US climate bill hanging by a thread

James S Murray
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Senator Lieberman calls on White House to intervene to help win back support of key Republican Senator

The scheduled unveiling of the draft US climate change bill was replaced by frantic behind the scenes negotiations yesterday as officials battled to save the bill following the controversial decision by...

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