Weekly Climate Change Policy Update - March 9, 2009

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Weekly Climate Change Policy Update - March 9, 2009

Article by Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Kevin

Gallagher, Megan Ceronsky and Tomás

Carbonell

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Commentary

In international news, the EU Environment Ministers

reaffirmed their call for a mid-term emissions target for developed

countries of 25-40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. However,

State Department Climate Envoy Todd Stern made clear that theg

United States would not support such a proposal . . . Senate

Majority Leader Reid and House Speaker Pelosi now have the same

basic game plan: Develop legislation that combine cap-and-trade

with energy policy, including a renewable electricity standard and

transmission reform . . . The House Subcommittee on Energy and

Environment held a hearing on offsets in cap-and-trade legislation.

The discussion suggested that, for the Democrats, the issue is not

"whether" but "how."

Executive Branch

Climate Envoy Dismisses EU-Proposed Midterm

Targets. State Department climate change envoy ...

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