host: ben geman is here.aucus -- talk about this and how may play in with legislation there are currently trying to get to conference right now. guest: these seven fascinating to watch. what has happened that thanks to a 2007 supreme court decision, epa can book that emissions from automobiles, and a range of other sources. what is happening is that under the obama administration it is starting to very slowly move ahead. we already have rules in place them to limit emissions from automobile tailpipes. what is coming down our requirements on large sources of stationary greenhouse emissions. power plants, factories, oil refineries, that kind of thing. these are very controversial. there are a lot of industry groups, republicans, and some democrats who are quite concerned about that. there's a bit of hope among ad -- among advocates that the specter of these regulations would finally prodded congressmen to act on a climate change will. one of the biggest regulations that will start taking effect early next year

host: ben geman, you get the last word. guest: that collor also hits upon a particular issue in the debate. because of the oil spill, there is a real question that if some of the tax breaks and subsidies, will they continue to enjoy them? there have been real efforts to repeal the boards of $30 billion or $40 billion in oil industry tax incentives. the have all fallen flat on capitol hill because support for that industry is fairly widespread in both parties. it breaks down along regional as well as partisan lines. with the oil industry kind of knocked back on its political heels as a result of the oil spill let you will see democrats taking another run at removing subsidies. host:ben geman of "the hill." thank you for being on here this morning. i want to show you who is coming up on "washington journal," tomorrow. larry kudlow, jane oates from the department of labor will be here to talk about unemployment benefits, and we wrap up with adam boutlon of sky news to talk about u.s.-british relations. we will see you again to