Weekly Climate Change Policy Update - June 22, 2009

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Weekly Climate Change Policy Update - June 22, 2009

Article by Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Megan

Ceronsky, Tomás Carbonell, Ari Holtzblatt and Marisa

Swenson

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Commentary

On the issue of climate policy, moderate "Blue

Dog" Democrats apparently come in two breeds: fossil and farm.

Chairmen Waxman and Markey negotiated assiduously within the Energy

and Commerce Committee to accommodate the concerns of Democrats

from states heavily reliant on coal, natural gas, and petroleum.

However, having successfully reported a bill out of the Committee,

which has a healthy contingent of moderates with fossil interests,

they now find themselves confronted with a revolt of farm-state

Democrats led by Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson

(D-MN). It appears that negotiations will continue through the week

ahead, with a vot...

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