{"id":2287,"date":"2010-06-18T09:41:01","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T14:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2026-03-14T12:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T17:45:13","slug":"the-latest-on-the-climate-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2010\/06\/18\/the-latest-on-the-climate-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"The latest on the climate bill \u2013\u00a0June 18, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>E2<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/e2-wire\/677-e2-wire\/103933-reid-wont-commit-to-carbon-provisions-in-energy-bill-says-caucus-will-meet-again-next-week-\">reports on yesterday\u2019s democratic caucus meeting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cReid said the caucus is firmly behind passing \u201cclean energy\u201d legislation that helps the economy and national security and responds to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Reid also explained that<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cthere were a number of discussions today as to how we can arrive at what\u2019s best for the country, and of course pricing carbon is part of our discussion.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also on <em>E2<\/em>, Senators Kerry and Lieberman<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/e2-wire\/677-e2-wire\/103943-kerry-lieberman-tap-corporate-execs-to-push-their-climate-bill\">met with several high-ranking corporate executives<\/a> on Thursday to build momentum for their legislation\u2026.The CEOs argued that capping carbon emissions would create an economic incentive to pursue renewable energy technologies and create green jobs in the United States.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E2 reports on yesterday\u2019s democratic caucus meeting. \u201cReid said the caucus is firmly behind passing \u201cclean energy\u201d legislation that helps the economy and national security and responds to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.\u201d Reid also explained that \u201cthere were a number of discussions today as to how we can arrive at what\u2019s best for &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,20],"tags":[],"coauthors":[108135],"class_list":["post-2287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-change-legislation","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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