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Published online 18 October 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2007.179
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US climate bill calls for emission caps
Compromise bill set to be first to move through US legislative process.
A bipartisan group of US senators unveiled a much anticipated climate bill today, paving the way for the first legislative action on global warming under the new Democratic majority.
The legislation would require some industries to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, and by a further 65% by mid-century.
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