Energy Czar Raises Possibility Of EPA Implementing Cap-And-Trade - The Atlantic Politics Channel

Energy Czar Raises Possibility Of EPA Implementing Cap-And-Trade - The Atlantic Politics Channel:


Oct 2 2009, 11:34 am by Chris Good


There's more than one way to get cap-and-trade, President Obama's energy czar said today.

Carol Browner, the former Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) administrator who now serves in the Obama administration's newly created role of energy czar, floated the possibility today of the EPA implementing cap-and-trade energy policies, during an interview at The Atlantic's First Draft of History symposium in Washington, DC.

'We also have the reality of EPA, under current law, moving forward...to start the traditional regulatory clock,' Browner said when asked, during an interview with Atlantic Media Political Director Ronald Brownstein, about the difficulties of passing the stalled energy/climate bill--which would implement a cap-and-trade carbon emissions scheme--through the Senate."