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How will we power our future? Can we create a healthy and clean economy? Climate One at the

Commonwealth Club is at the forefront of the global debate about energy, economy, and the environment.

Bringing together the brightest and most provocative leaders of our time, Climate One is the place where big ideas get heard.

With thoughtful and insightful discussions on policy, business, science, and culture, Climate One founder Greg Dalton gets to the heart of the matter.

It's our future. It's time to come together.

Welcome to Climate One at the Commonwealth Club. I'm Greg Dalton. In the summer of 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would limit greenhouse gases for the first time.

The Waxman-Markey proposal also would create a national market

for trading the right to emit carbon pollution.

But this summer, a companion bill died in the Senate.

While China, England, and many countries around the world

have an integrated national strategy for clean energy,

the U.S. does not.

Where does America go from here? Here to discuss our

energy future as Massachusetts Democrat Ed Markey, co-author of the Waxman-Markey Bill, and chair

of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Please welcome Congressman

Marky to Climate One. Thank you. Congressman, welcome. Thank you.

Congressman, welcome.

Thank you.

Let's begin about one year ago in the summer of 2009.

The bill went to the floor and take us inside and tell us really what it took to get that bill.

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