What If Congress Can Pass a Climate Change Bill Before Copenhagen?
Okay, I know that we’ve kinda beaten this point nearly to death with innumerable blunt objects, but it bears repeating that the United States needs a climate change bill in place before going to the Copenhagen Conference in December, as our negotiators are not allowed to promise in a treaty anything that our government has not already codified unilaterally. So it’s desperately important that Congress pass a bill if the United States is to play any real constructive role in the Copenhagen process. We’ve been cautiously optimistic about the possibility of a bill being passed, especially with Senator Barbara Boxer trying to force the bill into the Senate from her committee. However, one opinion coming from Mother Jones fears that this is already a lost cause, and no climate change bill will be passed before the Conference. Kate Sheppard, who covers energy and the environment for Mother Jones, lays out her resignation to this fact in a piece called, simply, “It’s Official: No Climate Bill
