Archive - Sep 9, 2009

The 1Sky Board of Directors wishes to express its deep gratitude to Van Jones for his exceptional vision, leadership and commitment to our nation. He has also been a tremendous colleague and ally in the development of 1Sky.

1. Senate Climate Bill Timeline

Last week Senator Kerry (D-MA), and Senator Boxer (D-CA) announced that they will delay the release of their climate bill draft until "later in September." This draft bill was intended to kick off three weeks of committee action from as many as five committees, in time for a committee markup deadline of Monday, 9/28 -- that deadline, which was originally set by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), has now been scratched.