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Climate change bill tough sell

Copenhagen talks end as Senate backers seek new momentum

Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009

Earlier this year, Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, the leader of an effort to write a U.S. climate change bill, argued that domestic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions would help President Obama pry similar cuts from China and other major developing nations.

Climate deal falls short

Friday, Dec. 18, 2009

Barack Obama on Friday announced that he had agreed to a “first step” global warming deal with four other countries at the U.N. climate change conference — an accord long on promise and short on accomplishment.

U.S., China deadlock in Copenhagen

Obama to arrive as expectations sink even further

Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009

The U.N. climate change summit appeared Wednesday to be falling victim to a standoff between the United States and China, with observers starting to voice fears that already-low expectations for the conference will not be met.

EPA claims right to cut greenhouse gases

Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday formally declared that greenhouse gases, primarily from the burning of fossil fuels, pose a threat to human health and need to be reduced.

EPA issues CO2 'endangerment finding'

Monday, Dec. 7, 2009

The Environmental Protection Agency formally declared Monday that carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels poses a threat to human health and welfare, a designation that set the federal government on the path toward regulating of emissions from power plants, factories, automobiles and other major sources.

Panel OKs climate-change bill without GOP

Pre-summit legislation now goes to extensive negotiation

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday passed a sweeping climate-change bill, with none of the panel's seven Republicans participating in the 11-1 vote.

Ignoring GOP, Senate enviro panel passes climate bill

Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Thursday passed a sweeping climate change bill co-authored by Chairman Barbara Boxer and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., with none of the panel's seven Republicans participating in the 11-1 vote.

Republicans may stall climate change bill

Senate effort to start next week

Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer said late Thursday that she wants to hold drafting sessions as early as Tuesday on the climate change bill pending before her committee, but the meetings could be delayed by Republican stalling tactics.

Baucus balks at climate change legislation

Cites 'reservations' over 2020 target and powers granted EPA

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

A key Democratic senator said Tuesday that he could not support the Senate's global warming bill in its current form, even as President Obama praised the legislation and Democrats moved to push it through committee.