Just in time for the start at Copenhagen, the EPA is issuing its finding under the Clean Air Act that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare.

President Obama and Sen Lindsey Graham (R-SC) exhorted Senators to pass comprehensive climate and energy legislation in 2010 . . .

The Audacity of Auctioning . . . President Obama made a dramatic entrance into the debate over climate change legislation this week.

The long-anticipated Kerry-Lieberman bill came out last week, taking the form of a discussion draft. (For more information, see May 13, 2010 Issue Alert).

With just days to go before the vote on Proposition 23, the California Air Resources Board released its draft regulations for implementation of A.B. 32. Under the draft regulations, nearly all allowances would be allocated for free during the first compliance period. In addition, regulated entities would be able to meet up to 8% of their compliance obligation with offsets .

Speaker Pelosi has set a firm deadline - or maybe not so firm - for the Ways & Means and Agriculture Committees to have their say on the contents of the American Clean Energy and Security Act.

Copenhagen negotiators are scrambling to narrow the issues in time for the arrival of the heads of state this coming week.

According to industry sources, we may see action in the House of Representatives this week: the release of a much anticipated Dingell-Boucher "discussion draft," a full legislative program with choices of policies in a number of areas.

The long-awaited Kerry-Graham-Lieberman bill release has been delayed. Citing frustration with the newly-announced plan of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to give immigration reform an expedited spot on the legislative agenda, Senator Graham said this weekend that he will be "unable to move forward on energy independence legislation at this time."

Look for EPA’s release of its general BACT guidance this week, coupled with guidance on BACT determinations for some specific facility-types .

The starting pistol went off this past week . . . EPA Administrator-nominee Lisa Jackson strongly indicated that there would be early action on the waiver for California's motor vehicle GHG emissions standard . . .

On the issue of climate policy, moderate “Blue Dog” Democrats apparently come in two breeds: fossil and farm.

April marks the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, and it appears that the EPA will mark the milestone by issuing the long anticipated "endangerment" finding for greenhouse gas emissions.

President Obama characterized the new offshore drilling policy as part of a broader strategy emphasizing comprehensive energy and climate change actions that rely on homegrown fuels . . .

In last Tuesday’s meeting with a bipartisan collection of Senators, President Obama pushed for legislation with a carbon price, but did not endorse any particular bill or design . . .

The Cancún international climate negotiations commenced amid modest expectations.

Reports suggest that Speaker Pelosi may bring the ACES bill to the floor of the House of Representatives during the week of June 22.

In a speech at Carnegie-Mellon University, President Obama pledged to round up votes for a bill that will regulate GHG emissions . . .

President Obama met with a bipartisan group of moderate Senators to survey their asks for climate change legislation . . .

The Kerry-Graham-Lieberman team floated some elements of their plan: cap-and-trade for the power sector only, with a possible phase-in for industrial facilities, and a potential gasoline tax, with major oil companies advocating that the tax be payable at the pump.