"Obama Meets With Key Senators in Bid To Advance Climate Legislation"

"President Barack Obama made a renewed push for a long-stalled climate and energy bill Tuesday, urging lawmakers at a White House meeting to pass a comprehensive bill this year.

Fourteen senators from both parties — including several who remain undecided on the climate bill — met for more than an hour with Obama, four Cabinet members and White House energy adviser Carol Browner.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Obama wants a comprehensive bill that includes a cap on emissions of pollution blamed for global warming."

Matthew Daly reports for the Associated Press March 9, 2010.

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"DOE Chief Urges Energy Leaders to Accept Curbs on Greenhouse Gases" (Greenwire)

"Was Waxman-Markey A Waste of Energy?" (Mother Jones)