Well, I just saw on a Reuters newswire that the US climate bill died.
The bill aimed to cut total U.S. global warming emissions by 66 percent by 2050. Opponents said it would cost jobs and raise fuel prices in an already pinched American economy.
What is there to really say? It was a close call (sort of) – 48 senators favored the bill, 36 opposed. 6 no-shows (including Obama and McCain) wrote in saying that if they were in town to vote, they would have favored the bill. (60 votes were needed for the bill to have passed.)
The climate bill was not as aggressive as the Kyoto Protocol, and we can’t even pass this? This is depressing, but I suppose there is comfort to be had that our future president (whomever he is) is more pro-environment than our current president… Let’s hope that we can get something passed soon once the torch has been passed to Obama or McCain.
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