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Voino bill aims to get China, India on board in fight against global warming
Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, has long been concerned with a cap and trade proposal aimed at fighting global warming. He’s worried in part that the United States will take all sorts of steps to clean up their air, only to see other industrialized countries such as India and China keep polluting.
So he introduced a bill this week aimed at getting other countries on board. His bill, introduced with Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., would launch an international effort to develop new technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance energy security. Specifically, the bill would direct the U.S. program office of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate to establish a committee focused on the development and commercialization of clean energy technologies.
“Countries like China and India will continue to use coal regardless of the availability of clean energy technologies,” Voinovich said in a statement. “We must work to give these countries and the rest of the world better, cleaner energy options while protecting jobs and the economy.”
The bill would provide a $200 million per year investment from Fiscal Year 2010 to 2015 for the development of clean energy technology.
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