The Status of Carbon Caps

Will the US have any in place before Copenhagen in December?

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1924295,00.html

from the article ...

"Despite hopes — and promises by the Democratic leadership — that the Senate would tackle cap-and-trade legislation this fall, it's looking increasingly as if the U.S. will go to Copenhagen with no national carbon caps in place."

Anyone care to guess what's holding this up? :0)

Views: 33

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Pipeliner on September 20, 2009 at 6:44
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and other key members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are calling for a carbon cap-and-trade system, much like the one that Europe adopted four years ago but has yet to produce benefits.

In Europe, energy prices have skyrocketed, economic competitiveness has drained away, many jobs have been lost and investment has gone elsewhere. Worse still, Europe's carbon emissions have increased.

http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2009/05/cap_and_trade_...
Permalink Reply by sesport on September 20, 2009 at 10:36
Thanks, Pipeliner, that's pretty much the same thing outlined in the Illinois document. I believe (and this is my most humble everyday joe opinion) this issue is going to be another one of those looonnnggg uphill battles between all sides. If it could be put on a graph, it might look something like the gas in storage report that The_Baron posts regularly. lol

:0)
Permalink Reply by Pipeliner on September 21, 2009 at 3:07
Doesn't France want to add a carbon tax on top of the existing Cap n& Trade tax?

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1921981,00.html?iid=t...

RSS

Support GoHaynesvilleShale.com

Top Content 

1 "Rebalancing Volumes"

"Rebalancing Volumes"
2 BPX hits it out of the park with 3 Bossier Parish CULs

BPX hits it out of the park with 3 Bossier Parish CULs
3 Lithium Brine Lease letter from Red Oak East, LLC - Location Cass County, TX, near Naples, TX

Lithium Brine Lease letter from Red Oak East, LLC - Location Cass County, TX, near Naples, TX
4 Texas Smackover Lithium Play

Texas Smackover Lithium Play
5 Tariffs, Financial Uncertainty Complicate Data Center Development

Tariffs, Financial Uncertainty Complicate Data Center Development
6 Why powering data centers with gas fired electricity comes with problems

Why powering data centers with gas fired electricity comes with problems
7 Watch Skip Peel's Interview with the University of Minnesota on the Haynesville Shale

Watch Skip Peel's Interview with the University of Minnesota on the Haynesville Shale

Blog Posts

Tuscaloosa Trend Sits On Top Of Poorest Neighbourhood For Decades - Yet No Royalties Ever Paid To The Community -- Why??

In researching the decades-old Tuscaloosa Trend and the immense wealth it has generated for many, I find it deeply troubling that this resource-rich formation runs directly beneath one of the poorest communities in North Baton Rouge—near Southern University, Louisiana—yet neither the university ( that I am aware of)  nor local residents appear to have received any compensation for the minerals extracted from their land.

This area has suffered immense environmental degradation…

Continue

Posted by Char on May 29, 2025 at 14:42

Not a member? Get our email.

Groups



© 2025   Created by Keith Mauck (Site Publisher).   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service