Report from Bangkok: Looking for the U.S. to Act
October 1, 2009 | Posted by Sharyn Stein in International
EDF's Gus Silva-Chavez is blogging from the global climate negotiations in Bangkok. Yesterday, he sent a big thank-you to Senators Boxer and Kerry for getting work started on the Senate version of the climate bill:
Whatever else you can say about the draft bill that Senators Boxer and Kerry introduced in the Senate yesterday, it was welcome news to country negotiators and NGOs at the climate talks in Bangkok.
For several weeks the main question everyone has been asking me is “What’s the next U.S. move and when will it happen?” Now I can give them an answer – Senators introduced draft climate and energy legislation. Today. Continue »
This echoes the call for U.S. leadership from the governor's summit in California. The scientific urgency, public opinion and global path are all in place — now it's up to the Senate.
