US Senate drops bill to cap carbon emissions

Senator John Kerry, the Democrat who was lead sponsor of the now-abandoned climate bill, still remains hopeful that US carbon emissions would eventually be capped

US Senate drops bill to cap carbon emissions 

By Haroon Siddique 

Plan to charge large polluters abandoned in favour of narrower legislation focusing on increasing firms' liability for oil spills.

This article is reproduced courtesy of the Guardian Environment Network 

A major climate change bill that would have capped carbon emissions has been abandoned by Democrats in the US Senate in the face of opposition from both sides of the house. 

Under pressure from falling popularity ratings, Barack Obama had hoped the bill would add to the two biggest legislative successes of his presidency: the comprehensive health care bill and reform of the US banking and financial sector.
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