Is the climate part of energy-and-climate legislation about to get thrown under the bus? As Congress gets back to work, one of the big questions looming on the Hill is whether it’s time to park plans for a national curb on greenhouse-gas emissions and focus on a narrower energy bill. The rationale
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General Electric boss Jeff Immelt is among the folks hoping the big climate confab in Copenhagen produces an accord that drives demand for his company’s clean-energy gear. But he doesn’t have to wait that long— GE just announced a $1.4 billion wind-turbine order for a huge wind farm in Oregon. The farm, partly financed by GE Financial Services, will be developed by Caithness Energy to provide power for Southern California Edison Lisa Jackson, head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, had her “veni, vidi, vici” moment in Copenhagen at the big climate summit today More fun and games as the Senate grapples with the climate bill. Is the Environmental Protection Agency trying to stifle dissenting views on climate change? The EPA has told two longtime agency veterans and outspoken critics of the administration’s cap-and-trade plan to remove any references to the agency in their critiques and to get approval for any future “outside writing projects.” That includes removing their critical video from You Tube. Because you can never parse enough polls seeking to find out how Americans really feel about climate change and climate legislation, we’ve got a new one today from NBC/The Wall Street Journal. So tomorrow a key Senate panel kicks off three days of marathon hearings meant to put some flesh on the skeleton of the energy and climate bill . Remember the Department of Energy’s call for “transformational” technologies that would lead to a breakthrough in energy? A new poll out today on Americans’ attitudes about climate change presents sobering findings for those that favor aggressive action to curb U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases. The survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press finds a sharp decline over the past year in the percentage of Americans who see solid evidence that global temperatures are rising. |
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