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Published: Wed, 1 Jul 2009
Description: Senate Democrats not in a hurry to take on climate bill that passed House
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" are in no hurry to take on the climate bill that passed the house last week and when they do the measure faces a much more difficult path. White House correspondent Wendell Goler reports on the implications around the world and -- house."
" Less than an hour after the house narrowly passed the nation's first greenhouse gas production targets the president began the job of getting the Senate to go along. -- the American people."
" I don't know that the nation that believes in building. -- 21 century clean energy economy information that will lead again creating a 21 century global economy."
" But as mr. Obama looks toward December's global conference on climate change in Copenhagen. Republicans are challenging the Congressional Budget Office is estimated cost of the bill. Heritage Foundation's been Lieberman says families will pay several thousand dollars more every year because."
" Each and every year out the 25 the the targets and timetables get more and more stringent suggested the economy I just then the required reductions in energy use to go up."
" Lieberman's prediction is close to twenty times what the Congressional Budget Office says it will cost to reduce our use of coal fired power plants. Increase the fuel efficiency of our cars. And boost the use of renewable power sources and Jennifer however Campbell the Environmental Defense Fund says Lieberman's estimate is way off base."
" Twenty years ago that was the big environmental problem we instituted a Cap and Trade System for acid rain just like the bill that passed the house. And the United States -- tested it bring reduction targets we earlier than we thought and that less than a third of the cost."
" The UN's climate she says he's counting on President Obama to convince China and India to limit the growth of their emissions. But India's environment ministers said this week his country quote. Will not accept any emission reduction target period he called -- non negotiable Republican Mitch McConnell says that's not an acceptable. I don't think putting -- have clamps on our economy when you know the Chinese and Indians are not gonna do it is a good idea the house bill would force just a fraction of Europe's proposed cuts in the presidents as of bull put clamps on the economy. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said last week mr. Obama is 100% committed to reaching an agreement in Copenhagen and she suggested they also agreed he should not be adjusted domestic economic calculations."
" Fit try to get it he it means -- that we take a candidate -- Until the day responsibility for those countries and the welcome will be."
" Far more heavily affected find -- and change and still the UN's climate chief says the lesson of the Kyoto accord is don't pass an agreement the US senate won't approve. In the Senate likely to be quite pragmatic about what emerges from Copenhagen. At the White House Wendell Goler Fox News."
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