Hill Heat

Illinois senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama’s global warming/energy policy has developed significantly in the past year, from endorsement of coal-to-liquids funding to his policy platform unveiled yesterday.

Summary of Obama’s energy policy:

• 100% auction cap-and-trade with 1990 levels by 2020, 80% cuts by 2050
• $150 billion investment over ten years in clean energy and green jobs
• 2030 goals: reduce U.S. economy energy intensity by 50%, reduce oil consumption by 35%,
• Standards: 25% federal RPS by 2020, all new buildings carbon neutral by 2030, phase out traditional incandescents by 2014
• Smart grid with distributed generation
• Increase CAFE standards to 35 MPG, Renewable Fuel Standard to 36 billion gallons by 2022
• Require 60 billion gallons of biofuels by 2030
• Re-engage in UNFCCC

Crossposted at Daily Kos.

Last week I diaried on the key battles in the Senate energy bill, the Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007 (SA 1502):

• No on Coal-to-Liquid
• No on restricting EPA or state regulation of motor vehicle emissions of greenhouse gases
• No on diluting definition of biofuels
• No on changing “renewable” to “alternative” in legislation
• No on offshore drilling
• Yes on strong CAFE standards (no on weakening further)
• Yes on price-gouging regulation (the right-wingers are fighting this hard)
• Yes on national Renewable Portfolio Standard of 15% by 2015, 20% by 2020 (if we’re lucky, we’ll get legislation for 15% by 2020)
• Yes on incentives for distributed generation (aka cogeneration, net metering, electranet) at the commercial and residential level
• Yes on support for energy efficiency, especially
• Yes on funding of The Weatherization Assistance Program
• Yes on funding renewable energy by removing some oil subsidies

So what were the results?