Senate Drops Plans to Take Up Industry-Backed Climate Amendment

Senate lawmakers will not take up an industry-backed amendment aimed at delaying funding for U.S. EPA’s regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, suspending what many expected to be an intense legislative battle between Democrats and Republicans over climate and economic priorities. The amendment to delay EPA’s implementation of GHG rules had been slated consideration September 16 when the Senate Appropriations Committee marks up a 2011 spending bill package. That markup will now not address appropriations for EPA or the Department of...

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