Urgency unfounded on cap and trade bill

Dennison reported that Montana Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester are urging early action in passing this thorny legislation in order to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from trumping Congress by creating rules relative to climate change.

I submit there is no urgency. The obvious impact of this proposed legislation on every citizen for decades to come requires far more than a race to pass. We elected our two senators to represent us, not play political games. They possess constitutional authority to amend or repeal the Environmental Policy Act, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act and all other enacted legislation. Likewise, they have authority to tell the EPA to “sit down and shut up.” To use the EPA as an excuse for hurried legislation of this magnitude brings buck passing to a new level.

Joe Keating

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[Shouldn't everyone just stay home and wear what's already in their closets?]: New York Fashion Week tries on green | Reuters

Sponsor Mercedes-Benz aimed for the semi-annual event to be carbon neutral for the first time, and several of the designers unveiling fall and winter 2010 collections emphasized organic materials and sustainable designs.

Mercedes-Benz said it bought enough carbon offsets to have net zero carbon emissions at the huge tents erected in Manhattan's Bryant Park, where many of the shows are staged and require power and heat.

"Fashion is using a lot of fuel and heat. It's a win-win all around," said Fern Mallis, senior vice president of IMG Fashion which organizes the event.
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The New York City Department of Environmental Protection partnered with Aveda, maker of skin and hair products, to help reduce consumption of bottled water by setting up tap water stations for Fashion Week attendees.

The green effort was not without its critics.

Dahlia Algunaim, visiting Fashion Week from her home in California, said she was puzzled by most of the tap water stations that were located several blocks from the shows and posed a painful walk for someone like her, clad in tall boots.