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CBO’s good news re Climate Legislation is significantly understated

June 23rd, 2009 · 7 Comments

The Congressional Budget Office has come out with an evaluation that, as the Washington Post reported, Climate-change legislation would cost the average household $175 a year by 2020, according to the Congressional Budget Office, far below the figure commonly used by GOP critics of the House bill. The CBO said yesterday that the poorest 20 […]

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Sanity strikes WashPost OPED pages

May 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Fred Hiatt has amassed a collection of global warming denying and fossil-foolish columnists for the Washington Post. George F. Will; Charles Krauthammer; Robert J. Samuelson can be counted on to enter the fray with deceit and truthiness to clouden our understanding of energy and climate issues, seeking to undermine the building of consensus toward policies […]

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Tags: analysis · climate change · energy efficiency