Top Energy Industry Headlines July 26
A collection of today’s top stories
Regional and State Interests May Dominate Future Climate and Energy Policy (New York Times)
“The fact is, in our political system, when you can’t do anything in the Senate without 60 votes, you need a very strong consensus to get action at the federal level. That consensus isn’t there on climate. All the action is at the state level.” – Richard Morgan, District of Columbia utility commissioner and former chairman of the climate task force of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Carbon Emission Reductions Depend on U.S. Agencies, States, Group Says (Bloomberg)
The World Resources Institute published a report on the potential of U.S. federal agencies and state governments to meet 17 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels emissions reduction goal without a national climate policy in place.
After the Climate Bill Failure (New York Times’ Green: A Blog About Energy and the Environment)
World Resources Institute’ President Jonathan Lash called for the Environmental Protection Agency to use its power under the Clean Air Act and other laws to begin to slow the growth of emissions that contribute to global warming.
Senator Kerry Says Democrats May Take Up Broad Climate Plan (Bloomberg)
“We are losing jobs to China. We are losing to India. We are losing to other countries because we are not in the game. We need to get into the alternative, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and the best way to do it is by pricing carbon, send a signal to the market, let the marketplace do this.” – Sen. John Kerry in an interview on “Political Capital with Al Hunt”
The Senate’s decision Thursday to shelve legislation on climate change is certain to cast a long shadow over December’s meeting in Cancun, Mexico that will work on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol.
