Morning Digest
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced new climate legislation yesterday that he claims will put the United States at the forefront of the Clean Energy Age. Calling the bill the Investing in Climate Action and Protection Act (or iCAP), Markey said it will cut global warming pollution and reinvest money in a clean energy workforce. “We must invest in the American economy and in American workers, and launch an energy technology renaissance that will rival the information technology revolution of the past decade,” said Markey in a speech at the Center for American Progress. More coverage over at Grist, Energy Smart, and Alternet.
MSNBC and Time weigh in on the growth of green collar jobs.
The New York Times reports on the uncertain future of natural gas: “A longstanding assumption of American energy policy has been that natural gas would be plentiful abroad, and therefore readily available for importation, as production falls off in North America, where many fields are tapped out. But some experts are starting to question that idea, saying natural gas could be subject to the same explosion in overseas demand that has made oil so expensive.”
The London Independent reports that a new study has discredited the case against global climate change.
On Wednesday, Exxon-Mobil shareholders rejected calls to adopt greenhouse-gas reduction targets.
In anticipation of the Lieberman-Warner bill vote, scientists and economists urged the U.S. to take action and cut pollution.
A new study finds that city residents emit less carbon than their rural and suburban counterparts.
Global warming and the depletion of the Great Lakes.
–Christopher Greenspan