Green Options » CBO http://greenoptions.com/tag/cbo Posts tagged 'CBO' Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:31:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en The American Clean Air And Security Act: What Is It? http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/06/30/the-american-clean-air-and-security-act-what-is-it/ http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/06/30/the-american-clean-air-and-security-act-what-is-it/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:31:26 +0000 Fred Etcheverry http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/06/30/the-american-clean-air-and-security-act-what-is-it/ At the time of this post, The American Clean Air and Security Act has passed Congress as Waxman-Markey. It will now go to the Senate. Supporter and opponents are divided over its efficacy. It is full of compromises needed to pass, but will these compromises make it ineffective?

These is something in this bill for almost everyone. There is also something for almost everyone to hate. Alan During gives 14 things he love and 6 he hates about Waxman-Markey.

It’s no surprise that the United States Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufactures oppose this bill, but so does Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth. Dow Chemical and Ford Motors support it.

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