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White House hits back on climate critics

Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Ed Markey: 'The Obama administration will be able to say to the world we are no longer going to preach temperance from a bar stoll. We are now ready to begin to make a commitment.' Photo: AP It's been a bad ...

From LISA LERER, The Politico,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Republican Party,  Al Gore

Is McCain the odd man out on climate change bill?

Sens. Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman have been working overtime to craft a climate bill that can attract significant GOP support. But they aren’t exactly scoring points with their mutual best friend in the Senate, John McCain. “Their start has been ...

From LISA LERER, AZ Central.com,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John McCain,  U.S. Republican Party,  White House,  Joe Lieberman,  Lindsey Graham

McCain doesn't love climate bill

Sens. Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman have been working overtime to craft a climate bill that can attract significant GOP support. But they aren’t exactly scoring points with their mutual best friend in the Senate, John McCain. “Their start has been ...

From LISA LERER, The Politico,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John McCain,  U.S. Republican Party,  White House,  Lindsey Graham,  Joe Lieberman

Obama uncertain on attending summit

When President Barack Obama arrives in Oslo on Dec. 10 to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize, he’ll be just an hour’s flight from Copenhagen, where approximately 40 world leaders will be gathered for the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Don’t ...

From LISA LERER, The Politico,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Senate Foreign Relations Committee,  U.S. Republican Party,  White House,  United Nations

No agreement on emissions cuts

Environmentalists heralded negotiations between China and the United States this week as a major step toward reaching greater cooperation on global warming. But even as the two countries inched closer to taking action on climate change, they did not ...

From LISA LERER, The Politico,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Natural Resources Defense Council,  United Nations,  Barack Obama,  Hu Jintao,  Michael Froman

In Senate, coal fuels climate deals

Forget the debate over green jobs, wind farms and solar power. In the Senate, all deals on climate change run through coal country. Black gold has maintained a tight hold over the climate bill — despite a damaging lobbying scandal this summer, growing ...

From LISA LERER, The Politico,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Harry Reid,  Jeff Merkley,  Energy Partners, Ltd.

Climate in line behind health, finance

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) speaks about climate change legislation during a news conference on Capitol Hill. Photo: AP The climate bill won’t come to the full Senate until after health care and financial reform legislation, said Sen. John ...

From LISA LERER, The Politico,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John Kerry,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Harry Reid,  Barack Obama,  Max Baucus

Webb bails on cap-and-trade

Virginia Sen. Jim Webb said he would not support the current climate change legislation, becoming the latest moderate Dem to voice their opposition to the bill. Photo: John Shinkle Virginia Democratic Sen. Jim Webb said on Monday he ...

From LISA LERER, The Politico,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jim Webb,  John Kerry,  Barbara Boxer,  Joe Lieberman,  Lindsey Graham

Weeks before Copenhagen, no bill

Shortly after Democrats took office last January, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) vowed the Senate would pass climate change legislation before the start of the international climate talks in Copenhagen. But less than a month before the ...

From LISA LERER, The Politico,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation,  Harry Reid

Deficit push sets climate bill back

An aggressive White House push on jobs and deficit reduction in 2010 may be yet another sign that climate-change legislation will stay on the back burner next year. “There is a growing chorus in the party that thinks we should be doing more to spur ...

From LISA LERER, The Politico,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama,  Harry Reid

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