How to reduce CO2 emissions without really saying so.

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The Washington Post had an opinion piece this past weekend that caught my eye. It's about how we can work to reduce CO2 emissions regardless of our acceptance, or lack thereof, of climate change science: "How to stop global warming - even if you don't believe in it".

(h/t to boatsie, whose diary about COP16 included this link. Please visit their diary and recommend.)

This led to me to start blogging about something I've been meaning to for a some time...That is, the efforts happening right now, everywhere, outside the Beltway, to get a handle on GHG's. We'll do it, fer cryin' out loud, even if you won't help us, Senators!

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We were warned it would happen.

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We've been warned that the inability of the U.S. Senate to pass the American Power Act (APA), or something (anything) to address greenhouse gas emissions, would have consequences.

But now that it appears that a climate and energy bill will not pass in the near term, the waiting is over for some. For example, wind energy development is likely to face trouble in getting enough investment money to expand. And in the case of coal, it's 'business as usual', at least for mining in Montana.

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