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A CLEAR-er Alternative to Cap-and-Trade? Cantwell-Collins Climate Bill Explained (Video)

0 by Timothy Hurst on June 18, 2010

The office of Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) today released a video explaining how the the Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal or, CLEAR Act, works. The bill is cosponsored by Sen. Cantwell and Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), and is being sold as an alternative to the better known Kerry-Lieberman cap-and-trade bill currently being considered by the Senate, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act.

The Cantwell-Collins bill is being marketed as a simpler alternative for climate legislation -- hence the 'CLEAR' acronym -- but it has been criticized by some for not making deep enough cuts in carbon emissions.

http://www.youtube.com/v/AIuI4fInZUA&hl=en_US&fs=1&

Category: Climate Change | Tags: cantwell-collins, cap and trade, clear act, Climate Change, climate policy, energy policy

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