Green Options

Waxman’s leadership of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, coupled with Senate counterpart Barbara Boxer’s Chairmanship of the Environment and Public Works Committee will provide a unified front in the push for climate change legislation.

Since taking control of Congress last fall, the Democrats have (justifiably) taken a lot of flak for being spineless, but Rep. John D. Dingell’s (D, Michigan) recent proposal for a national carbon tax is anything but. I’ll give him a (biofuel-powered) truckload of credit for coming up with a bold plan for reducing fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

Dingell hasn’t brought his plan to the House yet; he’s in the public-opinion gathering

[...]