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Waxman-Markey's "American Clean Energy and Security" act (H.R. 2454, also known as ACES) passed last week and Terrapass has the skinny:

So, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 passed the House on Friday. First, to get the necessary throat-clearing out of the way: this is an historic moment that was both an extremely long time in coming and also a lot speedier than many dared hope. When Henry Waxman announced his intention of bring the bill to a floor vote by July 4, most in the environmental community thought the goal was admirably ambitious but probably unachievable. The passage of the bill, if nothing else, testifies to the parliamentary skill of the congressional leadership. Unfortunately, the Senate promises to be an even tougher battle.

And that is why we MUST put pressure on our Senators to do the right thing and pass this legislation so that President Obama can sign it into law. Call and/or email your Senator now!

http://senate.gov

Finally, just to see what we're up against here, view the 10 Most Outrageous Comments made by representatives during the debate (boy, are they doozies!). These are just a few:

** "God has put us on this Earth as responsible stewards of these resources, and we ought to use them responsibly. This bill does not do it. In fact, it does nothing good. The only meaningful thing that it might do is provide a relatively meaningless photo op for our President in December in Copenhagen as he stands to brag about what America has done while the leaders of India and China laugh at us behind his back." -- Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)

** "Wake up, America. There hasn't been any global warming, which is what we heard over and over and over again -- there hasn't been any global warming for 10 years." -- Rep. Dana Rohrabacker (R-CA)

** "The idea of human induced global climate change is one of the greatest hoaxes perpetrated out of the scientific community. It is a hoax... We need to be good stewards of our environment, but this is not it, it's a hoax!" -- Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA)

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