Exciting news! The Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Act – GGERA (pronounce that with hard g’s – “gugera”) – was passed by the Senate Education Health and Environment Committee yesterday! That’s the first milestone in getting this bill passed, and it did amazingly well, passing 7-2.

The reason I’m EXTRA excited about this is that Andy Harris (remember him? 9% Andy?) supported the bill, making it officially a bi-partisan effort. It’s about time too, because really, global warming effects all of us, regardless of race or gender or political party.

So what’s next, you ask? The Senate floor. Which is where all y’all awesome grassrootsy folks come in. We expect the Senate floor to take up the bill early next week.