Union, Republicans join to oppose US controls on CO2 emissions

Washington (Platts)--8Jul2004

A coalition of Teamsters and Republicans Thursday launched what it called a
"national grassroots effort" to defeat US Senate legislation that would impose
mandatory caps industry emissions of carbon dioxide. The Labor Environment
Alliance, composed of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the
Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy, said the legislation
sponsored by Sens John McCain (Republican-Arizona) and Joseph Lieberman
(Democrat-Connecticut) would force energy prices to skyrocket and cost the US
hundreds of thousands of jobs. The group said it will campaign against the
bill in West Virginia, Michigan, Indiana, Montana and North Dakota. It appears
unlikely, however, that the legislation will come to a floor vote this year. A
possible attempt by Lieberman and McCain to attach the proposal to an
unrelated bill this week was blocked by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist
(Republican-Tennessee).

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