Meanings of waxman-markey bill in inglés

Barton predicted, however, that the Waxman-Markey bill would not make it into law.

The Waxman-Markey bill also sets a 15 percent target for 2020.

The Ministry of Commerce statement did not mention the United States or the new energy bill, known as the Waxman-Markey bill.

The Waxman-Markey bill would only disadvantage American businesses to the benefit of foreign entities, said Bill Holbrook, spokesman for the National Petroleum Refiners Association.

The Waxman-Markey bill mandates a 5 percent increase in energy efficiency by 2020, to accompany the renewable energy goal.

The Waxman-Markey bill would achieve that with a "cap-and-trade" system, which would limit the amount of CO2 that power plants or industrial users could emit.