White House floats new climate proposal

[liberal N proud]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has told a group of House GOP conservatives it may be forced to support a limited cap on greenhouse gases and avoid a "train wreck" of regulations involving climate change, sources familiar with the meeting said Monday.
A range of options presented at a meeting last week between senior White House officials and a group of Republican lawmakers was aimed at gauging the reaction to a possible shift of Bush administration policy on climate change.

"The meeting was set up to float a few trial balloons" and it did not go well, with some participants viewing it as "political appeasement" on global warming, said a GOP operative who was briefed on the meeting. He said, given the response, the White House may be retreating on the issue.


http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/environment/2008-04-14-white-house-climate_N.htm?csp=34

[Triana]

1. So...they're trying to make a pretense of doing something about climate change...

...and they're failing. Huh.

[pscot]

2. What the White House does

no longer matters. In 10 months, * will be gone.

[Mugweed]

3. ..and trade?

do they leave out the "and trade" part on purpose? Or are they REALLY going to cap emissions instead of using a trade feature to concentrate emissions in the areas of the power plants that are just too "expensive" to upgrade pollution controls?
spelling, duh