Friday, December 11, 2009
Climate Bill Considered
WEST VIRGINIA....
Recent statements by Sen. Robert C. Byrd that coal will remain a major part of the nation's energy mix, but that some form of climate change legislation likely will become law has prompted Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to agree with both statements. A final bill to address global warming isn't expected until spring. The bipartisan trio of senators say they wanted to announce a starting point for their discussions, with room for further negotiations. Thursday, the trio released legislative framework for the latest version of a U.S. Senate bill aimed at "ensuring a future for coal." The senators say they hope to propose a near-term greenhouse emissions reduction "in the range" of 17%. Representative Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced that she would be among the Republican members of a bipartisan House delegation that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (R-Calif.) is taking next week to the climate-change talks in Copenhagen.
Recent statements by Sen. Robert C. Byrd that coal will remain a major part of the nation's energy mix, but that some form of climate change legislation likely will become law has prompted Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to agree with both statements. A final bill to address global warming isn't expected until spring. The bipartisan trio of senators say they wanted to announce a starting point for their discussions, with room for further negotiations. Thursday, the trio released legislative framework for the latest version of a U.S. Senate bill aimed at "ensuring a future for coal." The senators say they hope to propose a near-term greenhouse emissions reduction "in the range" of 17%. Representative Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced that she would be among the Republican members of a bipartisan House delegation that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (R-Calif.) is taking next week to the climate-change talks in Copenhagen.
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