Senate Ag Panel’s Members Look to Stake Major Claim in Climate Bill
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by Allison Winter (New York Times, ClimateWire) … Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and other members of his panel say they want to ensure any effort at wide-ranging climate legislation in the Senate will include all of the provisions that House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) brokered for the House cap-and-trade bill, H.R. 2454. With the hard-fought Peterson deal as their starting point, the farm state lawmakers could have leverage to capture additional benefits for farmers and ranchers.
… “If it’s like the House bill, I’ll be reasonably happy,” Harkin told E&E. “We want no indirect land use, things like that in there — there is no scientific basis for that.” READ MORE
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