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On Grist, <\/em>Frank Senso asks<\/a> why the Gulf oil spill hasn\u2019t done more to advance comprehensive climate and energy legislation. \u201cA few weeks ago we talked to John Pemberton of Southern Company, who says that instead of furthering the debate over a climate bill, the oil spill as stalled it. The emotional power of the disaster will make congressional members less likely to compromise and take “small steps forward”: “We still have a long term energy debate in congress that is not going to solved with short term political decisions.”<\/p>\n

Over at Treehugger<\/em>, Brian Merchant speculates<\/a> if utilities are supporting climate legislation in hopes of getting trading their support for exclusion from new EPA Clean Air Act regulations. Needless to say, he is opposed to this deal: \u201cGiving the biggest, dirtiest polluters in the nation a license to dodge regulations in exchange for that is a tradeoff that’s simply not worth making.\u201d<\/p>\n

Christian Parenti of The Nation<\/em> has a (lengthy but) good piece on Huffington Post<\/em><\/a> stating that \u201cthe fastest, simplest way\u201d to spur innovation and growth in clean energy and technology and away from fossil fuels, \u201cis to reorient government procurement\u2026 to use the government’s vast spending power to create a market for green energy. After all, the government didn’t just fund the invention of the microprocessor; it was also the first major consumer of the device.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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