[This post is from The Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham in response to a recent article, “The Carbon Tax: A Moral Issue“, by Father Paul Mayer (co-founder, Climate Crisis Coalition). The article gives reasons for a carbon tax. IPL however is focusing efforts on the “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009”, introduced by Henry Waxman and Ed Markey, which includes cap and trade legislation instead of a carbon tax.]
Serious Debate on Climate Change Begins in U.S. Congress
The Waxman Markey discussion draft “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009”, released March 31, begins the serious debate in the U.S. Congress that will lay the foundation for the U.S. to take a leadership role in putting the world on a path to solving global warming. The bill includes the key ingredients necessary for a transition to a clean energy future: energy efficiency, renewable energy, modernization of the electrical grid, and a cap on greenhouse gas emissions.
The discussion draft is 648 pages long, and these are first impressions based on a less-than-thorough reading. (Click on more to read the highlights.) [Read more…]
