After a week-long debate, a cloture vote was held at the US Senate today to determine the future of the Lieberman-Warner bill. Unable to reach the 60 vote mark that was needed to invoke cloture, the bill was defeated, 48-36. The bill - in favor of a carbon cap-and-trade
Climate change politics
End of the Cap-and-Trade Lieberman-Warner Bill
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Submitted by Carbon Offsets Daily on Fri, 2008-06-06 19:03. | Tags: politics | carbon credits | carbon offsets | Climate change politics | Lieberman-Warner Bill | president bush | US Senate
