{"id":2425,"date":"2010-06-30T12:55:42","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T17:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2026-03-14T12:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T17:45:34","slug":"latest-reports-on-the-climate-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2010\/06\/30\/latest-reports-on-the-climate-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest reports on the climate debate \u2013\u00a0June 30, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Dot Earth<\/em> has <a href=\"http:\/\/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/28\/a-nobelists-energy-pitch-for-obama\/\">Nobel Prize winner Burton Richter discussing<\/a> how President Obama and the Senate should work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI would start with those parts of the economy where the way to make progress is clear, the potential gains are large, and the required regulations are relatively simple. To me this says: Start by focusing on cars, electricity generation and efficiency.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>E2 <\/em>shows <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/e2-wire\/677-e2-wire\/106201-obama-pushes-senators-to-include-carbon-limits-in-senate-energy-bill-kerry-and-lieberman-say\">President Obama pushing Senators to include a cap on carbon<\/a> in the final energy package they bring to the floor.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c\u2019The president was very clear about putting a price on carbon and limiting greenhouse gas emissions,\u2019 Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) said outside the White House after the 90-minute meeting between Obama and a bipartisan group of about 20 senators.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also on <em>E2<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/106233-obama-favors-carbon-pricing-says-merkley\">Senator Merkley explains<\/a> that<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPresident Obama has stressed the importance of including a &#8220;cap and trade&#8221; system in forthcoming energy legislation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dot Earth has Nobel Prize winner Burton Richter discussing how President Obama and the Senate should work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. \u201cI would start with those parts of the economy where the way to make progress is clear, the potential gains are large, and the required regulations are relatively simple. 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