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I’m so glad Al Gore pointed me in the direction of a great post on The Daily Beast in which Edward Markey takes Sarah Palin to task for an op-ed piece she wrote in The Washington Post . Beyond just tearing apart Palin’s general claims about “global warming” (she never actually uses the phrase herself) what stood out in his piece were his 10 points about what the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act does that is good. Which is nice - especially considering what Travis poin

I've got a bit of a ramble teed up on climate change and the Waxman-Markey bill, which unfortunately means that my conclusion is going to be buried at the end of a long post. So if that's all you want to read, feel free to skip down to the last two pragraphs. The rest is just throat clearing. Still here? Then here's the ramble. Over the past couple of weeks there's been a lot of blogospheric chatter surrounding a cost-benefit analysis of Waxman-Markey done by Jim Manzi. I'm not going to l

Click here to view the embedded video. This is the musical score for the Tax Foundation’s Cap and Trade Tax Calculator , today’s rebellion resource. Thanks to the Tax Foundation and Write on Nevada . Technorati Tags: brandon martin , cap-and-trade , carbon tax , conservative , daily uprising , energy tax , tax foundation , waxman-markey

Climate Biz reports on the Waxman-Markey bill being debated on the floor of the House today. The cornerstone of the bill would be to put a cap and a price on emitting carbon. If passed, the bill would be a giant step toward low-carbon electric power, but unfortunately it would not solve the grave problem of U.S. oil dependence. The Wall Street Journal’s Environmental Capital blog reports that in February, First Solar tooted its horn about breaking the $1-per-watt barrier for making s

With the Waxman-Markey energy bill rushing toward a vote in Congress, questions around the intent and the effectiveness of the bill are raging. Cap-and-trade was supposed to allow Congress to avoid picking winners and losers in the fight against climate change. Advocates claim that approach, which relies on the market to figure out the easiest way to reduce greenhouse emissions, is at the heart of the Waxman-Markey energy bill that the House is preparing to vote on tomorrow. But, among ma