More a Clean Energy Program Than a Climate Change Mitigation Bill?

摘要

It should be obvious by now that H.R. 2454 is much more than an environmental bill. In fact, with the Obama administration's not so hidden support, H.R. 2454 has in significant respect been recast as more of a clean energy program than a global warming one. This transformation seems to track recent polling data that show relative enthusiasm for what is "green," and "clean" but limited support for "climate change regulations" per se, especially a complicated cap-and-trade plan that can easily be labeled as an energy tax.