Environment & Energy
The Georgia Chamber supports the implementation and full funding of a statewide water plan that manages resources in a sustainable manner, supports the state’s economy and protects public health. The Chamber also supports the development and implementation of a statewide energy plan that encourages conservation while guaranteeing access to reliable, affordable energy supplies into the future.
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Analysis of Federal Climate Change Legislation
Summary
The creatively-named American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) is comprehensive legislation that would effectively impose a multitrillion-dollar energy tax on businesses and consumers, threatening the future prosperity of Georgia and the nation. The so-called Waxman-Markey bill, a top priority of the Obama administration and Congressional Democrats, would:
Going Green Alone
What are you willing to pay to make a statement on global warming? Does $1,600 a year sound about right? That’s what the Congressional Budget Office says it would cost a typical household to cut emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) by 15 percent. The goal of H.R. 2454, the “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009,” is more ambitious. It would require that CO2 emissions be cut to 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. Sponsors Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Ed Markey (D-MA) succeeded in moving H.R. 2454 through the House Energy and Commerce Committee on a 33-25 vote late last month. They’re pushing for a floor vote by the Fourth of July.
2010 Environment & Energy Committee
Tim Lowe, Chair - Lowe Engineers
Al Nash, Vice Chair - Parallax Advisory Group
Anthony Aiken - Aiken Global Group
Gary Black - Georgia Agribusiness Council
Marc Blanchard - Mohawk Industries
Pat Corleto - CH2M Hill
Wendell Dallas - AGL Resources
Kevin Greiner - Gas South
Duane Harris - Sea Georgia Adventures
Chuck Huling - Georgia Power
Chick Krautler - Atlanta Regional Commission
Alec Poitevint - Southeastern Materials
Mike Price - Oglethorpe Power
Harold Reheis - Joe Tanner & Associates
Lindsay Thomas - Lindsay Thomas Consulting
Randy Waskul - Global Environmental
Yvonne Williams - Perimeter Community Improvement Districts
Joe Tanner - Joe Tanner & Associates
Keith Hatcher - Georgia Association of Realtors
