Climate Bill Backup Plan
With little time left on the legislative calendar, senators hoping to take action on climate change are abandoning controversial plans to limit emissions from all sectors of the economy. Living on Earth’s Mitra Taj reports on the fallback option – putting a cap on just electric utilities, which are responsible for about a third of greenhouse gas emissions.
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