Was a high-level climate swindle dinner really held last winter at Thomas Friedman's mansion?

Voices, Some Near the President's Ear, Long Supported Narrower Carbon Caps - NYTimes.com

One account of a dinner at New York Times columnist Tom Friedman's house last winter described Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, as telling a mix of lawmakers and utility executives that the Senate should focus its attention on regulating the electricity sector -- not on an economywide approach.

"It has been clear to us for a long time that a comprehensive bill was not likely to make it through the Senate this year," Claussen said in an interview.

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