EPA finds Senate climate bill affordable

EPA finds Senate climate bill affordable

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. climate and energy bill unveiled last month in the Senate would cost American households on average less than a dollar a day, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday.

The EPA said the bill sponsored by Senators John Kerry, a Democrat, and Joseph Lieberman, an independent, would cost households an average of $79 to $146 per year.

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants a broad energy bill to move to the Senate floor in coming weeks, though the Kerry-Lieberman legislation faces stiff opposition from lawmakers in coal and oil states.

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"The EPA's analysis removes the last excuse senators may have for not passing strong climate and energy legislation this session," Kevin Knobloch, the president of the Union of Concerned Scientists, said in a release.