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Climate Issues: Domestic Developments, Copenhagen, and Views from Agriculture

Climate Issues: Domestic Developments

Stephen Power reported on Friday at the Washington Wire Blog (The Wall Street Journal) that, “As if the debate over climate legislation in the Senate weren’t complicated enough, here’s a new twist: Sens. Maria Cantwell (D., Wash.) and Susan Collins (R., Maine) today introduced their own bill to cut emissions – one that’s a lot simpler to explain to voters than proposals that have advanced so far in Congress. It also plays off the anti-Wall Street mood that’s popular among members of both parties these days.

“The question is whether the latest bill will be any easier to pass.”

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Posted by Keith Good • December, 14, 2009 • 5:24 am