Facing resistance from moderate Democrats, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is ready to compromise on some key provisions of the cap-and-trade legislation he co-sponsored with Energy and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Ed Markey (D-Mass.).
One area of contention is the distribution of carbon allowances, which polluting More…
The Environmental Protection Agency released an endangerment finding today that states that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare.
“EPA’s proposed endangerment finding is based on rigorous, peer-reviewed scientific analysis of six gases — carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride — that More…
President Obama has consistently called for all emissions permits to be auctioned off to polluters under a cap-and-trade scheme to produce strong and immediate incentives to reduce carbon emissions. But today White House science adviser John Holdren told The Washington Post that the administration would consider phasing in a More…
President Obama is pushing a compromise cash-for-clunkers program that will bridge the gap between two competing bills and provide a sliding incentives scale, whereby drivers will receive a cash voucher for trading in their old cars for more fuel-efficient ones — the greater the increase in efficiency, the More…
The two leading House Democrats on environmental policy are expected to unveil a major energy and climate bill today with more ambitious goals than recent competing proposals, according to The New York Times.
The Times has caught wind of some of the details of the bill, drafted by Energy More…
As a member of the two Senate committees on energy and the environment issues, and the chairman of the new Green Jobs and the New Economy Subcommittee, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is in a strong position to weigh in on the country’s green future. At a breakfast this morning with More…
Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag — who was as involved as anyone with the drafting of the budget outline President Obama rolled out this morning — just held a conference call with progressive media outlets and bloggers, and I took the opportunity to ask him about More…
The 2010 budget outline unveiled by President Obama this morning projects $646 billion in revenue from a cap-and-trade system to limit carbon emissions by 2019. Environmentalists will cheer, but a fierce debate looms large.
Citing insufficient funding for roadways, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has proposed a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax, based on the number of miles a person drives rather than fuel consumption.
In an interview with The Associated Press yesterday, LaHood rejected the possibility of raising the gas tax in the More…
More than three years after California attempted to enact stricter auto emissions standards, only to see them rejected by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Bush administration, new EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson pledged this morning to reconsider the state’s request.
Under the Clean Air Act, California must receive a waiver More…
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