JEFFORDS EYES NEW CLIMATE BILL TO SHIFT GLOBAL WARMING DEBATE

Sen. James Jeffords (I-VT), the ranking minority member on the Environment & Public Works Committee, is developing a new climate change bill that may go beyond pending Senate bills by requiring strict emissions reductions necessary to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations, according to sources tracking the effort. Despite Jeffords' plans to retire at the end of this Congress, one proponent of mandatory greenhouse gas controls says the senator's upcoming proposal could influence the climate debate, which observers expect to intensify after...