Hill Heat: WonkLine: June 4, 2009Science Policy Legislation Actiontag:www.hillheat.com,2005:TypoTypo2009-06-12T08:13:58-04:00Wonk Roomurn:uuid:b310df10-0c90-4195-9e4b-5641f7e9fc122009-06-04T09:12:00-04:002009-06-12T08:13:58-04:00WonkLine: June 4, 2009<I>From the <a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/06/04/wonk-060409/">Wonk Room</a>.</i>
<p>Putting the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill “<a href='http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE55276S20090604'>on a fast-track</a>” for passage, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “<a href='http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/speaker-issues--ultimatum-on-climate-2009-06-03.html'>issued an ultimatum</a> to her committee chairmen: <a href='http://www.rollcall.com/news/35479-1.html'>move climate change legislation by June 19</a> or risk losing jurisdiction over the bill.”</p>
<p>“Stephen Ward, chief of staff for Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M, said Wednesday that <a href='http://www.marketwatch.com/story/green-energy-gurus-not-holding-breath-on-co2-rules'>lawmakers fear a ratepayer backlash</a>” if carbon pollution is capped, telling “a room full of alternative-energy financiers at the Lazard Capital Markets Alternative Energy Investor Summit” that he foresees “a more modest bill” than Waxman-Markey coming from the Senate.</p>
<p>Researchers have discovered that the Phragmites “super weed” emits toxic chemicals to kill competitors, and “<a href='http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090603131439.htm'>the poison becomes even more toxic</a>” because of global warming’s effect on ultraviolet radiation.</p><I>From the <a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/06/04/wonk-060409/">Wonk Room</a>.</i>
<p>Putting the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill “<a href='http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE55276S20090604'>on a fast-track</a>” for passage, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “<a href='http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/speaker-issues--ultimatum-on-climate-2009-06-03.html'>issued an ultimatum</a> to her committee chairmen: <a href='http://www.rollcall.com/news/35479-1.html'>move climate change legislation by June 19</a> or risk losing jurisdiction over the bill.”</p>
<p>“Stephen Ward, chief of staff for Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M, said Wednesday that <a href='http://www.marketwatch.com/story/green-energy-gurus-not-holding-breath-on-co2-rules'>lawmakers fear a ratepayer backlash</a>” if carbon pollution is capped, telling “a room full of alternative-energy financiers at the Lazard Capital Markets Alternative Energy Investor Summit” that he foresees “a more modest bill” than Waxman-Markey coming from the Senate.</p>
<p>Researchers have discovered that the Phragmites “super weed” emits toxic chemicals to kill competitors, and “<a href='http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090603131439.htm'>the poison becomes even more toxic</a>” because of global warming’s effect on ultraviolet radiation.</p>