Obama counts on revenue from carbon permits

As envisioned by , the federal government will soon begin tapping into a huge new source of revenue by requiring companies to pay for the permission to emit so-called greenhouse gasses linked to global warming.

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US presidential race rivals join forces on climate

Two strong candidates for the 2008 US presidential elections have joined forces to address climate change.

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The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday passed a sweeping climate-change bill, with none of the panel's seven Republicans participating in the 11-1 vote.

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In a step that reflected deep partisan divisions in the Senate over the issue of global warming, Democrats on the Environment and Public Works Committee pushed through a climate bill on Thursday without any debate or participation by Republicans.

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Six ranking Republican U.S. senators Monday warned the head of the environment committee that pushing ahead with a vote on a landmark climate bill this week would "severely damage" the chances of passing the legislation.

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Supporters of the climate bill passed by the House and the similar bill under consideration in the Senate -- including President Obama and Democratic congressional leaders -- say that the cap-and-trade approach would guarantee greenhouse-gas reductions.

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On October 14, Lord Christopher Monckton, a noted climate change skeptic, gave a presentation in St. Paul, MN.

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We're Governed by Callous Children ----Americans feel increasingly disheartened, and our leaders don't even notice.By PEGGY NOONAN.

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Copenhagen is only a few days from now. The world leaders will be gathering to essentially form a new government. Many decry our participation in this and see this as surrendering our sovereignty.

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Senator Kerry might not be the right person to sponsor this climate bill but I'm sure Senator Inhofe is not the right person to oppose it. Science, economics, and logic are not Inhofe's strong suits.

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Sen. Max Baucus said Tuesday he has "serious reservations" about climate legislation unveiled by his Democratic colleagues, signaling trouble for a proposal that is stronger in certain respects than a bill passed by the House.

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For a decade or more, the political battle over climate change has been fought largely over the validity of the science of global warming.

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Eric Poole explains why cap-and-trade is not a tax and why Warren Buffet may have made a bad call.

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Cap and trade legislation may be one of the biggest issues facing the oil and gas industry according to Dr. Daniel Fine, Associate of Policy, Strategy and Development at New Mexico Tech.

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WASHINGTON — Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming.

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'Are you concerned about a 58% increase in gas prices?'

I just had to get this off my chest, so please bear with me.

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An accounting problem in the way some greenhouse gas emissions are calculated could critically hobble efforts to reduce them in coming years as nations move to combat global warming, scientists warn in a new report.

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there's a $3.6 trillion gas tax on the table that already passed the House and is making its way through the Senate, and cap and trade has Americans all over the country concerned.

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The uneasy relationship between the Obama White House and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has steadily eroded over the past several months, with the business group's opposition to health care and climate change legislation triggering an all-fronts backlash from the administration.

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Every day we have an opportunity to vote with our wallets by letting companies know there is a price to pay for colluding with those who oppose our values.

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No matter how many times Congress debates it, and no matter how environmentalists couch it, cap-and-trade will do virtually nothing to stop global warming, and cap-and-trade, as Rep.

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The Minnesota Free Market Institute hosted an event at Bethel University in St. Paul on Wednesday evening.

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A House-passed bill that targets climate change through a cap-and-trade system of pollution credits would slow the nation's economic growth slightly over the next few decades and would create "significant" job losses from fossil fuel industries as the country shifts to renewable  …

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One of Denmark's top climate negotiators has resigned from his post after an investigation by the country's public broadcaster uncovered a series of questionable expense claims. Head of department at the Climate and Energy Ministry, Thomas Becker, reportedly spent more than  …

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U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has never been popular, even in her own state. And that's apparently the case, even among her own staffers!!

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Congress is considering another Stimulus but will call it another name.

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I have long said that we, the citizens of the United States, must demand good government over politics from our elected officials. The need for this demand has grown exponentially over the past four decades.

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