This post is by John Mimikakis, Senior Policy Manager at Environmental Defense.
Climate Vote 2007
Congressmen John Dingell (D-MI) and Rick Boucher (D-VA) aren’t the most likely global warming allies. Until this year, Dingell was a staunch critic of efforts to curb global warming. And Boucher, hailing as he does from coal country, would seem more likely to play the role of climate skeptic than evangelist.
And yet, these two representatives appear to be leading House efforts to draft legislation that would, for the first time, place hard limits on America’s global warming pollution.