Business Experts Brief Congress On Inevitability Of Climate Change Rules

Congressional staff and lawmakers are being told by business policy experts that momentum is building for the United States to adopt greenhouse gas controls, despite continuing opposition by the Bush administration and some members of Congress. Speaking at a June 27 congressional briefing on "The Investor Community and Climate Change," three panelists representing business and investor interests cited changes both inside and outside of Congress that they say indicate an eventual certainty that U.S. climate policy will include mandatory greenhouse...