In This Issue: Oregon Climate activists introduce fee-and-dividend and cap-and-dividend bills Tcktcktck: Carbon fee & dividend: a market-based fix for climate change? The Fifth Estate: U.S. Congress considers cap-and-dividend system Public Citizen endorses Van Hollen cap-and-dividend climate legislation; Legislation Is needed as companion to EPA rules Thom Hartman: Luckily for… continue reading »
In This Issue: Van Hollen Introduces the Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2015 CNN: Van Hollen Moving Climate Change with 2016 Leverage Washington Post: Focus Legislative Energy on a Carbon Policy, Not Keystone XL George Lakoff, The Hill: Climate-Fixing Stimulus for the Middle Class Steve Volk, Citizens Climate… continue reading »
Today the Healthy Climate and Family Security Act was officially reintroduced into the 114th Congress, with support from noted national climate leaders. The press release below from Congressman Chris Van Hollen’s office lays out the details of the “cap and dividend” bill and this commonsense approach to tackling climate change. Cross-posted… continue reading »
In This Issue: #1: Van Hollen Statement on US-China Agreement on Climate and Clean Energy #2: Populareconomics.org: Marching to Cap and Dividend: An Idea That Can Break the Political Gridlock #3: Grist.org, Dave Roberts: A Proposal to Save the Middle Class. . . by Cutting Carbon Pollution #4: Ecowatch.org: Carbon… continue reading »
In This Issue: #1 2020Action: A Politically Viable Plan to Fight Global Warming #2 Price Pollution, Cut Carbon: Community events to Address Climate Change #3 Voice of America/Reuters: World Bank Leads Push to Set Price on Carbon Emissions #4 Bloomberg BNA: UN Climate Summit Expected to Show Growing Momentum for… continue reading »
Policy Update: Pricing Carbon, Paying Dividends From the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Mike Tidwell, Director Compiled and edited by Ted Glick, CCAN National Campaign Coordinator September 30, 2014 The Chesapeake Climate Action Network supports efforts to advance legislation to put a price on carbon and return all or most of… continue reading »
by Mike Tidwell and Tyson Slocum The Hill, September 10, 2014 Our nation faces two great crises. First, climate change is spiraling out of control. In May we learned from the National Climate Assessment that “climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the… continue reading »
Washington Post editorial, August 27, 2014 A PROMINENT member of Congress has proposed a comprehensive national climate-change plan. It’s only 28 pages long, it’s market-based, and it would put money into the pockets of most Americans. This is not the first time that Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.), a House… continue reading »
Policy Update: Pricing Carbon, Paying Dividends From the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Mike Tidwell, Director Compiled and edited by Ted Glick, CCAN National Campaign Coordinator August 28, 2014 The Chesapeake Climate Action Network supports efforts to advance legislation to put a price on carbon and return all or most of… continue reading »
The following is a guest post by April Moore, a Virginia-based author and climate activist, cross-posted from her blog, the Earth Connection. I am excited to tell you about the best approach I’ve heard yet for dealing with our climate crisis. It’s a solution that brings greenhouse gas emissions down… continue reading »