Thursday, November 20, 2008

Big moment for US climate policy

This could be a very significant shift in US energy and climate policy. The House Energy and Commerce Committee will have a new chairman: Henry Waxman replaces John Dingell. Waxman is a relentless advocate for strong US action on climate change, and one of Obama’s chief legislative liaisons is a former Waxman aide. Dingell is a moderate whose top campaign contributers are car company PACs.

This is significant because it means that the chairman of the committee that climate legislation must go through wants to play ball. But it’s also significant because a majority of the Democratic caucus, knowing that, voted for Waxman. Game on…

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