{"id":1972,"date":"2010-05-12T09:26:56","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T14:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2026-03-14T12:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T17:42:33","slug":"yesterdays-blog-highlights-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2010\/05\/12\/yesterdays-blog-highlights-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday’s blog highlights \u2013\u00a0May 12, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grist<\/em> breaks down the current climate bill situation<\/a> and is even cautiously optimistic about Kerry and Lieberman\u2019s abilities to attract some Republican support.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are, however, some Republicans who are expected to vote for the bill if it goes to the floor.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

An editorial<\/a> in the L.A. Times<\/em> that makes the case for climate legislation is lauded on Climate Progress<\/a>. The editorial concludes with this poignant message:<\/p>\n

\u201cLawmakers today aren\u2019t seeing the forest for the trees; that will change when the forest has burned or been destroyed by bark beetles, but by then it will be too late.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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E2 <\/em>explains how the new climate bill will contain a \u201ccompromise on offshore drilling<\/a>\u201d though still maintains targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent by 2020.<\/p>\n

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Treehugger<\/em> goes over the offshore oil drilling veto provision<\/a> in the Kerry-Lieberman climate bill set to be released to the public today. The full details are forthcoming but so far we do know that:<\/p>\n