Obama to Senate: Don’t give up on climate bill

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Obama to Senate: Don’t give up on climate bill

By Ben Geman

President Obama on Wednesday urged the Senate not to shelve climate change legislation, a day after he acknowledged that the chamber may proceed with a package of energy measures that omits limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

“Don’t give up on that,” Obama said in a televised question-and-answer session with Senate Democrats. “I don’t want us to just say the easy way out is for us to just give a bunch of tax credits to clean energy companies.”

Obama praised the effort by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) to craft a compromise bill that blends emissions limits with new support for nuclear power, low-emissions coal and offshore drilling.

The White House supports a “comprehensive” energy and climate bill that includes a cap-and-trade plan that creates a cost for emitting carbon dioxide, which Obama calls vital to boosting alternative energy.

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1. Alternative Energy!

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2. K&R

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3. Kick

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