‘WASHINGTON \u00e2\u20ac\u201d When President Obama tried to tackle climate change in his first term, he pushed Congress to limit and put a price on carbon pollution, but the so-called cap-and-trade bill died in the Senate in 2010. Among the chief reasons: Lawmakers from both parties feared that any law to cut greenhouse gas emissions would harm the nation\u2019s competitiveness compared with China, which was then emerging as the world\u2019s largest polluter.’<\/p>\n

via Beijing Puts Ball Back in Washington\u2019s Court on Climate Change – The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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