New delay on US climate legislation

Marianne Bom for COP15 News:

The Democrats first planned to unveil their legislation in July, then it was delayed to early September, and now the Senate Democrats announce legislation to be ready ”later in September”.

With the new deadline it is unclear if the legislation will be ready before important climate negotiations at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh on September 24 and 25 and UN climate negotiations in Bangkok starting on September 28. It is also uncertain if President Barack Obama will have the US climate legislation approved before the UN climate conference in Copenhagen in December. More…