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As utilities fire up their "clean coal" machines and international negotiators haggle over the precise definition of a tree , only one entity has the courage to stand and deliver the hot air the world so desperately craves on climate change: the U.S. Senate. After a hectic couple of weeks, filled with Republican walkouts and Democratic intransigence, the Senate's Environment and Public Works committee has pushed a bill to the Senate floor that would cut carbon dioxide. [More]
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What will it take to force political action on climate change?
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... found the following on 2009-11-06 22:33:51: Scientific American wrote... http://nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/UX7kmxWfzdZtLM/6.jpg Scientific AmericanWhat will it take to force political action on climate change?Scientific American"My request [for an economic analysis of the proposal] could have shown whether the bill would have any appreciable impact on global climate change. ...and more Read the original article at, http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=what-will-it-take-to-force-politica-2009-11-06 Follow more real-time stories about climate-change at ...
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