Cap and trade pols move on - POLITICO.com Print View

One year ago Friday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ended the climate bill’s misery.

“It’s not a happy anniversary,” said Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut independent who has co-sponsored nearly all the major global warming bills debated over the past decade.

Since the death of cap and trade, careers built around that cause have shifted focus, the national political debate has moved on to debt limits and budget cutting, and dramatic changes envisioned for U.S. energy policy have slipped into a deep freeze.
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“I hope we can come back when we can still make a difference instead of in the middle of a catastrophe,” Lieberman said.

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