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submitted by  America's Progressive Community   May 12, 2010
9:11 AM  CONTACT: Center for Biological Diversity   Kerry-
Lieberman Climate Proposal a Disaster for Climate  WASHINGTON -
May 12 - In the midst of what appears to be the worst offshore
oil disaster in American history, U.S. Senators John Kerry
(D-Mass.) and Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) will today put forth a
draft climate bill that will not solve the problems of global
warming and continues pandering to the fossil fuel industry -
including expanded offshore oil drilling -- that created the
problems in the first place.  The proposal, leaked one day
before its official release, reflects months of back-room
negotiations between the senators, major polluters, and other
Washington insiders, and would:  * provide only a fraction of
the greenhouse gas pollution reductions scientists have said are
necessary to avoid catastrophic climate disruption; * ban
successful Clean Air Act programs from red