BIPARTISAN PANEL LAUNCHES NEW TALKS ON GREENHOUSE GAS PROGRAM

A bipartisan commission is convening a new round of discussions this week on designing a possible greenhouse gas reduction program, after Senate lawmakers cited uncertainties in how to craft such a plan as one reason for excluding greenhouse gas controls from the recently enacted comprehensive energy law. An agenda sent to participants by the group, known as the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP), says the talks are not intended to forge a consensus but to encourage "substantive discussion" between...