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...little politicians have earned the ire and distrust of the public for placing electoral self-interest ahead of sound policies and a guiding hand, but clearly they do so with a certain comfort that any public backlash will be muted. Even the newly re-minted Warner-Lieberman bill, which aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2050, appears destined to fail...
...Pilbeam as the College’s “steady anchor” through a period of flux, keeping the senior staff of the College together and getting several major initiatives off the ground—including the implementation of Gen Ed and the House renewal plan.Daniel E. Lieberman ’86, who took Pilbeam’s freshman seminar in 1982 and is now a professor with him in the Department of Anthropology, described Pilbeam as deeply compassionate in addition to being a highly distinguished academic.“He has the ability to cut through...
...that last argument - that cap and trade may place a financial burden on ordinary Americans - that may be the biggest sticking point for Warner-Lieberman or whatever comes after it. Conservative groups like the National Association of Manufacturers have released studies that claim the bill will ruin the American economy by raising the price of energy through the roof. But in reality, that scenario is unlikely - the balance of economic studies, including one by the Environmental Protection Agency, say the bill's economic cost will be manageable, and a raft of studies claim that the economic cost of doing nothing...
...caused widespread public anger, as every member of Congress who went home for the Memorial Day break is no doubt aware. Support for lowering energy prices is something that has both broad and deep support in America; it will drive voters to the ballot box. And although Warner-Lieberman, or any future cap-and-trade bill, is unlikely to hike the price of gasoline, it will surely be used as a convenient political scapegoat...
...achieve lower prices will be through new policy that promotes the development of alternative energy - like cap and trade. But figuring out how to assemble a political coalition that understands the argument and shows deep support for climate change action - that will be the real challenge, long after Warner-Lieberman has been sent to the legislative graveyard...