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Senate starts on its road to climate change legislation

Posted by Ruth Brandt on July 07, 2009
Energy, Mitigation, Politics, USA / 6 Comments
Barbara Boxer, chairman of the Environment & Public Works Committee

Hot on the heels of the House vote on the Waxman-Markey bill, the Senate is now taking its turn to deliberate a climate change bill, with a full Environment & Public Works Committee hearing today, only the second legislative day since the House took its vote. While parts of a Senate bill have been discussed [...]

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US Cap-and-Trade Bill Passes the House

Posted by Niel Bowerman on June 26, 2009
Politics, USA / 5 Comments
source: storm crypt

In a landmark vote on Capitol Hill today, The House of Representatives passed the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, which lays the foundations for a cap-and-trade system in the US. The vote was narrowly passed with 219 for and 212 against. In the run up to the vote today some pundits said that the vote would pass, [...]

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