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Weekly Mulch: Bad News Bill
MARCH 19, 2010 11:42AM
Topics: a network of leading independent media outlets., and the diaspora. this is a project of the media consortium, the pulse, check out the audit, health care and immigration issues, or follow us on twitter. and for the best progressive reporting on critical economy, progressive reporting about the environment by members of the media consortium. it is free to reprint. visit the mulch for a complete list of articles on environmental issues, and stressed that the bill is still in draft stages and may change significantly, and the real bill isn’t expected to be released for another few weeks. environmental groups who attended a meeting with kerry yesterday to discuss details of the bill were close-mouthed about their reactions, oil shale, tar sands, nuclear power, and dumps a bonanza of subsidies on offshore drilling, boosts efficiency a middling amount, it does virtually nothing for renewables, ” according to roberts. he writes: as a standalone bill, acela “sucks, with substantial parts devoted to directly supporting clean energy and boosting energy efficiency, which passed last year. but unlike the american clean energy and security act (aces) that passed the house, this refers to the american clean energy leadership act (acela), would be easier to pass than a comprehensive bill. as david roberts writes for grist, among other measures, and allows wider oil-and-gas drilling in the eastern gulf of mexico, a national renewable electricity mandate, which would focus on wider financial support for low-carbon energy projects, graham and lieberman have argued that an “energy-only” bill, “kerry had already scaled back expectations on that front.” the fears kerry, although these leaks from the meeting don’t sound too great in terms of climate, like sheppard writes, and portland cement association. a climate bill that syncs up with organizations opposed to climate legislation. really? but, american petroleum institute, the senators also met with the edison electric institute, has been one of the most formidable foes of climate legislation to date. in addition to the chamber, of course, told reporters after the meeting that he believes the bill will be ‘largely in sync’ with what most industry types would like to see. the chamber, bruce josten, other major industrial sources will be phased in during 2016. but the bill contains major concessions to the industry, with a 2020 target of reducing emissions by 17 percent below 2005 levels and an 80 percent reduction by 2050. power plant emissions would be regulated in 2012, the bill calls for greenhouse gas curbs across multiple economic sectors, which may mean that the bill does little to help the environment. a syncing feeling according to reports from sources in the meeting room, it sounds like the climate bill will be incredibly industry friendly, and joe lieberman (i-ct) met with industry groups wednesday evening to discuss their much anticipated tripartisan climate legislation. based on leaks from the meeting, lindsey graham (r-sc), via creative commons license.sens. john kerry (d-ma), media consortium blogger image courtesy of flickr user **mary**, the washington independentby alison hamm, mother jones, low-carbon, lindsey graham, kate sheppard, john kerry, joe lieberman, industry, grist, epa, environment, energy, david roberts, climate legislation, climate change bill, climate bill, carbon emissions, american clean energy act, aces, acela, aaron wiener
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