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By: Senate Panel to Move on Climate Bill | GSA Schedule Services

Senate Panel to Move on Climate Bill | GSA Schedule Services — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:32:42 +0000

[...] announcement is good news for environmentalists, who watched House lawmakers pass a comprehensive (if watered down) climate change bill over the summer, only to see the Senate dragging its feet even to unveil a [...]

By: Streetsblog Capitol Hill » The ‘Elitism’ Trap Migrates From Transport Reform to Climate Change

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:33:49 +0000

[...] bill coauthors: Reps. Henry Waxman of California and Ed Markey of Massachusetts. (Photo: Wash Indy)Now that the issue of climate change has come to the fore again in Washington, however, the E-word [...]

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By: Funding our Future

Funding our Future — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:30:58 +0000

[...] committee, (wonky) newspaper headlines repeatedly read variations of: “Waxman Compromises on Climate Bill“. Now, I’m usually all for compromises, except that there are two fundamental [...]

By: Carbon Tax Center » Wax-A-Mole: Moles Lead 85 to 15

Carbon Tax Center » Wax-A-Mole: Moles Lead 85 to 15 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:59:58 +0000

[...] lion’s share (35%) of allowances would go to utilities (effectively, to coal), with other slices for natural gas companies, oil refiners, “energy-intensive” industries and [...]

By: Will Congress Pass a Much-Needed Environmental Bill? The Future Is Looking Dicey - Go Green - SustainLane

Sun, 31 May 2009 09:33:58 +0000

[...] weakened to accommodate some of our most polluting industries — coal, electric, and auto — as the Washington Independent reports:For the coal and electric utility industries, for example, the compromise bill requires [...]

By: Waxman Markey – Greenwashing Corporate Welfare « Emerging Consensus

Waxman Markey – Greenwashing Corporate Welfare « Emerging Consensus — Sun, 24 May 2009 16:28:49 +0000

[...] an article entitled “Coal, Electric Industries Big Winners in Climate Bill Deal” , the Washington Independent points out that organizations who signed on to support Waxman Markey [...]

By: Analiese’s Reading 5/22 | Quiche Moraine

Analiese’s Reading 5/22 | Quiche Moraine — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:49:26 +0000

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By: Michael Tobis

Michael Tobis — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:04:10 +0000

Anthropogenic greenhouse warming is not properly a hypothesis, it is an estimated sensitivity. We know that greenhouse gases warm planets. The question is how much *these* greenhouse gases will warm *this* planet. That's a matter of estimation, not of theory. You need to be more specific about the hypothesis before one can be specific about the falsification. This is usually stated as a sensitivty to doubling. The conventional wisdom is near or a little shy of 3 degrees C per doubling of CO2.

So you could talk about evidence refuting a hypothesis that the true sensitivity exceeds 2 C, for instance. Because it is early in the warming process, it would take many years for statistically compelling evidence to emerge if it were true. See:

http://initforthegold.blogspot.com/2008/05/fals...

In particular, the ten year record starting in 1998 is simply cherry picked. A fair look at the data rather than one based in wishful thinking shows that the “cooling phase” is simply an artifact. The world warmed from 1997-2007 in exactly the sense that it “cooled” from 1998-2008; this shows that ten year intervals are not a good way to look at the data. See:

http://initforthegold.blogspot.com/2009/03/and-...

By: Streetsblog » Waxman’s Climate Bill Includes ‘Complete Streets’ But Not CLEAN TEA

Mon, 18 May 2009 14:34:11 +0000

[...] struck a deal on his long-awaited climate change bill — and though the agreement makes a number of concessions to polluters, it also takes a step forward towards popularizing the cause of "complete [...]