During the debate in the House or Representatives over the Waxman-Markey energy tax, there was some confusion about the final amendments to the bill. It appeared that few in the House had the opportunity to read the several hundred pages that were submitted by the bill’s author, Representative Henry Waxman, at 3 a.m. the morning [...]

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July 7, 2009
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Senate Global Warming Hearings Present Opportunity to Refocus Debate on Lowering Energy Costs, Creating Jobs
Cap-and-trade will kill jobs, make Americans less secure
WASHINGTON – This week, several committees of the U.S. Senate — including the Environment and Public Works, Finance, and Foreign Relations panels — [...]

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July 1, 2009
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IER: New National Poll Reaffirms Mainstream America’s Opposition to Cap-and-Tax
Job-Killing Waxman-Markey Bill At Odds With Working-Class, Middle America
WASHINGTON – Thomas J. Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research (IER), issued the following statement on Rasmussen’s newly released poll that demonstrates a clear majority of [...]

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June 26, 2009
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Landmark Carbon Tax Bill Narrowly Clears U.S. House
Job-Killing Cap-and-Trade Will Lead to Less Economic Output, Higher Costs Across the Board
WASHINGTON, DC – Institute for Energy Research (IER) president Thomas J. Pyle issued the following statement today subsequent to House passage of cap-and-trade legislation, a bill that [...]

Later this week, the U.S. House will take up the Waxman-Markey global warming bill, the centerpiece of which is a cap and trade program that advocates argue will reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The bill features a remarkably aggressive timetable, one that would force businesses to cut emissions by 17% (relative to the 2005 baseline) [...]

On Monday, Representatives Waxman and Markey released yet another version of their far-reaching energy tax bill. The bill has now grown to 1201 pages and is available here.
This will not the be the last version of this bill. Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson previously opposed the bill and sought some concessions to benefit farmers. But [...]

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Coal-fired electricity generation is far cleaner today than ever before. The popular misconception that our air quality is getting worse is wrong, as shown by EPA’s air quality data. Modern coal plants, and those retrofitted with modern technologies to reduce pollution, are a success story and are currently providing about 50% of our [...]

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May 18, 2009
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Cap and Trade: They Said It
Policymakers Honest About One Thing—This Bill Will Cost a Whole Lot
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: “Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity prices would necessarily skyrocket. . . . Because I’m capping greenhouse gases, coal power plants, natural gas—you name it—whatever the [...]

***Update: A few minutes before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s markup of the bill, Representative Waxman released a new 946-page Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute. The text is available here. ***
***Second Update: The House Energy and Commerce Committee have released a summary of the changes in the Amendment in the Nature [...]

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May 13, 2009
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Finger-Wagging Lawmakers Should Look in the Mirror
Lawmakers pursue policies that raise gas prices, blame refiners
WASHINGTON—As lawmakers in Congress continue to debate costly new energy regulations and taxes and as millions of Americans watch gas prices rise in advance of the Memorial Day holiday, IER president Thomas J. Pyle [...]