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Dems. in Senate Pushing Transit Into Climate Change
Addressing a climate change forum this morning, two Democrats on the
Senate environment committee said they are pushing for transit and
other green modes of transport to get 10 percent of the revenue generated by the upcoming Senate bill regulating carbon emissions.
July 22, 2009
White House Staying Quiet For Now on Transit’s Role in Climate Bill
Delivering his climate-change message to Congress yesterday, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood warned that fuel-efficiency advances
secured by the Obama administration would not be enough to reduce
emissions from transportation -- not without encouraging Americans to
drive less.
July 15, 2009
Taking GOP Graphics a Bit Too Seriously
Sen.
Kit Bond (R-MO), one of his chamber's leading opponents of action
against climate change, has swiped the hilariously complicated "chart"
that his House colleagues used last month in a futile attempt to portray emissions reductions as just too complex for the American people to stomach.
July 10, 2009
“Environmental Champion” Boxer Delays Climate Bill Until Fall
This was supposed to be a big week
for action on climate change in the Senate -- but it's ending with
Republicans rubbing their hands in glee as the Environment and Public
Works Committee delays its unveiling of legislation on carbon emissions.
July 9, 2009
Lawmakers Aim to Bring ‘Sustainable Communities’ From Talk to Action
When three agencies in President Obama's Cabinet -- DOT, Housing and
Urban Development, and the Environmental Protection Agency -- banded together to promote "sustainable communities," the initiative sounded promising but somewhat lacking in concrete ideas.
July 8, 2009
Getting the Message
Two things were clear at this morning's hearing
of the Senate Banking Committee concerning green investments in public
transportation. First, transportation experts and leading legislators
are very much in agreement on how transportation spending should
change. And second, Randal O'Toole's days as anything other than an
anachronism are numbered.
July 7, 2009
Senate Starts Climate Push With Nods to Jobs, Energy, and Transportation
The Senate is taking its first public steps toward combating climate
change -- and while the U.S. DOT was absent from this morning's
hearing, the chiefs of the Energy Department and Environmental
Protection Agency reminded lawmakers that transportation must play a
key role in any emissions reduction plan.
July 7, 2009
Adding More Transportation to the Climate Change Mix
Nate Silver's new analysis
of the state of play on climate change in the Senate makes a convincing
argument that a carbon cap-and-trade system can become law this year.
July 6, 2009
EPA Okays Stronger Auto Emissions Standards Now in CA, 13 Other States
(Photo: theweeklydriver.com) The Environmental Protection Agency today granted California’s request for a waiver allowing greater limits on auto tailpipe emissions, a move that effectively speeds up the phasing-in of the Obama administration’s fuel-efficiency standards in as many as 13 other states. The EPA billed its decision, which was widely expected and fulfills a campaign promise … Continued
June 30, 2009
House Climate Bill on Green Transpo: The Details
Late Update: An earlier version of this post used the
committee-approved version of
the climate bill rather than the final, House-passed version. The
climate bill's identifying number was changed at the last minute, from
the original H.R. 2454 to H.R. 2998, which can be downloaded at the
fourth link from the top on the House Rules Committee's website. Streetsblog Capitol Hill regrets the error.
June 29, 2009