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Senate rules out using budget process to pass cap-and-trade
Prospects for using the Congress’s budget process to pass cap-and-trade legislation were extinguished on Wednesday night as the Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of a measure to bar that option.
Oregon’s successful mileage tax experiment worked smoothly—and helped curb congestion
A system of per-mile road usage fees can replace our dysfunctional gasoline tax as a way of funding transportation infrastructure.
Enlisting sports fans in the green movement begins by understanding them
Talk of “harnessing” the passion of sports showed up everywhere at the World Conference on Sport and the Environment, but one marketer moved past the cliché and made a case that athletes are in a great position to promote environmentally friendly behavior.
The straight dope on local, organic weed
Is it better to buy locally grown marijuana which may have been fed with chemicals, or organic hooch from far away?
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Republicans claim carbon bill impact on families that is off by—no kidding—98%
So Republicans have been going around saying that Obama’s cap-and-trade program will cost every American household $3,128 a year.
Umbra on a grab-bag of questions
Continuing her spring cleaning, our advice columnist unearths questions on mean drivers, meat, and tennis balls.
How do you solve a problem like Silvio?
Barack Obama has a problem, one he shares with Gordon Brown. And, for that matter, with Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, Stephen Harper, and even Lula da Silva. The problem just happens to be prime minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi.
Key Democrats deal opening hand in climate debate
House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders released the much-anticipated draft of their climate and energy legislation on Tuesday, a proposal that includes emissions goals more ambitious than those proposed by the Obama White House but also leaves open many of the most contentious questions on climate policy.
A roundup of notable speeches from the Sport and Environment Conference
There was some good stuff along with the cheerleading on day one at the World Conference on Sport and the Environment.
Vancouver Olympics Committee shopping carbon offset plan
The Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) wants make the 2010 Winter Games carbon neutral, but the plan it released Monday counts on help from the private sector to make it happen.
House Dems say they’re coming together around climate and energy legislation
A group of key House Democratic leaders sent a letter to President Obama on Friday signaling that they intend to work together on climate and energy legislation despite the different views and constituencies they represent.
U.S. climate envoy tells international gathering all the right things about climate
If you’re looking for rays of hope amidst the torrent of idiocy and bad news—not that I’m projecting—you could do worse than reading U.S. Climate Envoy Todd Stern’s speech to the recent international climate gathering in Bonn, Germany.
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Vancouver showcases preparations for 2010 Winter Olympics
Eleven months from the opening ceremonies, Olympics buzz is fairly palpable, with games-related ads on the airwaves, heaps of Olympics gear for sale in souvenir shops, and construction cranes dotting the skyline.
New business coalition plans to flex its muscle on climate policy
Nike, Starbucks, eBay, and a handful of other big-name U.S. companies are putting forward a climate agenda that’s just as ambitious as that of many environmentalists, if not more so.
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Can Obama rev up climate talks?
PARIS (AFP) - UN talks on delivering a historic deal on climate change resume in Bonn on Sunday with many hoping that US President Barack Obama’s untested negotiators can breathe life into a troubled process.