# Yesterday's blog highlights – May 11, 2010

*Published:* 2010-05-11
*Author:* Rebecca Rasch

*Grist* walks us through the new CBO analysis “[How Policies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Could Affect Employment](http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/105xx/doc10564/05-05-CapAndTrade_Brief.pdf)” and explains [how the analysis falls short “in capturing the upside potential”](http://www.grist.org/article/2010-05-07-cbo-stumbles-into-the-green-jobs-debate/P2) of a smart climate and energy policy.

*Climate Progress* has Senators Kerry and Lieberman’s [joint statement on the release of the climate bill this Wednesday](http://climateprogress.org/2010/05/10/senate-climate-and-clean-energy-jobs-bill-is-coming-wednesday-lieberman-and-kerry-are-optimistic-graham-is-incoherent/). In the statement they say:

> “Our optimism is bolstered because there is a growing and unprecedented bi-partisan coalition from the business, national security, faith and environmental communities that supports our legislation and is energized to work hard and get it passed.”

On *The New York Times* *Room for Debate* blog, key thought leaders and journalists covering climate debate whether [the climate bill actually has a chance at passage](http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/does-the-climate-bill-have-a-chance/) this year. There is a fair amount of optimism in the crowd.

> “Environmental disasters have historically served as the inspiration for landmark legislation.” Kate Shepard of *[Mother Jones.org](http://motherjones.com/)*

> *“*I am optimistic about decarbonization. Despite conventional wisdom to the contrary, reducing emissions will be relatively fast and inexpensive. There are huge opportunities for low-cost (or negative-cost) emission reductions just waiting to be exploited.” David Roberts of [*Grist.org*](http://www.grist.org/)