Wednesday, December 9, 2009 9:52 AM
Need-To-Know Memo, Dec. 9
By Emily Vaughan, NationalJournal.com
1) Speaking at the Copenhagen conference, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson reiterated that her agency's new authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act will complement a legislative climate solution, not replace it (New York Times). For more coverage of the Copenhagen conference, check out our new Copenhagen Insider blog.
2) "House and Senate conferees last night rejected an attempt to block" the EPA's work "on regulations to curb greenhouse gas emissions" by rejecting an amendment to an omnibus spending bill that would have cut funding for the Clean Air Act (Energy & Environment Daily -- subscription). But some lawmakers and industry groups are still wary of the EPA's new authority (The Hill).
3) "The head of American Electric Power Co., the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide in the U.S., said advances in technology would allow the company to eliminate the emissions from its coal-fired power plants by 2025" using carbon capture methods (Wall Street Journal).
4) Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., says the Senate will take on climate change after it finishes with the financial reform bill next year (The Hill).
5) Despite 13 years of drought and failing crops, farmers in Australia "simply do not buy the notion that southern Australia's climate is changing in a way that is probably irreversible" (Washington Post).
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