US Senate panel tries bypassing climate bill boycott

The full Senate was not expected to vote on the bill this year.

At the same time, Democratic Senator John Kerry is holding talks with Republicans and moderate Democrats that could lead to a quite different measure being presented to the full Senate next year. It would likely retain core elements of the bill before Boxer's panel but could contain incentives for expanding the U.S. nuclear power industry and offshore oil drilling.

Are Meetings in Barcelona and Copenhagen ‘Make or Break’ for Climate? - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

World leaders and senior climate policymakers have spent the past few weeks tamping down expectations that a deal will be struck — despite agreeing at a meeting in Bali two years ago to have a new climate agreement in place by the end of 2009.

COLUMN-EU looks lonely on climate high ground: Paul Taylor

The Obama administration has only requested $1.2 billion to fund climate mitigation efforts overseas, while the EU estimate implies a cost of at least 10 times that much.