Denver Post 1 month ago

Global climate-treaty ambitions downsized

Sen. Barbara Boxer presides Thursday over the Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill as the panel pushed along an emissions bill, despite a GOP boycott. Full Article at Denver Post

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