http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=882236President Obama is now hinting that lawmakers might have to split up a climate bill, which could mean the end of cap-and-trade.
At a recent town hall meeting, the president reiterated his support for a price on greenhouse gas emissions, but admitted that the votes may not be there. Reading between the lines is the executive editor at ClimateDepot.com, Marc Marano.
"President Obama is selling climate down the river. This is what he's doing," he states. "[Obama] is telling people that cap-and-trade is dead. He's recognizing political reality."
Marc Morano (GOP EPW)Morano believes Congress will pass a bill that promotes alternative energy and call it a climate bill.
"But they're so desperate to check the box of 'climate and global warming' that they're going to now declare a typical energy bill in Washington as a climate bill," he explains.
"So it's a new reality: we're going to have climate bill without dealing with climate -- which is about where we should be, given that the entire [climate change] movement has now become a laughing stock scientifically, politically, and economically."
Morano says Capitol Hill Democrats will have to spin the bill as a climate bill because there is zero support to actually pass real cap-and-trade legislation.
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