Grist: One of the common criticisms of the cap-and-trade effort - well-captured in sociologist Theda Skocpol`s after-battle report [PDF] - is that the legislation was crafted almost entirely behind closed doors, first between green groups and corporations in the USCAP coalition, then between horse-trading members of Congress.
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has heard this criticism and acted on it.
Waxman, cosponsor of the climate bill that passed the House in 2009, is one of the great unsung heroes...