‘We are accelerating into oblivion’: Senate Democrats form climate panel

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Senate Democrats will assemble their own committee to come up with “a consensus that is broad and strong” on legislation to confront climate change, party leaders announced Wednesday, and carbon pricing is likely at the top of the list.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced the new panel at a press conference one day after most Senate Democrats voted “present” on a Green New Deal resolution to eliminate fossil fuels completely in the next few decades.

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