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Senate Republican Goes Cold on Climate Bill
Fallout from Arizona's new immigration law has already reached the US Senate, where Harry Reid now say it's time to deal with what is, after all, a federal issue. Republican Lindsay Graham calls that a “ cynical ploy ” to appeal to Hispanic voters, and he's backing away from a bipartisan compromise on climate change.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readFallout from Arizona's new immigration law has already reached the US Senate, where Harry Reid now say it's time to deal with what is, after all, a federal issue. Republican Lindsay Graham calls that a “cynical ploy” to appeal to Hispanic voters, and he's backing away from a bipartisan compromise on climate change. Cut to California, where Texas oil companies are spending big money to repeal what's now the toughest climate-change law in the country. If voters agree in November, will the effort to curb global warming suffer a double whammy?
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Bryan Walsh
Axios correspondent covering emerging technology and global trends
Eric Pica
Director of Domestic Policy Campaigns, Friend of the Earth
Jim DiPeso
Policy Director, Republicans for Environmental Protection
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2 of 3Climate Change, Immigration Reform and California - 0:00Oil Rig Explosion Pours 1,000 Barrels a Day into the Gulf
- 7:47Senate Republican Goes Cold on Climate BillYou’re reading this
- 42:37Is Great Britain Headed for Coalition Government?