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The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee — or half of it, more accurately — has begun its first day of markup of the landmark Kerry-Boxer climate legislation. And once again, it’s a pretty one-sided debate.
Last week, Ranking Member James Inhofe (R-Okla.) threatened to boycott the markup unless the committee received an Environmental Protection Agency [...]

Last week, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) threatened a Republican boycott of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s markup of the Kerry-Boxer climate bill. Well, we’re not quite at the markup stage yet, but it seems that Inhofe and his colleagues are already making good on their threat.

Finding leverage when you’re in the minority always requires some creativity, but Republicans might have trouble convincing people they’re acting in good faith with this latest effort. The Washington Post reports on a strategy being promoted by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which amounts to, [...]

Environmentalists woke up to a welcome surprise this morning, as The New York Times and other outlets reported that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — arguably the most powerful opponent of cap-and-trade legislation — had pulled a 180 and decided to support a climate bill. Climate blogger Adam Siegel proclaimed it “good news for America” [...]

Climate Progress touts a new study by the New Rules Project showing that 31 states in America could produce enough energy from renewable sources to exceed their consumption (map below). That’s certainly noteworthy, but what’s more interesting, I think, is a quick glance at the 19 states that fall short, in the context of the [...]

It’s hard to dispute the game-changing nature of the joint New York Times op-ed by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) in favor of climate legislation this past weekend, which brought the chances of a truly bipartisan bill from near zero to, well, somewhere much higher. Not only would Graham’s support mean another [...]

Speaking for the first time since receiving the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama accepted the honor while outlining some of the goals he still hopes to accomplish.
“I will accept this award as a call to action, a call for all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st century,” he said.
After a light [...]

Following the rollout of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act this morning, lead sponsor Sen. John Kerry’s (D-Mass.) office sends out a summary of the bill. The provisions laid out here confirm the outlines of the bill leaked to reporters in advance of today’s press conference.
A digestible summary, as well as a more [...]

Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) are set to roll out long-awaited climate legislation this morning. The two senators, who chair the Senate’s Environment and Public Works and Foreign Relations committees, respectively, are releasing their cap-and-trade bill more than three months after its House counterpart passed in June.
All indications are that the bill [...]

The Energy Information Administration last week released its monthly report on the short-term energy outlook for the U.S., in which it found that the bad economy and decreased energy consumption will likely reduce the country’s total carbon dioxide emissions by 6 percent this year.
This means the United States is on track to come in at [...]