SENATORS CITE EPA GREENHOUSE INVENTORY IN PUSH FOR NEW CONTROLS

Senators pushing legislation for mandatory controls on greenhouse gases plan to cite a new EPA analysis showing the power plant sector is responsible for the latest annual rise in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, congressional sources say. Several Senate sources say senators including John McCain (R-AZ), Joe Lieberman (D-CT), Jim Jeffords (I-VT) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) are all likely to cite the new inventory, released in late April, as evidence that a mandatory approach that applies to power plants is the...