In stark contrast to the bad politics and bad science in the Australian parliament, the US has moved forward and it’s equivalent to our CPRS legislation passed the lower house yesterday.

If you want to read more, there are lots of news reports. It’s also the subject of Barrack Obama’s weekly address to the US nation:

“[We] have seen other countries realize a critical truth: the nation that leads in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the 21st century global economy. […] Now my call to every Senator, as well as to every American, is this: We cannot be afraid of the future. And we must not be prisoners of the past. Don’t believe the misinformation out there […]”.

Tags: cprs, politics, US

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1. Greensense » Coalition backs emissions trading scheme says:

   July 26, 2009 at 7:59 am

   […] more support to industry and should be more in line with legislation being introduced in the US (Waxman-Markey) – in fact he is calling for Australia to delay passing any legislation until Waxman-Markey […]