Obama’s top energy adviser says no way Congress can pass climate change bill this year

October 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama's top aide on climate change acknowledged that legislation requiring major reductions in global-warming emissions is unlikely to pass Congress before December's Copenhagen summit on climate change. Carol Browner, director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, said Friday in Washington that completion of the legislative process before Obama attends the Copenhagen meeting "is not going to happen", The New York Times reported early Saturday on its website.

September 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Democrats introduced ambitious climate-change legislation Wednesday in the Senate with the goal of reducin greenhouse-gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels, a larger reduction than the 17-percent approved in June by the House. The bill introduced by Democratic Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer outlines a plan to curb toxic emissions by creating a market for companies to buy and sell pollution permits.

September 10th, 2009 Top US official: Climate bill urgently neededWASHINGTON — With negotiations on a new international climate treaty proving difficult, the Obama administration's chief climate negotiator on Thursday called on the Senate to act as soon as possible and pass legislation to control the gases blamed for global warming. Todd Stern, the State Department's special envoy for climate change, told a House panel that it was critical for the Senate to pass legislation to give the U.S.

August 4th, 2009 Salazar again urges climate action in SenateLONGMONT, Colo. — Standing inside a solar energy plant, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar vowed Tuesday that the health care debate in Washington won't slow progress on a sweeping climate change bill.

July 27th, 2009 Obama: US, China interested in clean energyWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the U.S. and China have a shared interest in creating clean and secure energy sources.

June 29th, 2009 White House confident Senate will pass energy billWASHINGTON — The White House says it's confident that the Senate will pass comprehensive energy legislation. President Barack Obama's top energy adviser, Carol Browner, made the comment in an interview with a small group of reporters.

June 28th, 2009 Axelrod accuses GOP of using inaction a strategyWASHINGTON — One of President Barack Obama's top advisers says Republicans are using inaction as a political strategy. White House aide David Axelrod said Sunday that the GOP has used its opposition to a climate change bill as a plan for next year's congressional elections.

June 27th, 2009 House rejects GOP energy alternativeWASHINGTON — The House has rejected a Republican alternative to a Democratic climate bill. The vote set the stage for passage of a bill that for the first time would limit U.S.

June 27th, 2009 Quotes on the climate billQuotes on the climate and energy legislation: "Just remember these four words for what this legislation means: jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs." — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. "Today, we are taking decisive and historic action to promote America's energy security and to create millions of clean energy jobs that will drive our economic recovery and long term growth." — Rep.

June 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama said Friday that he hopes Washington will soon be able to match Germany's commitment to tackling climate change and boosting clean energy. After a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House, Obama said he was "impressed" with Germany's "foresight and commitment to clean energy".

June 25th, 2009 Obama: Now is time to pass climate change billWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is pressing again for passage of legislation that would confront the problem of global warming head-on. Speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House, Obama said Washington must not miss the opportunity to work on cleaning the air and at the same time creating new "green" energy jobs.

June 24th, 2009 Key farm-state lawmaker supports climate billWASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee says farmers can support a proposed Democratic bill to limit greenhouse gases and combat global warming. Democratic Rep.

April 21st, 2009 High cost of addressing climate change challengedWASHINGTON — An environmental group is challenging claims that major reductions in greenhouse gases would lead to soaring energy costs. The Union of Concerned Scientists says its analysis, using Energy Department computer models, show that higher electric and gasoline costs will be offset by improvements in energy and automobile efficiency.

March 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Noting 'an obvious convergence' in Indian and US goals for promoting renewable energy, India sees many more opportunities for collaboration in President Barack Obama's decision to put climate change at the top of his agenda. It's 'an area of substantial Indo-US collaboration already and many more opportunities are likely to open up', thanks to Obama's agenda, including his 10-year, $150 billion Renewable Energy Initiative, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Special Envoy for Climate Change, Shyam Saran, said here Tuesday.

January 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Monday said Washington would take on a new leading role in confronting climate change and weaning the country off its dependence on foreign oil. Obama signalled a clean break in climate and energy policy from the administration of former president George W Bush, which was criticized for playing down the dangers of climate change.