EPA Director Under Clinton Says U.S. Energy Policy Must Be "Ambitious"

Former EPA climate change policy director David Doniger says that U.S. energy policy must be preemptive and ambitious, starting slowly, but with major emission reductions by 2050.
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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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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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Sen. Lugar says farms can lower world carbon levels

Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) says US cropland has the potential to reduce projections of world increases in carbon by seven percent and could create over half of the reduction needed under US carbon caps. (0:21)
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