How to Make CLEAR (Cantwell-Collins Cap and Dividend Climate Bill) A Good First Step?

Mar 30th, 2010 in Newswire, U.S. Legislation Following the disastrous House-passed Waxman-Markey bill, the Senate proposed Boxer-Kerry bill, (both are cap and trade bills that would do more harm to the environment than doing nothing at all, in the words of prominent climate scientist Dr. James Hansen), and now the Kerry-Graham-Lieberman bill still being concocted but already promising to be even worse, many people are understandably thrilled to hear about the Cantwell-Collins bill (acronym CLEAR) that purportedly removes many of the key problems in the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill. Of all the major advantages claimed by CLEAR’s proponents,...