The Obama Administration is stepping up its efforts to pass a hybrid energy and climate bill, according to this article in the NYT. "Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund, said the ongoing efforts are aimed at a bill that is a 'hybrid of ideas' that would attract enough votes from fence-sitting Democrats whose states are heavily reliant on coal and from Republican ranks to secure passage through the Senate." The precise contours of that legislation remain indeterminate, however.
