Climate bill politics are heating up
Activer le mode zenJim Tankersley
"Reporting from Washington - After months of promoting President Obama's climate plan as a vehicle to create millions of clean-energy jobs, supporters of the legislation are increasingly pushing another strategy -- its benefits for national security. "It's a deliberate, anxiety-themed effort to press a handful of fence-sitting moderates to support a bill that will probably be the administration's next great legislative push after healthcare. "A coalition backing the energy and climate bill pending before the Senate has enlisted war veterans to pressure senators in person. "In television advertisements, the coalition calls dependence on foreign oil a threat to national security and fuel for terrorists." Read on...
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"Climate bill politics are heating up", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), septembre 2009. Consulté le 25/04/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/climate-bill-politics-are-heating-up