The energy (pun intended) around clean energy and climate legislation is growing right now, spurred by a big meeting at the White House yesterday between Senate leaders and president Obama. The trio of Senators are pushing to present a proposal before the Easter break, meaning we have a couple of weeks to really push.
We need a comprehensive bill now and cannot stop fighting.
Check out the news world today:
- Could we be looking at a “Gang of 14” to push this bill to passage? That was a major question coming out of yesterday’s meeting.
- Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana is drafting an “energy mandate” bill.
- An interesting New York Times look at many of the players still involved in the legislative process on climate.
- Senator Blanche Lincoln, absent from yesterday’s White House meeting, has become an opponent of climate legislation, bringing her a lot of recent attention.
- We have to “Seize the opportunity” and pass comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation.
- Rev. Lennox Yearwood, from the Hip Hop Caucus, writes for Huffington Post on how black voters want green jobs.
- China and India became the latest countries to sign onto the Copenhagen Climate Accord. Obviously that is a big step, being two of the world’s biggest emitters.
