Obama Remains “Conspicuously Absent” on Waxman-Markey

“With the House set to consider a costly global warming cap-and-trade tax this Friday, the big question is whether or not President Obama will engage in the current debate,” Senator Inhofe said. “With no public events of late to showcase this bill, and then giving the bill an endorsement at a White House press conference just days before the vote, it’s clear the President wants to keep a low-profile. It’s not hard to understand why: Waxman-Markey is massive energy tax on American families that will destroy millions of jobs and make America’s businesses and entrepreneurs less competitive in the global marketplace.”

Hansen of NASA Arrested in Coal Country - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

[in the New Yorker] Dr. Hansen pointed out that the bill explicitly allows for the construction of new coal plants and predicted that it would, if passed, prove close to meaningless. He said that he thought it would probably be best if the bill failed, so that Congress could “come back and do it more sensibly.”

Climate Audit Submission to EPA « Climate Audit

Evasion of transparency has been a long-running concern of this site and I've used this comment opportunity to place this and related concerns on the record.

Climate change too hot for [US Rep] Ros-Lehtinen? | Naked Politics

"Global climate change is a serious issue that merits full debate in Congress. Our Foreign Affairs Committee has waived our portions of the bill so this means that Committee members will not have an opportunity to discuss the impact of this important legislation. The same has happened in other pertinent Committees.

"This is a missed opportunity to fully debate and amend the bill. The climate change bill is being rushed through the House and Members are not being allowed to discuss, debate and amend the bill in the manner that used to be customary..."