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US ponders options for climate bill

  • 01/02/2008

On 31 January 2008 the staff of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce issued a 'white paper' on potential climate change legislation, with a particular focus on competitiveness concerns and ways to engage developing countries. The paper is part of a series aimed at providing guidance to lawmakers in creating a mandatory, economy-wide climate change programme for the United States. Feb 2008