Monday, June 7, 2010
Ann Loomis our May 24 speaker
Ann Loomis, director of federal public policy for Dominion Virginia Power, was our lunch speaker on May 24 and spoke to the different climate change legislation currently before Congress. During her presentation, the Alexandria-resident gave summaries of the the major bills in Congress including the Waxman-Markey, Bingaman and Kerry-Lieberman legislation. She said that "cap and trade" is the preferred method to the environmental community because it provides more accountability, whereas a tax alone would not be enough to encourage change. Loomis said that Congress would like to have an agreement before December, but personally does not believe there is enough of an agreement to get that done. However, if there is no Congressional action a bipartisan bill restricting EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gases is also a possibility.
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