Other people are getting paid by the federal government so why shouldn’t we? That’s the sentiment coming from the forest industry over reducing carbon dioxide emissions. This is how a bad bill becomes a bad law. When there’s money up for grabs, special interests and their lobbyists swarm like bees to honey seeking to protect or improve their bottom line. Inevitably, few win at the expense of many. And when you can get paid not to do anything, all the better. Jessica Leber of E&E (password required) reports:
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Posted on January 26, 2010
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Friday that he remains hopeful Congress will approve legislation this year that caps greenhouse gas emissions and that creating a cost for emitting carbon dioxide is vital to deploying low-emissions energy projects.
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Posted on January 21, 2010
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Environmentalists say they’ll be steadfast in insisting Democrats include a cap on carbon dioxide with any energy legislation they try to pass.
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Posted on January 18, 2010
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Exxon Mobil Corp’s chairman and chief executive Rex Tillerson has outlined some of the benefits associated with the growing role of gas, in the wake of yesterday’s announcement that it will buy XTO Energy Inc in an all-stock deal valued at about $US30 billion ($A32.8 billion).
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Posted on December 27, 2009
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Poland has been pushing to have its carbon cap raised while environmentalists claim that carbon markets are deeply flawed
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Posted on November 11, 2009
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It would be a “big mistake” for the Congress to approve an energy bill this year without placing a cap on greenhouse emissions, the White House’s top climate and energy adviser said on Wednesday.
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Posted on October 10, 2009
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Will California’s drive to cut greenhouse-gas emissions succeed only in slashing businesses’ profits and workers’ job opportunities?
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Posted on October 10, 2009
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The Chinese low-carbon technologies market could reach $1 Trillion and 15% of its GDP in 2013, reports Envido
Online PR News – 14-September-2009 – The “China Greentech Initiative”, a group of more than 80 private and public stakeholders from the US and China, released a report outlining opportunities to grow China’s low-carbon technologies market.
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Posted on September 17, 2009
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That’s the message this afternoon from U.S. Reps. Paul Tonko and Scott Murphy, who together cover the Capital Region and a good chunk of eastern New York. They were at Hudson Valley Community College for the introduction of a new interactive Web site, LessCarbonMoreJobs.org, that profiles 2,000-plus businesses in 21 states, including 200 in New York, that would benefit from a federal cap on carbon emissions.
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Posted on September 8, 2009
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Carbon dioxide will soon be declared a dangerous pollutant – a move that could help propel slow-moving climate-change legislation on Capitol Hill, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday.
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Posted on September 3, 2009
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The legislation is supposed to clean up our air, but oil giant Murphy Oil says it won’t make a dent.
Murphy Oil talked to Arkansans about why it is against the American Clean Energy and Security Act today.
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Posted on August 31, 2009
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As climate-change legislation moves to the Senate, public debate around the issue has risen to a new level, with both supporters and opponents sharing opinions on what it ultimately will mean to Americans. Robust public discussion is appropriate. This is one of the most important issues our nation and the world face.
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Posted on August 25, 2009
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When I introduced Fools to Denbury Resources (NYSE: DNR) last year, I pitched the enhanced oil recovery specialist as a peak oil play. By wringing additional barrels out of tired, old fields, this firm is generating crude oil production growth that few domestic E&Ps can match.
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Posted on August 8, 2009
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