Bipartisan Senate Climate Plan Offers New Detail On Energy Priorities

摘要

A new "framework" for bipartisan Senate climate and energy legislation offers new details on the behind-the-scenes horsetrading and energy provisions that appear to be under consideration as part of the effort to craft a climate bill that can garner 60 votes in the Senate, with the framework pointing to additional aid for oil refiners and the use of revenues from expanded drilling to finance emission cuts as being under consideration.rnThe additional detail is part of a broader document just released by Sens. John Kerry (D-MA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT). The plan generally echoes an earlier op-ed by Kerry and Graham on climate and energy policy, falling significantly short of detailed legislative language.