Earth Day Update

CQ Politics has a special Earth Day package featuring the state of various environmental initiatives on Capitol Hill. One highlight:

A sweeping energy bill under consideration by a House panel not only would try to curb global warming but would also create a federal program on adapting to climate changes that may be inevitable. The centerpiece of the bill would mandate an 83 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and require greater use of renewable-energy sources. Waxman and Edward J. Markey , D-Mass., chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee, plan to begin marking up the bill later this month.

Interestingly the same articel goes on to imply that we really can't know when or if global warming will even affect us.

Detailed information is lacking on the potential effects of climate change in the United States, particularly at the regional level, many scientists say, and previous models of predicting such changes no longer apply.

The debate continues....