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Senate Climate Bill May be Reshaped by Coal States

Posted by Environmental Leader on 13/11/2009

Senators from states heavily reliant on coal-fired electricity want the climate bill to apportion more free carbon permits to their states, reports Reuters.Without such changes, electricity consumers in certain states would have to pay unfairly higher rates, a group of 14 Democratic Senators stat ...

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One Committee Down for Senate Climate Bill, Five More to Go

Posted by Environmental Leader on 05/11/2009

All seven Republicans in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee boycotted voting on the Senate climate bill, allowing the bill pass to pass 10-1 in the morning hours of Nov. 5.Sen. Max Baucus, (D-Mont.) was the lone “no” vote. Now, the bill must wind its way through five ot ...

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Partisan Bickering Puts Climate Bill in Jeopardy

Posted by Environmental Leader on 03/11/2009

A key U.S. Senate panel, controlled by Democrats, will begin debating a climate change bill this week despite a planned boycott by minority Republicans who demand more study of the issue, including economic costs on utilities, factories and oil refineries, reports Reuters.Senator Barbara Boxer, t ...

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Senate Democrats Pushing For Climate Bill Markup Next Week

Posted by Environmental Leader on 30/10/2009

Despite Republican pleas to slow down on the Senate climate bill, Democrats on the Environment and Public Works Committee are hoping to mark up the bill as early as next week.Led by committee chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Democrats hope for S. 1733 (PDF) to set the stage for adoption by th ...

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Senate Tries to Get Past Hot Air in Climate Hearings

Posted by Environmental Leader on 28/10/2009

With the Senate set to wrap up three days of hearings on the climate bill Oct. 29, stakeholders on all sides of the debate are ramping up their sales pitches.EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said that new climate legislation can bring the kind of changes needed to restore U.S. economic health, spea ...

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