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GOP Lawmaker Wants Senate on Record About Carbon Taxes
2013-03-22 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) might put lawmakers on the record, indirectly at least, about whether they support taxing industrial carbon emissions to help confront climate change. Blunt has filed an amendment to the Senate Democrats budget plan that would require a 60-vote threshold for any legislation that imposes a federal carbon tax or fee. The amendment to the nonbinding budget arrives as several liberal Capitol Hill Democrats are floating plans to impose fees on carbon emissions from sources...
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GOP leaders of Texas House, Senate underscore divide in school-voucher debate
2013-02-27 08:49:33| Electronics - Topix.net
House Speaker Joe Straus and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst painted a clear contrast in their stances on school choice Tuesday, with Straus warning that a school voucher bill is unlikely to pass the House.
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GOP can be part of climate change solution
2013-02-23 22:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Camera: A carbon tax bill that gives revenue back to households? Now we're getting somewhere. That's what Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) placed on the table when she and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced plans to introduce "carbon-fee-and-dividend" legislation. Their proposal places a fee on coal, oil and natural gas at the first point of sale and then rebates a substantial part of the revenue to the public as monthly "dividends," either by check or electronically. At a recent press conference to...
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Poll: Climate change a priority, but GOP, Dems split on renewables, emissions
2013-02-21 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: About one-third of people in the United States say action on climate change is "essential" in 2013, according to a USA TODAY/Pew Research Center poll released Thursday. Thirty-four percent of people in the poll called taking action on climate change essential this year." Thirty-nine percent said climate change needs to be addressed in the next few years, while 19 percent said nothing should be done and 8 percent had no opinion. Republicans who were polled rejected two major options for mitigating...
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EPA Region 8 chief resigns, GOP cites email probe
2013-02-19 17:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency who oversaw investigations that involved hydraulic fracturing in Wyoming and asbestos contamination in Montana is resigning. EPA Region 8 Director James Martin will step down Friday. Martin had announced his resignation to EPA employees Feb. 15. Martin said in his resignation letter it's time for him to turn his attention to his family. "Of course, many challenges and opportunities lie ahead, for the agency and the region....
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