{"id":425,"date":"2008-03-20T07:14:19","date_gmt":"2008-03-20T12:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/03\/20\/climate_debate_blossoming\/"},"modified":"2008-04-22T12:12:05","modified_gmt":"2008-04-22T17:12:05","slug":"climate_debate_blossoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/03\/20\/climate_debate_blossoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Debate Blossoming, But Will it Bear Fruit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/2008\/03\/tony_kreindler.jpg' alt='Tony Kreindler' align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" class=\"blogAuthorPic\" \/><i>This post is by Tony Kreindler, Media Director for the National Climate Campaign at Environmental Defense Fund.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"climateVoteBox\">\n<h3>Operation Climate Vote<\/h3>\n<div class=\"climateVoteBoxInt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.environmentaldefense.org\/content_Images\/capsunset_80x80.jpg\">This post is part of a series on the work of the Environmental Defense Action Fund to enact an effective climate law. <a href=\"http:\/\/action.environmentaldefense.org\/campaign\/climatevote08_house\">You can help by writing to Congress<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;re closer than ever to passing national climate legislation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) predicts a Senate floor vote in June.<\/li>\n<li>House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) signals he&#8217;ll circulate a bill in April.<\/li>\n<li>House Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher (D-VA) says there&#8217;s a 50-50 chance of passing climate legislation this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But we need to maintain grassroots pressure to keep legislators focused on the need to pass a bill this year.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>To that end, we have launched a <a href=\"http:\/\/edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=1609\">new television ad<\/a> campaign featuring the CEOs of John Deere and Eaton Corporation. 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