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To: Sully- who wrote (81238)	8/21/2010 4:24:33 AM
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White House web site has a disappearing Cap-and-Trade Act By: Mark Tapscott Editorial Page Editor 08/20/10 1:11 PM EDT Remember how firmly committed President Obama was to passing a cap-and-trade anti-global warming energy reform bill this year? You don't? Well, don't go looking around on the White House web site for evidence because it's been scrubbed, according to an energy and environment trade publication. “The White House has recently revised its energy and environment website, stripping references to a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases and a pledge to funnel $150 billion into clean energy research. Gone from the site is a section titled 'Closing the Carbon Loophole and Cracking Down on Polluters,'" reports Energy & Environment. "The website had pledged to 'finally close the carbon pollution loophole' by stemming emissions through a market-based cap, according to a version obtained by Jesse Jenkins of the Breakthrough Institute, but the updated version omits any mention of cap and trade," Energy & Environment said. The trade publication cited a firm that tracks web site changes to suggest that those pages on the White House web site were likely removed sometime around June 23The changes were likely made on June 23. I would provide a link to Energy & Environment, but it is an industry insider's high-dollar subscription-only publication. The American Energy Alliance's In The Pipeline noted the Energy and Environment item and added that "Senate Democrats continued a last-minute push for a sweeping climate and energy bill throughout June, but prospects for passage appeared grim and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev, punted on an energy and climate bill in late July. "The updated site also omits a pledge from President Obama to invest $150 billion in clean energy research and development over 10 years. That may be because the White House won't have a way to fund the commitment; Obama's 2010 budget slated $120 billion from cap-and-trade climate revenue toward clean energy technologies. The White House did not respond to requests for comment." For more info on these and other energy and environmental issues, check out the AEA web site here. Read more at the Washington Examiner: washingtonexaminer.com