Senate to Debate Lieberman-Warner Bill on Carbon Cap-and-Trade
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 09:24PM 
The U.S. Senate voted Monday to begin debate on a bill that would cap the allowable level of greenhouse gas emissions by electric power producers and other large emitters, then reduce the allowable level of emissions gradually through the year 2050.
The cap-and-trade system for carbon being proposed by the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act is supported by some environmental groups including the National Wildlife Federation and the Natural Resources Defense Council, but anti-nuclear groups are warning that the bill will push the U.S. to develop nuclear power.
The Nuclear Information and Resource Service and several other groups cite a statement made by a staffer from Senator Joe Lieberman’s office, who said the bill represents, “the most historic incentive for nuclear in the history of the United States.”
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Readers of Local News might be interested in the recently passed Farm Bill. There were some clerical problems when it was passed in late May but it was just passed by House and Senate with veto-proof margins Thursday 5 June. There are lots of energy relevant items contained therein, GRIST carried some commentary worth reading:
The farm bill ups the cellulosic ethanol
ante<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/5/23/14755/6585>Lost
amid the crop-subsidy battle, a new biofuel regime
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/5/23/14755/6585?source=weekly