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Climate Legislation; Ag Economy; CFTC Issues; and Food Safety
Climate Legislation
Juliet Eilperin and Michael D. Shear reported in today’s Washington Post that, “President Obama is coming under renewed pressure internationally and in the United States to throw his weight behind climate-change legislation, which advocates fear has suffered in light of the president’s sweeping domestic agenda.”
The Post writers noted that, “And in Washington, advocates are clamoring for more evidence that Obama will make good on his campaign promise to impose the first-ever national cap on greenhouse gases. Last week, the leading author of Senate climate legislation sought personal assurances from Obama during an Oval Office meeting, saying he wanted to ‘hear it from him directly’ as he pushed ahead.
“Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) told Obama he needs to direct his administration to be more aggressive in order to get Congress to take steps to limit pollution that contributes to global warming. But Kerry emerged from the meeting saying Obama had pledged closer coordination between the White House and its congressional allies on the issue.”
Posted by Keith Good • October, 12, 2009 • 3:57 am 