Climate bill seen as sign of political shift

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http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN0148168820071101

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A milestone, a landmark and "the political center of gravity is finally shifting on global warming."

Those accolades greeted a Senate subcommittee's approval on Thursday of a bill to cap greenhouse gas emissions, mostly because it is the first of a dozen such measures that might have a chance of becoming law.

The approval vote -- 4 to 3 -- means the bill will be debated in the full Environment and Public Works Committee, chaired by longtime environmentalist Sen. Barbara Boxer.

Boxer, a California Democrat, has indicated she wants the full committee to approve the measure by year's end. That would dovetail with a global conference on climate change in Bali, Indonesia in December. Hearings could start next week.

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[kestrel91316]

1. Bush WILL veto this bill, you realize?