaan.com/news
Cyberhillbilly: Boston Herald on Cap & TradeBy Cyberhillbilly Would Cap and Trade really do much to halt CO2 emissions? The Boston Herald says no: Even if the United States were to significantly reduce CO2 emissions, it would have little global effect, given that the biggest producers of ...Cyberhillbilly - http://cyberhillbilly.blogspot.com/
10 Democrats ask Obama Admin to Support Trade Protections « The ...By Matt Dernoga These Democrats see protections as a way to ensure their states don't incur job losses from a cap and trade bill. The protections are in the Waxman-Markey bill that passed the House, but President Obama has expressed concern about them, ...The Dernogalizer - http://madrad2002.wordpress.com/
Humans and Their CO2 Save the Planet! by Frank J. Tipler Climate ...By Co2sceptic As the Senate considers the fate of the cap-and-trade bill, we should consider what it means for more carbon dioxide to be added to the atmosphere, something the bill intends to prevent. Carbon ...Climate Realists - http://climaterealists.com/index.php
http://www.windaction.org/opinions/22561By Industrial Wind Action Group Cap-and-trade schemes could hurt families and send jobs overseas The recently passed US House bill to create a cap-and-trade system to tackle greenhouse-gas emissions threatens to hurt families and send jobs out of the country, ...http://www.windaction.org/
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Rubio vs. Crist on Cap and Trade - Kathryn Jean Lopez - The Corner ...Aug 7, 2009 ... But Crist's plans were shredded by the Republican Legislature and his cap-and- trade proposal has been bashed as a ``tax'' by his Republican ...
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August 7, 2009Download this memo (pdf)
The Green Bank Is Essential for a Clean-Energy Strategy
The New Institution Will Lower Energy Costs, Create Jobs,
Reduce Carbon Emissions, and Protect Our National Security
Introduction
The United States must build and deliver clean energy today to create jobs, lower energy costs, and strengthen our economy.
The establishment of a federally owned, independent, not for profit Green Bank—formally called the Clean Energy Deployment Administration, or CEDA, in legislation now before the Senate—will spur private-sector investment in innovation and American ingenuity to help end our dependence on oil,
and help diversify our nation’s sources of energy to lower prices over the long term while also confronting global warming.
The Green Bank will improve our global economic competitiveness, too, by making the United States a worldwide leader in the manufacture and deployment of clean-energy technology.
The creation of a Green Bank will encourage a long overdue integrated and strategic approach to clean-energy innovation, efficiency, and deployment in the United States.
In combination with Senate action on clean energy—legislation
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Google News Alert for: cap and tradeCap-and-trade: Estimates of fees, job impact vary widelyFinance and Commerceby Bob Geiger Staff Writer The cap-and-trade system to curtail global warming will wipe out 21000 jobs in Minnesota, and cost each household in the state ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and Trade? or $2 Trillion Tax?Big Sky Business JournalOn a per capita basis the goals of “cap and trade” aim to reduce CO2 levels, to 1905 levels, even though today we have four times the population, ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-and-trade bill should not be passedShelby StarAfter narrow approval in the House, the socalled cap-and-trade bill to curb global warming should never leave the US Senate. The Waxman-Markey legislation ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and trade bill to increase utility bills for ArkansansThe City WireThe proposed federal cap and trade legislation could raise some annual utility bills in Arkansas by as much as $870 a year by 2030. ...See all stories on this topic
Manufacture This: 10 Democrats Express Concern over Cap and TradeHeritage.orgTen Senate Democrats recently expressed their concern over cap and trade legislation that would dramatically increase energy prices and particularly hurt ...See all stories on this topic
More analysis comes out against Cap-and-TradeExaminer.comFor the past couple of weeks I have not written much about the Cap-and-Trade bill nor the debate surrounding it. At this time, with consideration of the ...See all stories on this topic
Business Owners Weary of Cap and TradeInc.comAlthough supporters say the policy will help fight global warming, some contend that cap-and-trade legislation could provide a dangerous new commodities ...See all stories on this topic
Boxer, Baucus Headed for Turf War Over Cap-And-Trade BillNew York TimesFor Boxer, that means she will fold the allowance provisions into a broader cap-and-trade bill that includes greenhouse gas limits that stretch out over the ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and cut beats cap and tradeCalgary HeraldS askatchewan's Premier Brad Wall has a gift for being succinct: "We're in favour of cap-and-cut," as opposed to cap and trade, he said at the Council of ...See all stories on this topic
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Cap and Trade? or $2 Trillion Tax? - Big Sky Business Journal ...By india-tax-news Cap and Trade? or $2 Trillion Tax?Big Sky Business JournalHines explained that studies have demonstrated that the lower the income of citizens the more energy they tend to use. Without investment to install more . ...India Tax News - http://elagaan.com/news
Cyberhillbilly: Boston Herald on Cap & TradeBy Cyberhillbilly Would Cap and Trade really do much to halt CO2 emissions? The Boston Herald says no: Even if the United States were to significantly reduce CO2 emissions, it would have little global effect, given that the biggest producers of ...Cyberhillbilly - http://cyberhillbilly.blogspot.com/
10 Democrats ask Obama Admin to Support Trade Protections « The ...By Matt Dernoga These Democrats see protections as a way to ensure their states don't incur job losses from a cap and trade bill. The protections are in the Waxman-Markey bill that passed the House, but President Obama has expressed concern about them, ...The Dernogalizer - http://madrad2002.wordpress.com/
Humans and Their CO2 Save the Planet! by Frank J. Tipler Climate ...By Co2sceptic As the Senate considers the fate of the cap-and-trade bill, we should consider what it means for more carbon dioxide to be added to the atmosphere, something the bill intends to prevent. Carbon ...Climate Realists - http://climaterealists.com/index.php
http://www.windaction.org/opinions/22561By Industrial Wind Action Group Cap-and-trade schemes could hurt families and send jobs overseas The recently passed US House bill to create a cap-and-trade system to tackle greenhouse-gas emissions threatens to hurt families and send jobs out of the country, ...http://www.windaction.org/
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Rubio vs. Crist on Cap and Trade - Kathryn Jean Lopez - The Corner ...Aug 7, 2009 ... But Crist's plans were shredded by the Republican Legislature and his cap-and- trade proposal has been bashed as a ``tax'' by his Republican ...
CNSNews.com - International Cap-and-Trade Regime Could Benefit ...Jul 31, 2009 ... "Organized crime will be the place to go to get carbon credits," a Republican lawmaker warned a Senate committee hearing on Thursday.
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Survey: Most Arkansans opposed to proposed cap and trade legislationThe City WireArkansans are almost split on their opinion of global warming, but they are clearly opposed to the proposed cap and trade legislation that was approved in ...See all stories on this topic
Lucas Asks Peterson for Additional Hearings on Cap & Trade LegislationBixby BulletinThere are a number of different analyses on cap and trade that show reductions in farm income reaching all the way up to 94 percent by 2035. ...See all stories on this topic
Cap-and-trade dead now, too?Hot AirNow Politico reports that cap-and-trade will be off the agenda as well. The arm-twisting required for obamacare means that the White House will have no ...See all stories on this topic
Minnesota farmers are skeptical about cap-and-trade proposalsCapitol ReportThe bill creates a cap-and-trade system in which carbon emissions are capped and polluters can buy credits from entities that cut their emissions. ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and trade costs — FAPRIDelta Farm PressKit Bond, R-Mo., to crunch data to show the impacts of cap and trade legislation on Missouri farmers, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute ...See all stories on this topic
Ag Update: Cap-And-Trade Concept Takes Center StageCattleNetwork.comThe centerpiece of the House bill is a cap-and-trade system under which greenhouse gas emissions expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent would be capped at ...See all stories on this topic
Is Schweitzer Shifting His Position on Cap-and-Trade?Flathead BeaconBrian Schweitzer's position of late regarding support for a cap-and-trade greenhouse gas emissions bill. Chesser contrasts Schweitzer's long support for the ...See all stories on this topic
Government Study Shows Cap-and-Trade Will Raise Energy PricesU.S. News & World Reporteia's independent conclusion confirms what the opponents of the cap-and-trade bill have been saying all along—that the regulatory approach backed by the ...See all stories on this topic
Kratovil catches flak for cap and trade voteAnnapolis CapitalFrank Kratovil for voting for a bill that would regulate greenhouse gas emissions through a cap-and-trade system. Kratovil told constituents at a town-hall ...See all stories on this topic
Did Dems Buy Cap and Trade Votes?Human Events... (FEC) reports and found one indicating that just days before the 219-212 “cap-and-trade” national energy tax vote in the US House of Representatives, ...See all stories on this topic
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Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Dems Cap and Trade “Energy” Bill ...By Mike's America Tuesday, the U.S. Energy Information Administration released their study of the impacts of the Democrat's Cap and Trade program which recently passed the House of Representatives. Bloomberg news sorted through the bureaucratic language ...Flopping Aces - http://www.floppingaces.net/
Cyberhillbilly: Hal Rogers: Cap and Trade Would Devastate EKY EconomyBy Cyberhillbilly Hal Rogers: Cap and Trade Would Devastate EKY Economy. From the Floyd County Times: Rather than transitioning responsibly towards new energy technologies, the President is trying to impose draconian, government-mandated limits on carbon ...Cyberhillbilly - http://cyberhillbilly.blogspot.com/
EIA: Energy Prices Inch Up in Early Years of Cap-and-Trade BNET ...By Kirsten Korosec BNET Energy provides daily news coverage for managers and executives in the energy industry, with coverage on major utilities, oil companies, and clean tech and renewable energy businesses.BNET Energy - http://industry.bnet.com/energy/
Bunkerworld News - Latest News - Schwarzenegger backs cap-and ...The EAAC was established to advise California's Air Resources Board (ARB) on the implementation of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) and the cap-and-trade system. In December 2008, the ARB adopted the AB 32 ...Bunkerworld News - http://www.bunkerworld.com/
Catastrophe - How Obama's Cap And Trade Will Destroy American ...By Team How Obama, Congress And The Special Interests Are Turning A Slump Into A Crash, Freedom Into Socialism, And A Disaster Into A CATASTROPHE...And How To Fight.Finance Video Blog - http://www.financevideoblog.com/
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Warning: 'Cap and trade' not DOA (OneNewsNow.com)Aug 4, 2009 ... An interesting statistic brought up in the meeting shows how the cap-and-trade bill even affects healthcare. According to calculations ...
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November 6, 2008saferenvironment.wordpress.com/.../ >>
Clean Coal's Chicken and Egg Problem
President Elect Barack Obama supports creating a carbon cap-and-trade program, which can create a boon for the carbon capture-and-storage sector. But timing the program's deployment is up for debate.
A carbon cap-and-trade program would require polluters who can't meet emissions requirements to buy credits from those who can. Europe has such a program in place since 2003.
The field of carbon-capture-and-storage is still in the early development stages. Scientists and power plant operators worldwide have carried out pilot projects to test various technologies, which are costly to deploy and have not been proven for commercialization (see Canada to Beat U.S. to Carbon Storage and Vattenfall to Trap Carbon Emissions.)
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http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/08/05/05greenwire-fossil-fuel-groups-form-circular-firing-squad-7979.html
Fossil-Fuel Groups Form Circular Firing SquadAugust 5, 2009
Big oil and gas companies are condemning the House climate bill that buoys coal-fired utilities.
Coal's response is to ask senators for even more help than the fuel received in the House legislation.
The struggle promises to increase in the weeks ahead. With the Senate expected to move ahead on climate legislation in September, each of the fossil fuels wants to make itself appear most worthy of help. Increasingly, that means making a rival look less entitled.
"Instead of simply standing opposed, everyone is looking for the advantage," said Sam Thernstrom, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. "It's inevitable that there will be conflict between cleaner sources of energy, such as natural gas, and dirty sources of energy. The whole process of crafting climate policy is picking winners and losers."
---That changed after a group of 27 independent gas companies came together to form America's Natural Gas Alliance.
The alliance began lobbying the Senate full force. It also started running full-page ads in Washington newspapers. The ads promote the benefits and availability of natural gas. But they also throw dirt on coal, the source of half the power in the United States.
"We can cut carbon emissions by 50 percent today," one ad says, followed by pie charts showing how generating half of U.S. electricity from natural gas, instead of coal, would dramatically lower carbon dioxide emissions.
Then, on Monday, the National Mining Association struck back in the Politico newspaper.
"We can raise electricity prices by 450 percent today," the NMA ad screamed in red and fuchsia type, "by replacing coal with natural gas to generate electricity
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aQQH_8kliSTU
Duke Energy Elbows Co-ops for Carbon Permits in Climate MeasureShare Email Print A A A
By Lorraine Woellert
Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Some of the largest U.S. electricity companies, including Duke Energy Corp. and American Electric Power Co., are fighting what may be a $100 billion battle with smaller cooperatives, community providers and state regulators over the right to pollute.
As the Senate writes a bill to control greenhouse gases, the groups are swarming over a pot of free permits that cap carbon emissions and create a trading system of pollution rights.
Lawmakers want to broker peace the way they did two decades ago when they gave AEP and other coal-plant operators license to pollute
This is big guy versus little guy,” said Wally Wolski, president of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in Arlington, Virginia.
Edison Electric’s members have spent two years mulling how to distribute allowances under a possible cap-and-trade plan, collaborating with the New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council to draft what became the blueprint for a version of the measure that was approved by the House of Representatives.
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The 10 Most-Respected Global Warming SkepticsJoe WeisenthalJul. 30, 2009,
There remain some holdouts who say this consensus is little more than conformity to a politically correct idea. Perhaps even more surprising is that a few of these global-warming skeptics are actually respected!
No matter where you stand on this debate, you should know who the major skeptics are and what they think.
START HERE >
No matter where you stand on this debate, you should know who the major skeptics are and what they think.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5734LB20090804
Mexico aims to bring CO2 cut plan to climate talks
Tue Aug 4, 2009
Despite Calderon's personal commitment to the issue, Mexico allowed carbon dioxide emissions from the oil industry to soar in 2008 as massive amounts of natural gas were flared off in a bid to keep aging oil fields in production.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5724IS20090803
U.S. refiners see shakeout under climate change bill
Mon Aug 3, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ailing U.S. oil refiners could face a crippling period of contraction under a House-approved climate change bill, making the country more dependent on imported refined products.
The so-called cap-and-trade bill narrowly passed by the House of Representatives in June would limit greenhouse gas emissions by requiring polluters to acquire permits for the carbon dioxide they spew into the atmosphere.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE57409I20090805
World Bank to buy carbon credit from Congo project
Tue Aug 4, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank said on Tuesday it will buy 500,000 tons of carbon credits from a forest project replanting about 4,120 hectares destroyed by deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Bank said French carbon buyer Orbeo, a unit of French conglomerate Societe Generale, would also buy "a similar amount" of carbon credits from the Ibi Bateke Sink Plantation project, some 150 kilometers from the Congolese capital Kinshasa.
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Cap and trade answers elusiveSoutheast Farm Press"My mail is running about 99 to 1 against (cap and trade)," said Sen. Ben Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat, during the hearing. "I'll use the parade analogy, ...See all stories on this topic
Dividing the Loot from Cap and TradeWashington PostNow that the Senate Finance Committee has finished doing whatever it did to health-care reform, it is turning to cap and trade with this morning's hearing ...See all stories on this topic
Ozarks FirstBlunt Meets with Utility Companies About Cap and TradeOzarks FirstHe was meeting with utility company representatives to talk about the proposed cap and trade legislation, which would limit businesses on how much carbon ...See all stories on this topic
OneNewsNowWarning: 'Cap and trade' not DOAOneNewsNowA coalition of conservative groups dedicated to dispelling the myths of global warming is keeping the heat on lawmakers when it comes to "cap and trade. ...See all stories on this topic
How Much Is a Cap-and-Trade Vote Worth?Americans for Tax ReformWASHINGTON, DC – A recent Federal Election Commission (FEC) report indicates that just days before the 219-212 “cap-and-trade” vote in the US House, ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and trade: Show me the moneyFarm and DairySeveral Repub aggies complained farmers would be big losers under cap-and-trade. Leading the charge was Mike Johanns, this year the junior senator from ...See all stories on this topic
Kratovil Catches Flak For Cap-and-trade VoteWJZAmendments to the bill would exempt agriculture and forestry from the cap-and-trade system and allow farmers to be compensated for their emission-control ...See all stories on this topic
Cheyenne Light bashes cap and trade lawsWyoming TribuneBy Bill McCarthy CHEYENNE -- Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power is lobbying its customers to fight federal "cap-and-trade" legislation. ...See all stories on this topic
Coal Industry Group Linked to a Dozen Forged Cap-And-Trade LettersNew York TimesBy ALEX KAPLUN of Greenwire The lobbying firm that sent forged letters opposing the House climate bill to at least three members of Congress was working on ...See all stories on this topic
Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill an important topic at the Coal SummitBluefield Daily TelegraphThe health care reform bill and the cap-and-trade bill now working their way through the Congress are the most dangerous legislative measures in memory. ...See all stories on this topic
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Farmers upset at Kratovil over cap and trade Inside Charm City ...By Stan Moore Kratovil told constituents at a town-hall meeting Monday in Caroline County that he tried to make the bill easier on farmers. Amendments to the bill would exempt agriculture and forestry from the cap-and-trade system and allow farmers ...Inside Charm City: Baltimore,... - http://insidecharmcity.com/
Who wins in the world of Cap and Trade - EcademyDave shares insights on the market both commercially and spiritually, bringing a prophetic insight to the worlds of Church and Technology, always worth seeing what is being said (Prophetic Technology)Ecademy: user blogs - http://www.ecademy.com/
Obama's Big Lie: "Green" Jobs by Alan Caruba Climate RealistsBy Co2sceptic In pursuit of the “Cap-and-Trade” act that is a huge tax on all energy use in America, Obama's favorite mantra is that massive subsidies to wind and solar energy producers, as well as biofuel producers, will generate millions of new ...Climate Realists - http://climaterealists.com/index.php
Will Christie Whitman be Heard? The Moderate VoiceBy PETE ABEL, Managing Editor Whitman criticizes her party for their recent debate over Obama's “cap and trade” energy policy, noting that the Republican attacks centered on dismissing the proposal as “cap and tax” rather than offering solutions of their own. ...The Moderate Voice - http://themoderatevoice.com/
Going Green: Spam Scam Tries to Cash in on Cap and Trade Madison ...By admin Going Green: Spam Scam Tries to Cash in on Cap and Trade Madison … Madison County Courier covers Madison County news, and news from Oneida NY and Wampsville NY. Read the original: Going Green: Spam Scam Tries to Cash in on Cap and ...The Global Warming - http://www.the-global-warming.org/
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http://blogsforvictory.com/2009/08/02/what-ails-the-american-economy-overconsumption-amid-underproduction/
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What Ails the American Economy:
“Overconsumption Amid Underproduction”
(This article is in opposition to Obama!)
by Mark Noonan on
August 2nd, 2009
So, you see, I’m not the only person who figures that if we don’t create wealth, we can’t get rich:
…Whatever the politics, no new stimulus should be considered unless it deals with the fundamental illness undermining the country’s long-term economic prospects. Such a stimulus would address the country’s essential problem: persistent overconsumption amid underproduction…
…Though some parts of the stimulus, such as extending health and unemployment benefits, were clearly justified, the whole program never sought to address the roughly $800 billion annual imbalance between American consumption and production.
Instead, we have witnessed a grab bag of political handouts — Chicago machine politics on a grand scale — designed to placate key Democratic constituencies. Most have gone to what my old teacher Michael Harrington described as “the social-industrial complex” consisting of the education industry, social service providers and the various government bureaucracies…
…no matter how much the conservatives complain, Obamanomics most likely will end up with results remarkably like those of Bushonomics
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/02/AR2009080201563.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
Falling Behind On Green Tech
By John Doerr and Jeff Immelt
Monday, August 3, 2009
America confronts three interrelated crises: an economic crisis, a climate crisis and an energy security crisis.
We believe there's a fourth: a competitiveness crisis.
This crisis is particularly evident in America's worldwide standing in the next great global industry, green technology.
Energy in the United States costs more than $1 trillion a year -- for oil, coal, natural gas, nuclear and renewables. This is on top of a similar sum spent on the things that use this energy -- our homes, shops, factories and cars.
That means about $2 trillion a year is at stake right here.
Do we want to win the race to lead the next great global industry, clean energy? That is the choice before us.
We are clearly not in the lead today. That position is held by China, which understands the importance of controlling its energy future. China's commitment to developing clean energy technologies and markets is breathtaking.
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http://universe.byu.edu/node/1231
VIEWPOINT:
The United States is taking a back seat in green technology
Mon, 08/03/2009
Clay A. Dumas
This summer I’m interning at the San Francisco offices of a Chinese solar panel company, which by some measures is the biggest manufacturer of solar photovoltaic panels in the world. For a couple of years I have avidly followed the course of climate legislation in the United States as well as in the international community, but getting to watch that debate unfold from within the “green economy” bubble has been an eye-opening experience,
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http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/
July 30, 2009, 1
Evaluating Obama’s Pledge for Energy Innovation
By Andrew C. Revkin
From our friends at Dot Earth:
--technology almost always involves two more D’s — with the full cycle being research, development, demonstration, deployment. Now an intensifying fight is brewing over just how many D’s are included in President Obama’s pledge to invest $150 billion over 10 years to propel energy innovation.
Democrats on the staff of the House Select Subcommittee on Energy Independence and Global Warming insist that Mr. Obama’s spending plan covers not just research, development and large-scale demonstration
The 2010 Budget proposes investing $150 billion over 10 years from cap-and-trade revenues in clean energy technologies because the Administration believes that a sustained commitment on that scale is needed not only to make the multi-year federal investments needed to bring new technologies to commercialization but also to send a signal to private companies that the federal government is investing for the long term. So the Administration continues to support a substantial commitment of cap-and-trade revenues to clean energy technologies on a balanced portfolio of basic research, applied research, development, deployment, and commercialization.
Outside parties have been choosing the interpretation that suits various agendas.
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Battle heats up over emissions bill
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Manufacturers fear that the proposed “cap and trade” legislation would cause energy prices to skyrocket and major companies to flee the country, taking thousands of jobs with them.
Proponents insist that it’s the best chance yet to reduce emissions, protect the environment and position the U.S. as a world leader in alternative-energy development.
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http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090728/largest-independent-oil-refiner-hopes-for-cap-and-trade-defeat-in-senate.htm
US Edition Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Largest independent oil refiner hopes
for cap-and-trade defeat in Senate
Valero Energy Corp. chief executive officer Bill Klesse ---
refiners would be charged for the carbon dioxide emissions they generate and consequently pass the costs to consumers.
"Every single fuel that is produced will go up on price (under cap-and-trade)," Klesse said today during a conference call with investors. "We (Valero) are going to be very active on participation on how much this means to the consumer, to this industry and to the American Economy.”
Congressional Budget Office which projects an increase of 77 cents per gallon of gasoline if the cap-and-trade legislation passes
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http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5734LB20090804
Mexico aims to bring CO2 cut plan to climate talks
Tue Aug 4, 2009
Despite Calderon's personal commitment to the issue, Mexico allowed carbon dioxide emissions from the oil industry to soar in 2008 as massive amounts of natural gas were flared off in a bid to keep aging oil fields in production.
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U.S. refiners see shakeout under climate change bill
Mon Aug 3, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ailing U.S. oil refiners could face a crippling period of contraction under a House-approved climate change bill, making the country more dependent on imported refined products.
The so-called cap-and-trade bill narrowly passed by the House of Representatives in June would limit greenhouse gas emissions by requiring polluters to acquire permits for the carbon dioxide they spew into the atmosphere.
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World Bank to buy carbon credit from Congo project
Tue Aug 4, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank said on Tuesday it will buy 500,000 tons of carbon credits from a forest project replanting about 4,120 hectares destroyed by deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Bank said French carbon buyer Orbeo, a unit of French conglomerate Societe Generale, would also buy "a similar amount" of carbon credits from the Ibi Bateke Sink Plantation project, some 150 kilometers from the Congolese capital Kinshasa.
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Cap and trade answers elusiveSoutheast Farm Press"My mail is running about 99 to 1 against (cap and trade)," said Sen. Ben Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat, during the hearing. "I'll use the parade analogy, ...See all stories on this topic
Dividing the Loot from Cap and TradeWashington PostNow that the Senate Finance Committee has finished doing whatever it did to health-care reform, it is turning to cap and trade with this morning's hearing ...See all stories on this topic
Ozarks FirstBlunt Meets with Utility Companies About Cap and TradeOzarks FirstHe was meeting with utility company representatives to talk about the proposed cap and trade legislation, which would limit businesses on how much carbon ...See all stories on this topic
OneNewsNowWarning: 'Cap and trade' not DOAOneNewsNowA coalition of conservative groups dedicated to dispelling the myths of global warming is keeping the heat on lawmakers when it comes to "cap and trade. ...See all stories on this topic
How Much Is a Cap-and-Trade Vote Worth?Americans for Tax ReformWASHINGTON, DC – A recent Federal Election Commission (FEC) report indicates that just days before the 219-212 “cap-and-trade” vote in the US House, ...See all stories on this topic
Cap and trade: Show me the moneyFarm and DairySeveral Repub aggies complained farmers would be big losers under cap-and-trade. Leading the charge was Mike Johanns, this year the junior senator from ...See all stories on this topic
Kratovil Catches Flak For Cap-and-trade VoteWJZAmendments to the bill would exempt agriculture and forestry from the cap-and-trade system and allow farmers to be compensated for their emission-control ...See all stories on this topic
Cheyenne Light bashes cap and trade lawsWyoming TribuneBy Bill McCarthy CHEYENNE -- Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power is lobbying its customers to fight federal "cap-and-trade" legislation. ...See all stories on this topic
Coal Industry Group Linked to a Dozen Forged Cap-And-Trade LettersNew York TimesBy ALEX KAPLUN of Greenwire The lobbying firm that sent forged letters opposing the House climate bill to at least three members of Congress was working on ...See all stories on this topic
Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill an important topic at the Coal SummitBluefield Daily TelegraphThe health care reform bill and the cap-and-trade bill now working their way through the Congress are the most dangerous legislative measures in memory. ...See all stories on this topic
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Farmers upset at Kratovil over cap and trade Inside Charm City ...By Stan Moore Kratovil told constituents at a town-hall meeting Monday in Caroline County that he tried to make the bill easier on farmers. Amendments to the bill would exempt agriculture and forestry from the cap-and-trade system and allow farmers ...Inside Charm City: Baltimore,... - http://insidecharmcity.com/
Who wins in the world of Cap and Trade - EcademyDave shares insights on the market both commercially and spiritually, bringing a prophetic insight to the worlds of Church and Technology, always worth seeing what is being said (Prophetic Technology)Ecademy: user blogs - http://www.ecademy.com/
Obama's Big Lie: "Green" Jobs by Alan Caruba Climate RealistsBy Co2sceptic In pursuit of the “Cap-and-Trade” act that is a huge tax on all energy use in America, Obama's favorite mantra is that massive subsidies to wind and solar energy producers, as well as biofuel producers, will generate millions of new ...Climate Realists - http://climaterealists.com/index.php
Will Christie Whitman be Heard? The Moderate VoiceBy PETE ABEL, Managing Editor Whitman criticizes her party for their recent debate over Obama's “cap and trade” energy policy, noting that the Republican attacks centered on dismissing the proposal as “cap and tax” rather than offering solutions of their own. ...The Moderate Voice - http://themoderatevoice.com/
Going Green: Spam Scam Tries to Cash in on Cap and Trade Madison ...By admin Going Green: Spam Scam Tries to Cash in on Cap and Trade Madison … Madison County Courier covers Madison County news, and news from Oneida NY and Wampsville NY. Read the original: Going Green: Spam Scam Tries to Cash in on Cap and ...The Global Warming - http://www.the-global-warming.org/
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http://blogsforvictory.com/2009/08/02/what-ails-the-american-economy-overconsumption-amid-underproduction/
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What Ails the American Economy:
“Overconsumption Amid Underproduction”
(This article is in opposition to Obama!)
by Mark Noonan on
August 2nd, 2009
So, you see, I’m not the only person who figures that if we don’t create wealth, we can’t get rich:
…Whatever the politics, no new stimulus should be considered unless it deals with the fundamental illness undermining the country’s long-term economic prospects. Such a stimulus would address the country’s essential problem: persistent overconsumption amid underproduction…
…Though some parts of the stimulus, such as extending health and unemployment benefits, were clearly justified, the whole program never sought to address the roughly $800 billion annual imbalance between American consumption and production.
Instead, we have witnessed a grab bag of political handouts — Chicago machine politics on a grand scale — designed to placate key Democratic constituencies. Most have gone to what my old teacher Michael Harrington described as “the social-industrial complex” consisting of the education industry, social service providers and the various government bureaucracies…
…no matter how much the conservatives complain, Obamanomics most likely will end up with results remarkably like those of Bushonomics
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Falling Behind On Green Tech
By John Doerr and Jeff Immelt
Monday, August 3, 2009
America confronts three interrelated crises: an economic crisis, a climate crisis and an energy security crisis.
We believe there's a fourth: a competitiveness crisis.
This crisis is particularly evident in America's worldwide standing in the next great global industry, green technology.
Energy in the United States costs more than $1 trillion a year -- for oil, coal, natural gas, nuclear and renewables. This is on top of a similar sum spent on the things that use this energy -- our homes, shops, factories and cars.
That means about $2 trillion a year is at stake right here.
Do we want to win the race to lead the next great global industry, clean energy? That is the choice before us.
We are clearly not in the lead today. That position is held by China, which understands the importance of controlling its energy future. China's commitment to developing clean energy technologies and markets is breathtaking.
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VIEWPOINT:
The United States is taking a back seat in green technology
Mon, 08/03/2009
Clay A. Dumas
This summer I’m interning at the San Francisco offices of a Chinese solar panel company, which by some measures is the biggest manufacturer of solar photovoltaic panels in the world. For a couple of years I have avidly followed the course of climate legislation in the United States as well as in the international community, but getting to watch that debate unfold from within the “green economy” bubble has been an eye-opening experience,
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July 30, 2009, 1
Evaluating Obama’s Pledge for Energy Innovation
By Andrew C. Revkin
From our friends at Dot Earth:
--technology almost always involves two more D’s — with the full cycle being research, development, demonstration, deployment. Now an intensifying fight is brewing over just how many D’s are included in President Obama’s pledge to invest $150 billion over 10 years to propel energy innovation.
Democrats on the staff of the House Select Subcommittee on Energy Independence and Global Warming insist that Mr. Obama’s spending plan covers not just research, development and large-scale demonstration
The 2010 Budget proposes investing $150 billion over 10 years from cap-and-trade revenues in clean energy technologies because the Administration believes that a sustained commitment on that scale is needed not only to make the multi-year federal investments needed to bring new technologies to commercialization but also to send a signal to private companies that the federal government is investing for the long term. So the Administration continues to support a substantial commitment of cap-and-trade revenues to clean energy technologies on a balanced portfolio of basic research, applied research, development, deployment, and commercialization.
Outside parties have been choosing the interpretation that suits various agendas.
Read more…
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Manufacturers fear that the proposed “cap and trade” legislation would cause energy prices to skyrocket and major companies to flee the country, taking thousands of jobs with them.
Proponents insist that it’s the best chance yet to reduce emissions, protect the environment and position the U.S. as a world leader in alternative-energy development.
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http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090728/largest-independent-oil-refiner-hopes-for-cap-and-trade-defeat-in-senate.htm
US Edition Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Largest independent oil refiner hopes
for cap-and-trade defeat in Senate
Valero Energy Corp. chief executive officer Bill Klesse ---
refiners would be charged for the carbon dioxide emissions they generate and consequently pass the costs to consumers.
"Every single fuel that is produced will go up on price (under cap-and-trade)," Klesse said today during a conference call with investors. "We (Valero) are going to be very active on participation on how much this means to the consumer, to this industry and to the American Economy.”
Congressional Budget Office which projects an increase of 77 cents per gallon of gasoline if the cap-and-trade legislation passes
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July 28, 2009National Academies: U.S. energy at a crossroads
If changing the U.S. energy supply to be more secure and sustainable is like steering a massive ship, then the direction we set it on today won't be fully felt for 10 or 20 years.
The National Research Council, the operating arm of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, on Monday released a report called "America's Energy Future" that seeks to focus the country's discussion on energy and draw attention to the most promising technologies.
One of the messages from the report is that long-term problems require sustained strategies and a break from business as usual.
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Joule Biotechnologies Introduces Its Technology for Producing Renewable Transportation Fuels27 July 200
Joule Biotechnologies, Inc., a bioengineering startup, unveiled its Helioculture technology—a system that leverages highly engineered photosynthetic organisms to catalyze the conversion of sunlight and CO2 to usable transportation fuels and chemicals. Among the co-founders of Joule Biotechnologies is Harvard
Medical School Professor of Genetics George Church, who also co-founded LS9
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Weekend story: Now Hiring – Green-Collar WorkersJuly 25, 2009 by PEA Blogger
From Business Week
When Alden Zeitz started the Wind Energy Program at Iowa Lakes Community College five years ago, 15 students enrolled.
This year, 102 students enrolled in the two-year training program for wind turbine technicians, including some students who abandoned another career for the economic promise of green technology. The wind energy industry hasn’t been immune to the recession, but students are counting on the federal government’s injection of $80 billion in clean energy projects to change that.
Stimulus for Green Energy
The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 is a stimulus package that includes money for solar farms, wind turbines, electrical grid updates, mass transit, and the weatherizing and retrofitting
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http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-christopher-steiner26-2009jul26,0,4374953.story
$20 Per Gallon' by Christopher Steiner
Christopher Steiner looks ahead and projects, $2 at a time, how rising gasoline prices will transform civilization.
By Matthew DeBord July 26, 2009
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Carbon plan stirs anxiety
in Missouri power sector
BY jeffrey tomich
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
07/26/2009
Built in 1953, it's the oldest piece of the utility's coal-fired fleet, and among the cheapest to operate. These days, however, it's less a symbol of cheap electricity than a potential casualty if Congress passes a law to slash greenhouse gas emissions.The House of Representatives passed the sweeping, 1,500-page American Clean Energy and Security Act last month. The House bill, sponsored by Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Edward Markey, D-Mass., aims to cut emissions of heat-trapping gases 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050
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House Climate Bill Dangles Cash to Lure CCS 'First Movers'July 24, 2009
The legislation lays out billions of dollars in incentives to entice owners of coal-fired power plants to try carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), technology considered vital to keeping the abundant fossil fuel in play as an energy source while curbing emissions of heat-trapping gases.
The measure sponsored by Democratic Reps. Henry Waxman of California and Ed Markey of Massachusetts makes the first 6,000 megawatts of new or retrofitted power plants eligible for up to $90 in allowances for every ton of carbon dioxide that they capture and store. Such bonus allowances for "first mo
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Gov’ts should pony up billions for carbon capture: report07-24-2009
yberclark
The graphic is great. It shows all the POSSIBLITIES but does not show the projected traffic. The majority of carbon dioxide is going down hole into existing oil fields to scarf oil and return it to the surface. Oil that is brought up like this is saturated with Carbon Dioxide and there is a large amount of carbon dioxide escapes back into the atmosphere before after and during the recovery of oil. In Saskatchewan, reports of carbon dioxide escaping ahead of the oil giving the sound of a jet engine and running for hours before the oil shows up is a repeated report
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