Some good news on global warming

Posted on June 1, 2008 | 1 Comment

A little good news on the global warming fight from CNNMoney.com:

Chances dim for climate-change legislation

NEW YORK (Fortune) — An influential coalition of Fortune 500 companies and environmental groups that was formed to support climate-change legislation has splintered over the Lieberman-Warner bill that is headed next week to the Senate floor.

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Without widespread corporate support, passage of the bill – already a long shot at best – becomes even more unlikely this year. President Bush remains opposed. House Democrats have been slow to act.

Besides that, a backdrop of rising gasoline prices and the sluggish economy makes it difficult to win votes for a regulatory scheme that will raise the prices of electricity and gasoline….

“Democrats ’08: Fighting for higher gas prices and a slower economy”

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One response to “Some good news on global warming”

  1. William | June 1, 2008 at 4:09 pm |

    Better news on warming, it stopped warming 10 years ago. Bad news, it has been cooling for the last 2 years. The oceans have cooled.