Lawmaker Outlines 4 Key Changes In Climate Change Bill | TriCities

ABINGDON, Va. – Federal climate change legislation recently approved in committee has a softer impact on the coal industry and electric rate-payers, U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., said Friday.

“My goal is to make sure the CO2 control law does not affect us at all and preserves the coal jobs, keeps the coal industry prosperous and allows it to continue,” Boucher said, adding that carefully timed schedules, offset provisions and technology subsidies will mean coal can be used in the future without carbon dioxide emissions.

Courier-Journal - GOP attacks Democrats for climate proposal

WASHINGTON — Republicans on Saturday attacked the climate change proposal crafted by congressional Democrats and endorsed by President Barrack Obama as doing little to reduce global warming while saddling Americans with high energy costs.

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, in the GOP's weekly radio and Internet address, called the House climate bill "a classic example of unwise government." The address culminated a week of coordinated Republican attacks on the Democratic proposal which would require the first nationwide reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
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The proposal to cap greenhouse emissions "will cost us dearly in jobs and income and it stands no chance of achieving its objective of a cooler earth [be careful what you wish for]" because other nation's such as China and India will not have to follow, argues Daniels, according to a transcript of the Saturday address.