Earth Equity News

Cap-and-Trade Coalition Changes Focus From Climate Bill To EPA Authority. By Anne C. Mulkern, Greenwire, September 13, 2010. "A coalition thwarted in its effort to secure climate legislation will launch a campaign this week aimed at protecting what it sees as a last line of defense: U.S. EPA's ability to regulate carbon pollution. The coalition's thrust on EPA also happens as the alliance decides how it will approach the climate issue moving forward. Members of Clean Energy Works are talking about whether the group will exist in its current form or significantly retool now that it appears unlikely this Congress will act on climate or energy legislation. It is also searching for new strategies, which could include a greater emphasis at the state level. The group insists that it's not disappearing. Politico last week reported that the group planned to shut down. 'There's no question that there will be another version of this going forward,' said Maggie Fox, CEO of the Alliance for Climate Protection, the group founded by Vice President Al Gore. 'It's less about an ending and more about a semicolon. All we're going to be doing is trying to do it better.'"