Senator John Kerry and Senator Barbara Boxer released the Senate version of ACES (the House climate bill) today.
You can read the summary as well as the full text on Senator John Kerry’s website: http://kerry.senate.gov/cleanenergyjobsandamericanpower/intro.cfm.
Unfortunately, CEJAPA or CEJAP doesn’t have the same ring to it that ACES did.
Cross posted from ActionFactoryDC.blogspot.com, post by Kalen Pruss
We are just hours into our 26 hour tent city marathon. We set-up our camp with relative ease, had a not unpleasant chat with the police, and are just now settling down for the long haul. It is quite literally starting to heat up, and despite the cops mandating that we dismantle our overhead tarps, we are doing our best to keep cool. As uncouth as it sounds, at least our project has an end date. For millions of climate refugees across the globe, drought, flooding, disease, or famine make harsh conditions a permanent reality.
It is important, then, that we stand in solidarity with these many millions, and bring their voices to the policy-makers whose decisions will ultimately shape their future. Such action is desperately needed, yet our leaders typically fail in recognizing climate refugees altogether. In high-level talks regarding climate refugees, decision-makers find themselves bogged down in determining even the basic definition of climate refugees (see Morgan’s post from last night). It appears that after so much politicking over semantics, world leaders are simply too exhausted to take real steps toward aiding these involuntary migrants.
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Originally posted by Rachel Young at DC Action Factory
This morning, half a dozen youth in strongmen costumes showed up to pump iron and flex their climate bill “muscles” in Dirksen 406. Why? Because the first post-ACES Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on climate legislation took place there at 10 am today.
I was surprised to see such a clever ploy espousing that Congress must pass a stronger climate bill than the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last Friday, June 26th.
President Obama’s weekly address regarding the passage of the climate bill through the house.
The fact that the democrats keep pushing this as “jobs bill” is great (with the hope that they are well-paying, equitable jobs) and I know it helps make the bill more politically viable, but I think it is sad that the focus isn’t actually what the bill is really about: climate change. Of course, climate change is not a challenge that the American people are ready to face full on yet, so framing the issue in terms of jobs will be helpful in that sense.
In preparation for the Copenhagen climate negotiations, 350.org is planning a massive day of action on October 24th. Register your event at http://www.350.org/oct24.
