Cap & Trade: Dead or Alive?

Saturday, February 6, 2010

WCPT 820 AM & 92.5/92.7/99.9 FM, 4:00-5:00 PM CDT

Cap and Trade in simple terms can be described as a market-based system for regulating greenhouse gas emission that penalizes the polluter and rewards those who pollute less. The Waxman-Markey Bill - American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 proposes a Cap & Trade system to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and was the next major piece of legislation that congress was to tackle after health care. This Waxman-Markey legislation calls for a 17% emissions reduction by 2020 and an 83% reduction by 2050. The 17% is the same number that Obama agreed to at the UN Copenhagen Convention. With political gridlock in DC is Cap and Trade legislation dead or alive? What interests win and lose if this bill is not passed?

Find out these answers and more when you listen to GreenSense with Robert Colangelo, as he talks with Mark Witte, Distinguished Lecturer with the Department of Economics from Northwesterm University, who will discuss the economics of cap and trade. Robert Hickmott, Vice President of the Smith Free Group and a respected energy lobbyist will provide an insider perspective on what’s “Heard on the Hill” about the Waxman-Markey, Bill. Joseph Romm, the author of Climate Progress.org, which Time Magazine calls "one of the most influential global-warming blogs on the Internet and author of "Hell and High Water: Global Warming--the Solution and the Politics--and What We Should Do" will share his fatalistic views on climate change and why immediate action is required to stop the planet from warming. Plus listen for our feature segments Green Job Minute, In the Limelight and Good Guy/Good Gal of the Week!

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Tune your radio dial to 820 AM from 4-5 pm Central Time or turn your computer into a radio as we stream live. You can also listen to our podcast at http://greensenseshow.com.

Did you know that when you advertise on Green$ense you reach listeners who want to buy green products and services? When you're Green, your business grows. Contact John Mickey for advertising details at 773-509-1330, or e-mail him at john@greensenseshow.com.

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