Monday, March 8, 2010

Senator Kerry: "It is Not a Climate Bill, It's a Jobs Bill"

As foretold by the prophesy (an astute observation at Environmental Capital):

C’mon guys, get with it!
Global warming is so last year.
Everybody, from Al Gore to the blogs you link to are reinventing themselves and talking energy.
Energy production
Energy cost.
Energy security.
It’s all about framing and re-framing.
Low impact man’s time has come and gone. The eco-soirée has moved on to erudite discussions of thorium between nibbles at the canapés.
By this winter the only references to carbon among the salon crowd might be Carbonic acid (H2CO3).
You watch.

Comment by Climateer - July 22, 2008 at 8:37 am
From The Hill:

Sen. Kerry lobbies for climate compromise; actual bill to come

...As he tries to sell the legislation, Kerry is de-emphasizing its relation to climate change.

“What we are talking about is a jobs bill. It is not a climate bill. It is a jobs bill, and it is a clean air bill. It is a national security, energy independence bill,” he told reporters in the Capitol this week....