This Week on the Hill
It will be a fairly quiet week on the climate front in the House and the Senate, with most key staff members in Copenhagen and Senators and Congresspeople busily trying to finish health care reform, meet the federal government’s funding requirements and increase the debt ceiling of the United States. Late last week the tri-partisan climate leadership (Sens. Graham, Kerry and Lieberman) released the broad outlines of what they will likely propose to the full Senate next year. Already it looks like Majority Leader Reid will reserve much of March or April for floor discussion for the proposal.
That being said, the Senate Energy Committee will be taking a look at a bevy of nuclear related legislation on Tuesday, that would create more standardization in the creation of nuclear reactors- particularly small reactors. Many policymakers point to small reactors as a way to increase nuclear power for carbon reductions.
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