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It seems that America has two minds on the climate change issue. These two views are represented by the Democrats who adhere to a scientific understanding of climate change, and the Republicans who dismiss it.Republicans are virtually unanimous in thei…

With legislation stalled in the Senate, reconciliation could be used to break the legislative gridlock. The Republicans have been unapologetic about their obstructionist agenda. At President Obama’s day-long summit at Blair House, the Republicans reite…

In his State of the Union address, President Obama indicated that he will continue to pursue a comprehensive energy and climate bill as well as provide relief for small business.The President showed leadership by not bowing to political expediency and …

The upcoming UN meeting in Copenhagen is the fifteenth meeting on climate change but it is not the last. The US Senate’s inability to pass climate change legislation before international negotiations begin at COP15 is not the end of the process.The Sen…

With climate change legislation in limbo in the US, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is acting under The Clean Air Act to curb greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Yesterday the New York Times reported that the EPA has announced a proposed rule t…

Nobel prize winning quantum physicist Steven Chu Ph.D is the most qualified Energy Secretary ever to lead the Department of Energy. He is a far cry from the kind of people that some Republican Presidents have appointed to the job. Conservative icon Ron…

Small businesses need help if they are to support proposed cap-and-trade legislation. Although the climate change bill passed in the US House of Representatives on Friday, it was by the thinest of margins (219 versus 212). Predictably Republicans where…

Small business has more to fear from unchecked CO2 emissions than it does from cap-and-trade. If proposed climate change legislation can gain the support of lawmakers, cap-and-trade will help businesses make the transition to a low carbon economy.The A…

The small business community has been silent on American cap-and-trade debate even though the passage of proposed climate change legislation is crucial to global efforts to reduce CO2. The legislation has supporters, but there are those in Congress who…

The debate on climate change is amongst the most important discussions humanity has ever engaged but despite the heroic economic contributions of the small business community, they have yet to weigh-in on this historic debate.In the US cap-and-trade is…