Graham Will Not Support His Climate Bill

CongressDaily has gotten a quote from Senator Graham suggesting that he will not vote for his own energy bill:

“What I have withdrawn from is a bill that basically restricts drilling in a way that is never going to happen in the future, ” Graham said. “I wanted it to safely occur in the future; I don’t want to take it off the table.”

Graham said his advice to lawmakers is to “start over and scale down your ambitions.” This includes allowing electric utilities more time to meet their emission reduction targets and completely removing energy-intensive manufacturers and other industries from a carbon control plan. The technology does not yet exist for them to be able to capture and store carbon emissions, he argued.

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