Oil Spill Partners in Crime – BP, Transocean, and Halliburton
Gulf Oil Spill causes Political Changes of Heart about Offshore Drilling
Kerry Presents Climate Bill to Congress
Oil Spill Disaster may help change Climate Bill for the better
Compromise Climate Change Bill Delayed – Again
Bi-Partisan Compromise Climate Bill Still Changing
Senator Kerry Defies Common Wisdom with High Hopes for Swift Action on Climate Bill
New Zealand Passes Carbon Trade Laws while Australia Edges Closer
BP moves forward on Containment Dome to Stop Oil Leak
US Oil Spill Commission: Government and Industry Share Blame for BP Disaster
BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Inevitable or a Regulatory Problem?
Obama huge recipient of BP Funding - Will it Affect his Offshore Drilling Policy?
Weak Eco-Legislation Finds Support Among Major Green Organizations
Gulf Oil Spill Threatens East Coast Shoreline
Climate Change Bills are Competing for Legislators’ Support
Senator Reid Searches for Consensus on Stalled Climate Bill
Instead of introducing a Senate version of the climate bill on Tuesday, July 20, as many expected, Majority Leader Harry Reid scheduled a meeting on Thursday to try to reach a consensus within his party regarding the legislation. The introduction of the climate bill now seems uncertain, with the August recess less than three weeks away and the specter of November elections looming over the Democratic Party.
Reid would like to introduce a comprehensive climate bill that boosts alternative energy, imposes tighter controls on offshore oil drilling, and reduces the emissions that cause global warming. The bill proposes capping such emissions from utility companies, but the power company group Edison Electric Institute has asked for more time to negotiate this portion of the legislation. There is pressure in the wake of the BP disaster, however, to immediately pass a law reforming offshore oil drilling.
Reid is still trying to assess Democrats' feelings on the timing and content of the climate bill, and he is also hoping to gain the support of up to three Republicans. Even if the Senate does pass the climate bill, it will need to be reconciled with the version passed by the House of Representatives before it can be signed into law.
Recommended for Further Reading:
- Oil Spill Partners in Crime – BP, Transocean, and Halliburton
- Gulf Oil Spill causes Political Changes of Heart about Offshore Drilling
- Kerry Presents Climate Bill to Congress
- Oil Spill Disaster may help change Climate Bill for the better
- Compromise Climate Change Bill Delayed – Again
- Bi-Partisan Compromise Climate Bill Still Changing
- Senator Kerry Defies Common Wisdom with High Hopes for Swift Action on Climate Bill
- New Zealand Passes Carbon Trade Laws while Australia Edges Closer
- BP moves forward on Containment Dome to Stop Oil Leak
- US Oil Spill Commission: Government and Industry Share Blame for BP Disaster
- BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Inevitable or a Regulatory Problem?
- Obama huge recipient of BP Funding - Will it Affect his Offshore Drilling Policy?
- Weak Eco-Legislation Finds Support Among Major Green Organizations
- Gulf Oil Spill Threatens East Coast Shoreline
- Climate Change Bills are Competing for Legislators’ Support
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