Iowa Global Warming

On July 21st, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart focused extensively on the American Clean Energy and Security Act and then Jon interviewed Secretary of Energy Steven Chu.

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Chairmen Henry A. Waxman and Edward J. Markey, co-authors of the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) said that a new analysis of the bill by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) shows the that the net annual cost of the legislation would be approximately $175 per household in 2020.  This analysis comes on the heels of a new study that found 1.7 million jobs would be created by the clean energy legislation.

“This analysis underscores that this legislation is effective and affordable,” said Rep. Waxman. “It sets America on a course of energy independence while taking significant steps to reduce dangerous global warming pollution.”

“Americans know that building a clean energy economy has real value, and this CBO analysis proves it,” said Rep. Markey. “Low-income American families will see a $40 benefit from using more wind and solar energy and less foreign oil. And for the cost of about a postage stamp a day, all American families will see a return on their investment as our nation breaks our dependence on foreign oil, cuts dangerous carbon pollution and creates millions of new clean energy jobs that can’t be shipped overseas.”

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House Democratic leaders have appointed Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, to a committee that oversee alternative fuels and other issues critical to the state.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced that Braley was one of eight members approved for membership on the Energy and Commerce Committee. The committee has broad jurisdiction over alternative fuels as corn-based ethanol, health care and the environment.

Braley, of Waterloo, was elected to his second term from Iowa’s 1st District in November. He was a leader in the effort in November to oust long-term committee chairman John Dingell of Michigan in favor of Rep. Henry Waxman, a Pelosi ally also from California.

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WASHINGTON — Representative Henry A. Waxman of California ousted Representative John D. Dingell of Michigan from his post as chairman of the influential Committee on Energy and Commerce on Thursday, giving President-elect Barack Obama an advantage in his plans to promote efforts to combat global warming.

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