Senate poised to take up sweeping global warming bill

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By Erin Kelly,
Gannett News Service 
WASHINGTON — Landmark legislation to reduce global warming is set to spark an intense Senate debate in early June.

While it is unlikely to become law this year, the Climate Security Act is seen by both supporters and opponents as evidence of how far Congress has moved on the issue and how quickly a bill is likely to pass after a new president moves into the White House in January and a new Congress takes office.

"I really believe that if we don't get across the finish line this year, we will next year," said bill proponent Jeremy Symons, executive director of the global warming campaign at the National Wildlife Federation. "This is the first bill to have a serious chance of getting passed."

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