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Which of the Bush administration environmental policies should the new president or Congress block?
Last week, the White House froze all pending federal rules until they can be reviewed by President Obama's team. House Democratic leaders want to use the Congressional Review Act to reverse George W. Bush's controversial regulations on the Endangered Species Act. Dozens of other Bush-era actions are also coming under attack, including the lifting of the moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling and the rules that pave the way for expanded mountain-top mining of coal and exempt large factory farms from some pollution-reporting requirements. Which Bush administration environmental policies should be scrapped? Which should be preserved?
-- Margaret Kriz, NationalJournal.com
8 responses: Larry Schweiger, Rich Wells, Bill Meadows, Richard Revesz, Carl Pope, Bob Bendick, Bill Kovacs, Rodger Schlickeisen
What's the wisest way to cut America's emissions of greenhouse gases: a cap-and-trade program or a carbon tax? Does the recession affect your thinking about which method is preferable or achievable?
Barack Obama, Democratic congressional leaders, and most environmental advocates want Congress to adopt an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to curb climate change pollution. Last week, the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a coalition of business and green leaders, released a blueprint for setting up a trading program.
But carbon taxes are advocated by a diverse group of economists and energy experts - including Al Gore, NASA scientist Jim Hansen, and Exxon's chief executive Rex Tillerson. What's the better policy tool for slashing emissions?
-- Margaret Kriz, NationalJournal.com
11 responses: Jim Kerr, Bob Bendick, Kevin Knobloch, Denise Bode, Chuck Gray, Frances Beinecke, Thomas Gibson, Margo Thorning, Jon A. Anda, Paul Portney, Rob Stavins
What kinds of focused projects could simultaneously spark economic growth and make the nation greener?
Last week, President-elect Barack Obama announced an economic stimulus package that would invest in alternative sources of energy, energy-efficient technologies and a smart electric-transmission grid. Should the recovery package include money for these or other energy and environmental programs?
-- Margaret Kriz, NationalJournal.com
13 responses: Cal Dooley, Kateri Callahan, Bill Meadows, Carl Pope, Margaret Kriz, Jon A. Anda, Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., Denise Bode, Margaret Kriz, Kateri Callahan, Margo Thorning, Paul Portney, Bill Kovacs
To kick off the new year, we wanted to take one last look at the old. What makes up your list of milestone events, big stories, key issues, most sweeping policy developments, etc., in energy and the environment in 2008? What might be their effects in the long term? And what issues do you hope or anticipate will be top-tier in 2009?
-- Jeannette Lee, NationalJournal.com
10 responses: Kevin Knobloch, Bill Meadows, Frances Beinecke, Larry Schweiger, Kateri Callahan, Rhone Resch, Jack Gerard, Rodger Schlickeisen, Eileen Claussen, Paul Portney
