Financial Soultions has learned that the White House has said that it is heartened by progress on a climate change bill presently making its way through the Senate and is actively working to advance it even if it is not completed by a December target to be ready for the decisive Copenhagen climate talks, this according to a key adviser to President Obama.
Carol Browner, the Presidents top consultant on climate and energy issues, said that White House officials were engaging Democratic and Republican senators in an aggressive drive to assist the bills progress.
"There have been some bipartisan conversations that we find very encouraging,"
Browner stated that if the bill is not drafted into law in time for the U.N. talks on a global warming starting in early December in Copenhagen, the U.S. would still have a strong position on the issue at the conference.
"Wherever we are in the process, we will be able to manage in Copenhagen,"
This may not be enough of a commitment to some developing nations like China and India who have repeatedly accused the U.S. of trying to worm its way out of its global responsibility on climate change, and particularly on funding aid for developing nations.
Browner however did allay concerns from some critics that the president was not supportive of the role of nuclear energy in the bill. There has been a concerted push by some Republicans like John McCain for nuclear to have a more prominent position in the legislation.
