{"id":1155,"date":"2009-09-30T13:58:05","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T18:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2009-09-30T13:58:05","modified_gmt":"2009-09-30T18:58:05","slug":"kerry-boxer-draft-marks-beginning-of-senate-climate-change-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/09\/30\/kerry-boxer-draft-marks-beginning-of-senate-climate-change-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerry-Boxer Draft Marks Beginning of Senate Climate Change Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Environmental Defense Fund today welcomed the release of draft legislation that  gives the Senate its vehicle for enacting a comprehensive bill to cap U.S.  global warming pollution. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis draft is an important starting point for Senators to negotiate  effective climate legislation that can win 60 votes,\u201d said Environmental Defense  Fund Legislative Director <a title=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=982\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=982\">Elizabeth Thompson<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The discussion draft released today by Environment and Public Works  Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer and Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John  Kerry would put a mandatory cap on U.S. global warming pollution and give the  private sector the flexibility to pursue the most affordable emissions reduction  opportunities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The draft calls for reducing U.S. emissions by 20 percent from 1990  levels in 2020, slightly more than the reductions called for in the House-passed  American Clean Energy and Security Act. The bill is silent on how emissions  permits would be allocated, leaving room for negotiations as the bill moves  forward in the Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe look forward to working with Chairmen Boxer and Kerry and their  colleagues to pass a bill that\u2019s environmentally effective and economically  smart,\u201d Thompson said. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental Defense Fund today welcomed the release of draft legislation that gives the Senate its vehicle for enacting a comprehensive bill to cap U.S. global warming pollution. \u201cThis draft is an important starting point for Senators to negotiate effective climate legislation that can win 60 votes,\u201d said Environmental Defense Fund Legislative Director Elizabeth Thompson. 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