{"id":2195,"date":"2010-06-10T14:20:40","date_gmt":"2010-06-10T19:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=2195"},"modified":"2026-03-14T12:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T17:42:21","slug":"yesterdays-blog-highlights-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2010\/06\/10\/yesterdays-blog-highlights-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday&#8217;s blog highlights \u2013\u00a0June 10, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Grist<\/em> highlights a new Stanford poll which shows <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2010-06-09-new-poll-shows-again-public-likes-clean-energy-doesnt-like-taxes\/\">sweeping public support for clean energy<\/a> investment.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe results, in sum, are as follows: large majorities believe in climate change and want the government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, make polluters pay, and support clean energy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On <em>Green<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/green.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/09\/energy-climate-change-but-no-cap-and-trade\/\">Senator Lugar\u2019s energy bill is presented<\/a> as the<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lugar.senate.gov\/\">latest proposal<\/a> to deal with energy and global warming\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>though it<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cwould achieve roughly half the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions sought under the Kerry-Lieberman plan and a bill passed by the House a year ago. 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