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S.2191: A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes.

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February 22, 2008 Hunting, fishing and climate change

For example, one bill in the Senate, S. 2191, would require the nation to start reducing pollution at a steady rate of 2 percent a year. ...

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Source: Statesman Journal, OR


February 21, 2008 Landscape Architects Release Climate Change Policy Recommendations

... comprehensive climate change legislation in the forms of the Safe Climate Act of 2007 (HR 1590) and America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191). ...

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Source: FOXBusiness


February 21, 2008 EPA Should Avoid Regulating Carbon Dioxide Emissions

One climate change bill, S. 2191, has been voted out of committee, but it must overcome a number of hurdles before it stands a realistic chance before the ...

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Source: Heritage.org, DC


February 20, 2008 Landscape Architects Release Climate Change Policy Recommendations

... comprehensive climate change legislation in the forms of the Safe Climate Act of 2007 (HR 1590) and America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191). ...

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Source: Earthtimes, UK


February 14, 2008 Delay makes environmental catastrophe more likely

Source: the national allowance account for the years 2012-2020 from the S.2191 as reported out of the EPW Committee. The emissions growth from 2005 to 2013 ...

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Source: Grist Magazine, WA


January 31, 2008 How Not to Address Climate Change

The current poster child for cap and trade is the Warner-Lieberman Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191). If enacted, Warner-Lieberman will cause economic ...

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Source: American Enterprise Institute, DC


January 31, 2008 Methodist Church's Top 7 Policy Goals for '08

The ministry also expressed support for the bill “Climate Security Act of 2007” (S.2191), a bipartisan effort to reduce US global warming pollution. ...

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Source: Christian Post


January 28, 2008 An account of a House hearing on auctioning permits under cap-and ...

... testimony on the economic implications of a greenhouse-emissions cap and trade system such as the one proposed in Lieberman-Warner (S. 2191). ...

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Source: Grist Magazine, WA


January 24, 2008 2008 Regulatory Policy Agenda: Congress Debates, States Act

Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and John Warner (R-VA) have introduced cap-and-trade legislation, S. 2191. This bill will probably be debated, and senators are ...

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Source: OMB Watch


January 23, 2008 Cap, Auction, and Trade: Allowance Auctions and Revenue Recycling ...

... and bills currently in the US Congress which have large bipartisan support, such as the Lieberman Warner Climate Security Act (S. 2191) and Rep. ...

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Source: Center For American Progress, DC


January 18, 2008 AFR Opposed to Greenhouse Gas Emission Caps

"Opposed" is how Ray L. Wulf, American Farmers & Ranchers President & CEO, describes his organizations' position on S.2191 as it is today, legislation which ...

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Source: PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria


January 04, 2008 OPINION: US Has Opportunity to Lead World in Reducing Global Warming

I have co-sponsored the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, S. 2191, which requires a 70% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050. S. 2191 sets short-term ...

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Source: Southern Maryland Online, MD


January 02, 2008 Congress makes headway, progress needed

I have cosponsored the bipartisan Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, S. 2191, which would require a 70 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by ...

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Source: Baltimore Community Times, MD


December 19, 2007 GORE'S LAW

15, the US Senate voted a new Climate Control Bill—the Lieberman-Warner America Climate Security Act of 2007, S.2191, out of committee, following the ...

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Source: NewsWithViews.com, OR


December 18, 2007 The Lessons of Bali: The US Needs to Lead on Global Warming

In the United States, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (S.2191) now before Congress requires a 15 percent reduction below current levels by 2020 ...

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Source: Center For American Progress, DC


December 13, 2007 Full Text

Utility companies have long regarded the type of cap-and-trade system contained in the legislation (S. 2191) as a stick that punishes them for generating ...

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Source: Science Magazine (subscription)


December 07, 2007 Cattlemen's Capitol Concerns: US Beef Sold To Russia , Farm ...

... Moves Climate Bill: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed December 5 th the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191), ...

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Source: CattleNetwork.com, KS


December 07, 2007 And now a word from their sponsors

The Chamber opposes S. 2191 because it fails to satisfy several of these principles. First, S. 2191 fails to preserve American jobs and the domestic economy ...

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Source: Grist Magazine, WA


December 06, 2007 Beware of Cap and Trade Climate Bills

S. 2191 is, in several respects, more stringent than other cap and trade bills. Its requirement that emissions decline to 15 percent below 2005 levels by ...

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Source: Heritage.org, DC


December 06, 2007 NRDC: Landmark Global Warming Bill Voted Out of Committee to ...

... on today's significant Senate Environment and Public Works Committee vote (11-8) in favor of reporting the Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191) to the ...

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Source: YubaNet, CA


December 06, 2007 New Recycling Amendment May Help Reduce Greenhouse Gases

By Ann Lane Recycling has long been known to be beneficial but in the bill S. 2191, which is set to be introduced today in the Senate, recycling is being ...

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Source: Associated Content, CO


December 06, 2007 Senate Panel Adopts Emissions Curbs

Known as America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S.2191), the bill would create a system in which businesses that create or deal with carbon emissions would ...

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Source: Science Now, DC


December 06, 2007 US GHG bill clears big hurdle; foes vow fight

On 5 December, the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee passed the Climate Security Act (S.2191), which would reduce ghgs in the power, gas, ...

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Source: Environmental Finance, UK


December 06, 2007 Airlines and Pilots Oppose Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Bill

... Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) to approve and forward to the full Senate S.2191, the "Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007. ...

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Source: AMTOnline.com, MD


December 06, 2007 ISRI Applauds Passage of Recycling Amendment to Climate Change Bill

The amendment is part of S. 2191. Carper is co-chair of the Senate Recycling Caucus. Additionally, the amendment will provide funding to improve or increase ...

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Source: Earthtimes


December 06, 2007 Airlines and Pilots Oppose Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Bill

... statement in response to the decision by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) to approve and forward to the full Senate S.2191, ...

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Source: Reuters


December 06, 2007 Airlines and Pilots Oppose Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Bill

... statement in response to the decision by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) to approve and forward to the full Senate S.2191, ...

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Source: Earthtimes, UK


December 06, 2007 NAM urges Senators to oppose climate change bill

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) on December 5 urged Senators to oppose a climate change bill (S. 2191) under consideration by the Senate ...

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Source: Reliable Plant Magazine, OK


December 05, 2007 Religious Coalitions Call Lieberman-Warner Bill "A Significant ...

The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191) is slated for consideration at a full committee mark-up starting Wednesday. ...

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Source: All American Patriots (press release), Sweden


December 05, 2007 A Real Change for Climate Policy: Moving Beyond the Kyoto Protocol ...

First, Chairwoman Barbara Boxer of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is working to move America’s Climate Security Act (S. 2191) out of ...

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Source: Center For American Progress, DC


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