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Climate Bill Backup Plan
Senators hoping to pass a climate change bill this year are giving up on a broad cap-and-trade plan, and hoping for success with a new compromise approach that would only limit emissions from the electric utility sector.
With little time left on the legislative calendar, senators hoping to take action on climate change are abandoning controversial plans to limit emissions from all sectors of the economy. Living on Earth’s Mitra Taj reports on the fallback option – putting a cap on just electric utilities, which are responsible for about a third of greenhouse gas emissions.