With the start of the COP-15 negotiations in Copenhagen, we saw movement on climate in… the U.S. Senate! Senators Kerry (D-MA), Graham (R-SC), and Lieberman (I-CT) released their framework for a climate bill and Senator Cantwell (D-WA), along with Senator Collins (R-ME) released her long-rumored take on a carbon cap. The Copenhagen negotiations have moved in fits and starts, with pressure remaining for a fair, ambitious, and binding post-Kyoto Protocol treaty coming out of the negotiations this week. Finally, President Obama also accepted his Nobel Peace Prize this week, and the Senate and House made progress on health care and financial regulatory reform to clear the way for climate legislation early next spring.
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