Article by Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Megan
Ceronsky and Tomás Carbonell
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Commentary
Majority Leader Reid delayed Senate floor votes on his
scaled-back oil spill/energy legislation due to what might be
termed a "lack of enthusiasm" . . . However, post-August
recess consideration of energy/climate legislation is still
possible accompanied by the emergence of significant new policy
formulations for efficiency and transportation-related GHG
reduction options . . . Jousting accelerates in the courts and
states about obligations to reduce GHG emissions in the absence of
Congressional action . . . US Climate Envoy Todd Stern affirms the
GHG reduction commitments of the US under the Copenhagen Accords,
and international climate negotiators discuss extending the Kyoto
Protocol for two years.
