Rep. Dingell floats 'carbon tax' plan
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A House committee chairman is trying to show his Democratic colleagues that people in the U.S. are not ready to pay the full costs of fixing global warming.
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Senate Republicans block a $32 billion in tax breaks for renewable energy that would have been financed mostly by new taxes on major oil companies. The GOP argues an oil-company tax increase would reduce production and raise gas prices.
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People need to be encouraged to offset carbon emissions despite recent criticism of some schemes, say MPs.
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By Peter Urban, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Feb. 5--WASHINGTON -- After years of resistance, Congress may be on the  verge of addressing global warming, according to two Connecticut proponents of  legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.   Sen. Joe Lieberman and Rep.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to cap California's greenhouse gas emissions is just the latest in a string of recent deals with the Democrats that could help him win back the moderate voters so vital to his re-election bid this fall.
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Six U.S. senators, including  potential 2008 presidential contenders from both major parties,  unveiled legislation on Friday that would force power plants  and industry to curb heat-trapping greenhouse gases, seeking to  cut emissions to one-third of 2000 levels by 2050.
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By Dennison, Mike HELENA - A bill pitched as a catalyst for future energy development in Montana won endorsement Thursday from the Montana House, but not without criticism that it needlessly expands government.
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A defender of the auto industry proposes a carbon tax that will cause everyone pain. Is the country ready for shared sacrifice to combat global warming?
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A bill is intended to force the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper to achieve the steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions required by the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.
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The government unveiled a plan to help consumers more effectively offset the carbon dioxide their lifestyles produce.
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A Tory policy group proposes a stamp duty rebate for home-buyers who improve energy efficiency.
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Monday's indictment of Rep. William Jefferson may revive pressure to fulfill their clean-government pledge.
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Friday she wanted Congress to pass mandatory caps on heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions this year.
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The Senate on Monday pressed ahead  with a Democrat-driven rewrite of American energy policy that  would strip nearly $15 billion in tax breaks from large  companies and put the money toward making energy from clean,  renewable sources like wind, solar and soybeans.
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell said Monday he was concerned about the ability of fans to watch Big Ten sporting events on a new television network debuting this summer.
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By Joel Lang, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Feb. 28--One of Gov. M. Jodi Rell's major budget initiatives -- to keep Connecticut waters free of pollution -- is well-intentioned but too small by half, an alliance of environmental, municipal and economic interests declared Tuesday.
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A plan by the House to become carbon-neutral by the end of this Congress calls for dropping coal from the fuel mix burned at the Capitol Power Plant to heat and cool House buildings.