Article by Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Kevin
Gallagher, Megan Ceronsky and Tomás
Carbonell
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Commentary
This week provides news that officials from the Obama
Administration are reaching out to Democratic Senators comprising
the moderate "Gang of 16." It is perhaps not a
coincidence that there is also news this week that the President
continues to make small steps away from his absolute 100%-auction
position on distributing allowances . . . The Bonn international
negotiating sessions closed, as expected, without a major
breakthrough. However, negotiators continue to discuss formulations
by which key developing countries could adopt some pathway to
emission limits . . . Rep. Doyle of Pennsylvania, a key moderate
Democrat on the Subcommittee on Energy & Environment, predicts
that deliberations on the Waxman-Markey bill will focus on
renewable electricity
