US Carbon Emissions Bill rejected by Senate

NEXT CARBON-CAPPING BILL CERTAIN TO BE PASSED IN 2009

The US Senate has rejected a carbon-capping bill aimed at cutting

emissions by 66 percent by 2050.

A coalition of green groups - including the Natural Resources Defence

Council, Environmental Defense Fund and the National Wildlife

Federation - issued a statement accusing the powerful coal and oil

industries of joining together to thwart the legislation that narrowly l

narrowly lost yesterdayl 46-36.

Senate insiders told www.DailyPlanetMedia.com/ that next year another

bill evoking strong legislation to reduce emissions was certain to be

passed by the Senate, due to the declared support of both major party

presidential candidates Republican McCain and the Democrat's Barack

Obama.

Previous climate change legislation was introduced into the Senate in

2003 and 2005 had failed, however, rising public support for the

emissions reduction measure to ward off severe climate change would

ensure that the next bill was carried, Senate legislative observers said.

The Climate Security Act would have cut US greenhouse gas emissions

by about 2 percent per year between 2012 and 2050, based on 2005

emission levels, which would have capped carbon emissions by 87

percent of power plants and oil refineries.

The Senate was told that that CO2 resulting mainly from the emissions

of fossil fuels was the primary trigger for global warming due to the

greenhouse effect.

The main reason for the bill's rejection was the staunch opposition from

President George W. Bush who opposed the bill on the grounds that it

would damage the US economy as it moves into a recession.

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