Weekly Climate Change Policy Update - May 24, 2010

Article by Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Kevin Gallagher, Megan Ceronsky and Tomás Carbonell

Commentary

Standing with CEOs of the major manufacturers, the White House announced plans for the next tranche of GHG emission and fuel economy standards for passenger vehicles, and first-time GHG standards for heavy-duty vehicles . . . Majority Leader Reid will caucus with committee chairmen during the week of June 7th to discuss whether and how to move the Kerry-Lieberman bill forward in 2010 . . . State Department Climate Envoy Todd Stern reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as a forum for treaty negotiations. Meanwhile, Costa Rican diplomat Christiana Figueres took over as Chair of the UNFCCC Secretariat . . . More maneuvering in advance of possibly imminent Senate consideration of the Murkowski bill: Senators Casey and Carper are discussing a bill that would retain EPA's authority to regulate GHG