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Climate Legislation

Reuters writer Richard Cowan reported yesterday that, “The Obama administration will press ahead with climate control legislation, despite difficult odds of passage before December’s international summit on global warming.

“U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu told the Reuters Washington Summit that he was putting in long hours on climate issues and believes there was ‘a reasonably good possibility’ that the U.S. Congress could deliver legislation reducing carbon dioxide emissions in time for the Copenhagen meeting.

“‘Look, I’m still going to be optimistic and say there is a chance that there will be a bill that the Senate and House have agreed upon that goes before the president before Copenhagen,’ Chu said.”

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Posted by Keith Good • October, 22, 2009 • 4:33 am