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...Moreover, the specter of insolvency might be looming for some institutions. That calls for a plan to treat zombie banks, one that does not involve more taxpayer money again. This is why it is imperative that Congress proceeds to pass new insolvency-regime legislation to allow for orderly receivership of complex financial institutions...
...little early to judge Salazar's tenure at the Interior Department, and the Secretary may have a point - the ESA wasn't designed to counter a threat as global as global warming. The best way to deal with carbon emissions is to pass national legislation that would create a cap-and-trade program, rather than trying to stretch the ESA to fit a purpose its drafters couldn't have foreseen. But the ongoing battle over the polar bear is a reminder that wildlife will be the first victims of global warming - and that saving them won't be easy...
...With Republicans unanimously opposing the climate change bill in the first House committee to consider it, the haggling is taking place among Democrats. On one side are those trying to pass landmark global warming legislation, and on the other, those seeking concessions in it to ease tough pollution standards on their districts and local industries. The first deal was struck Monday: up to $4,500 as an inducement to trade in gas-guzzlers for new, fuel-efficient vehicles that will emit smaller quantities of warming gases into the atmosphere. (See pictures of the fragile planet...
...ally, more likely to support broader legislation. But the clunker proposal's passage is no indication that the broader bill will have an easy time of it. A rare win-win for industry and the environment, it didn't require any of the the trade-offs being discussed to pass the "cap and trade" measure at the center of the House global warming bill. Introduced April 1, the measure would require all sources of warming gases - produced by the burning of coal, oil and natural gas - to cap their emissions at 20% of 2005 levels by 2020. If they exceed...
...judge, and I do not pass judgment over judicial cases." - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, when asked if he would consider commuting Saberi's sentence as a gesture of goodwill to the U.S., adding, "I think Mr. Obama, as a sign of change and also to encourage friendship, should allow laws to be processed fairly and allow the judiciary to carry out its duties." (BBC, April...