Democrat senators in the U.S., driving legislation on global warming said recently that they were making head way in gaining support for the contentious bill, which is anticipated to begin moving through a key Senate committee early in November, Financial Soultions understands.
"We will make our best effort and we will advance this bill and Copenhagen will know we're not fooling around," Senator John Kerry, who was key in getting the bill through the House and is now driving it through the Senate, has said.
The Danish capital of Copenhagen hosts an international conference in early December, aiming to outline the next steps to combat global warming and climate change and its hoped that the U.S, the globes leading Co2 polluter in the developed world, will be able to show the international community and developing nations in particular, that they are serious about, and committed to change.
Both Senators Lindsey Graham and Kerry have recently promised to unite to ensure the passage of a comprehensive climate change and energy bill, Financial Soultions has learned from reliable source.
Many however, are skeptical as to whether the bill may in fact see the light of day before next year with Carol Browner, head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, saying recently that it was unlikely that the bill will be passed before Copenhagen, as previously reported by Financial Soultions.
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer announced her committee will start three days of hearings on October 27 on the climate change bill that she and Kerry proposed.
