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Final Thoughts on a Dead Climate Bill

Posted by admin on Saturday, 24 July, 2010

Treehugger – July 23, 2010

I know I’ve ranted and raved a fair amount about the ignominious death of comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation. But lest we all head into our weekends wholly downtrodden and helpless-feeling, a few more words need to be uttered before the casket is lowered into the ground for good (am I getting carried away with this metaphor, here?). Here are some important final thoughts on the demise of the climate bill — and where we can and should go from here.

The battle isn’t over
This is true in more ways than one — first, it is unlikely but possible that some form of carbon-pricing legislation could surface next year, from entirely different tack and framing.

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