Passing Climate Bill Last Year Was Right Decision, Says Pelosi

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that she dosen’t regret passing a climate bill featuring cap-and-trade provisions. (0:35)

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Senate Democrats Won't Vote For Climate Bill During An Election Year, Says Expert

Margie Kriz Hobson with the National Journal tells Talk Radio News Service that the chances of Congress passing a comprehensive climate control bill in 2010 are not very good. (:26)
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Obama Won't Have Time To Get Climate Bill Done In 2010, Says Expert

Margie Kriz Hobson with the National Journal tells Talk Radio News Service that the chances of Congress passing a comprehensive climate control bill in 2010 are not very good. (:30)
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Many Fearful Of Cap And Trade, Says Expert

Margie Kriz Hobson with the National Journal tells Talk Radio News Service that the chances of Congress passing a comprehensive climate control bill in 2010 are not very good. (:35)
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Don't Bet On Climate Bill Passing This Year, Says Expert

Margie Kriz Hobson with the National Journal tells Talk Radio News Service that the chances of Congress passing a comprehensive climate control bill in 2010 are not very good. (:32)
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Steelworkers President Says There's No Such Thing As Free Trade

United Steelworkers President Lou Gerard says that many Americans don't realize that trade isn't free. He says changing U.S. legislation to include "border adjustments" which tax environmentally unfriendly countries, could make U.S. trade more favorable.

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Sierra Club Official Says Climate Legislation Could Level The World's Playing Field

Carl Pope of the Sierra Club says that the world can benefit from shared environmentally-friendly technology and trade practices.

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Ohio Senator Says Waxman-Markey Needs Less Presidential Discretion

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D- Ohio) says the Waxman-Markey bill is a good starting ground, but the level of presidential discretion in the bill needs more work.

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Cap-And-Trade Program Is Not Simple Or Transparent, Says Expert

When the cap-and-trade program "starts to look like the Chicago phone book, when its so complicated that you can't figure out who's benefitting and who's losing and exactly how the system works," it may be in the public interest to see direct regulation in carbon emissions instead of cap-and-trade said Dallas Burtraw, Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future. (0:22)

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Waxman-Markey Bill Will Have Negative Consequences, Warns U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Official

Bill Kovacs, Senior Vice President of the Environment, Technology, and Regulatory Division at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, warns that the Waxman-Markey bill will promote regulatory chaos, foster lawsuits, harm the economy, and ultimately do nothing to reduce carbon emissions in the atmosphere. (0:16)
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Cap And Trade Kills, Says GOP Senator

“Cap and Trade is a jobs killer,” says Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.). Barasso goes on to urge the Obama administration to “get their priorities straight,” and start creating jobs. (0:46)
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GOP Senator Slams USDA's, EPA's Analysis Of Energy Bill

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Ky.) says that analysis of cap and trade legislation recently presented by the United States Department of Agriculture is built on assumptions of the Environmental Protection Agency, which he says is "driven by their agenda" and does not accurately reflect the cost to rural America. (0:29)
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Republican Thune Says Cap And Trade Won't Help Environment

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) says that cap and trade legislation is unlikely to help the environment because other large countries will not participate in a scheme to cut carbon emissions. He says the cost of the legislation represents a "dangerous path." (0:42)
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GOP Senator Says Cap And Trade Will Raise Food Prices

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Ky.) says that cap and trade legislation will not only hurt the Great Plains states, but will ultimately also affect the price of food in urban areas. (0:44)
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Former Ag Secretary Says Farmers Won't Support Cap And Trade

Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.), the former Secretary of Agriculture under President George W. Bush, says that farmers are unlikely to believe that cap and trade legislation will lower production costs in the long run. (0:19)
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) Says Cap-And-Trade And A Public Option Will Not Happen

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says that cap-and-trade legislation to fight global warming was rejected by a bipartisan majority. Graham goes on to say a government option for health care reform is also off the table because of the economic effect on Americans (0:27).
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Republican Senator Worried About “Cap And Trade”

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Finance, discussed his reservations regarding President Obama’s “cap and trade” program. He said that Americans may face higher prices without a concurrent drop in worldwide greenhouse emissions. (0:47)
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Pence: Better Solutions to Cap-and-Trade

By Suzia van Swol, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service
Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) discusses Republican plans to hear from experts and Americans the impact of Democratic cap-and-trade legislation and about “what better solutions would be,” says Pence. (1:02)
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Newt Gingrich: Carbon Tax May Kill Your Job

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich states that putting tax on carbon will put the United States at a disadvantage in the global economy and will cost the average American too much. (00:25)
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Al Gore Supports Carbon Tax

Former Vice President Al Gore states that he thinks cap-and-trade is the essential first step to use the economy to solve the global warming crisis. (00:30)
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