Tuesday, March 3, 2009

**Making the Odds on Federate Climate Bills

http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/blogs/republican/carbon-cap-and-trade-470301?src=rss
Capping emissions, selling allowances, and returning the money to the taxpayers to help them handle higher energy costs is an option that is gaining bipartisan traction. Senator Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican who is laying down a climate policy marker for his more rational GOP colleagues, is touting this alternative. Centrist California Democrat Dianne Feinstein is said to be working on cap-and-dividend legislation.