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Climate bill stalls in Senate after dispute
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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P (06-05) 19:57 PDT Washington - A Senate climate change bill appears headed for defeat Friday, with Republicans and Democrats sharply split over how to achieve deep cuts in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. (article 1)
" This bill was doomed from the start said Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and one of the bill's chief critics. (article 1)
An angry Majority Leader Harry Reid demanded senators return to the Capitol for the late-night vote after Republicans blocked his attempt to limit amendments on the bill, arguing there were not enough senators in the chamber for Reid to proceed. (article 2)
IT MIGHT BE just a coincidence that California's clean energy industry started vaulting ahead of the Northeast's after California passed a bill in 2006 to curb its carbon emissions. (article 4)
The bill at issue calls for capping carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, transportation and industrial sources with a goal of reducing greenhouse gases by 71 percent by mid-century. (article 6)
High in the senators' consideration should be how to minimize the inevitable increase in costs not just in energy but in goods and services because of higher energy costs - or at least to spread the burden fairly. (article 5)
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Source articles
- Senate climate bill not expected to pass (sfgate.com, 06/05/2008, 500 words)
- Climate bill stalls in Senate after dispute (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 546 words)
- Senate action on climate bill seems doomed (boston.com, 06/05/2008, 598 words)
- A spark for clean energy (boston.com, 06/05/2008, 418 words)
- Spread the burden of climate change (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/04/2008, 282 words)
- Obama among targets of robo calls in Illinois (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/05/2008, 227 words)
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