Senate not seen passing climate bill in 2010. Energy bill instead.

Senate not seen passing climate bill in 2010
11:37am EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan said on Tuesday he did not think the Senate would pass climate change legislation this year, but instead would focus on separate energy legislation that would require more electricity supplies to be generated from renewable sources and expand offshore drilling into the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Dorgan said it would be difficult for the Senate to turn to controversial climate change legislation after it just had to deal with the health care bill.

"It is my assessment that we likely will not do climate change this year, but will do an energy bill instead," Dorgan, who is in the Senate Democratic leadership, told reporters in a telephone conference call.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60I3NA20100119

Punting climate down the road again is just plain stupid and shortsighted.

Of course we can always figure a path to "drill baby dril".