Friday, October 2, 2009 9:32 AM
Need-To-Know Memo, Oct. 2
By Amy Harder, NationalJournal.com
1) The Kerry-Boxer bill would "initially devote 70 percent of the pollution allowances" to making it "easier for people to pay their energy bills." (Washington Post) Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., say they will not get into specifics "over how to distribute emission allocations." Those decisions will be made in a closer markup in the Environment and Public Works Committee. (Environment & Energy Daily -- subscription) Click here for the C-SPAN interview where Boxer made her comments.
2) Kerry's billing as the legislation's lead sponsor could speak "to how the lawmakers are trying to frame the climate debate around national security." Kerry chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (Environment & Energy Daily -- subscription)
3) "Efforts to convince rich nations to toughen emissions cuts have failed to make much headway at climate talks in the Thai capital, the U.N. said on Friday." (Reuters) Meanwhile, "top White House science officials emphasized the importance of countries crafting their own national policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions" ahead of December's climate talks in Copenhagen. (NationalJournal.com)
4) One report finds that the "drought that gripped the Southeast from 2005 to 2007" was not caused by global warming (New York Times), and another report says U.S. national parks face their "'greatest threat ever' from 'human disruption of the climate.'" (Wall Street Journal)
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