US lawmakers approve landmark climate bill

WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives narrowly approved a historic climate bill that for the first time would force US companies to limit greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for global warming.

GOP leader Boehner protests 11th-hour climate amendment with hour-long reading on House floor

WASHINGTON — Republican leader John Boehner knew Democrats had the votes to push through a massive climate bill.

House rejects GOP energy alternatives, sets stage for OK of bill to combat climate change

WASHINGTON — The House has rejected a Republican alternative to a Democratic climate bill. The vote set the stage for passage of a bill that for the first time would limit U.S. greenhouse gases linked to global warming.

Quotes on the climate and energy bill

Quotes on the climate and energy legislation:

Getting to Copenhagen: Climate deal stakes high for UN and its leader

UNITED NATIONS — For Ban Ki-moon, bringing about a new U.N. climate treaty by the end of this year is a must.

House Democrats narrowly prevail in key test vote on climate bill, sending it to full House

WASHINGTON — House Democrats narrowly won a key test vote Friday and pushed for passage of sweeping legislation designed to combat global warming and usher in a new era of cleaner energy. Republicans said the bill included the largest tax increase in American history.

Handful of undecided Democrats hold key to whether House passes historic global warming bill

WASHINGTON — A handful of undecided Democrats hold the key to whether the House will confront global warming and begin a shift away from fossil fuels to cleaner sources of energy.

Obama pushing urgently for bill to fight global warming on eve of historic House vote

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pushed urgently Thursday for passage of legislation to confront global warming, billing it as a job-creating machine rather than the costly “job killer” Republicans denounced. He telephoning wavering Democrats on the eve of what could be a historic House vote.

CBO study finds climate bill will cost average household $175 a year in 2020

WASHINGTON — A nonpartisan congressional study projects only modest household cost increases as a result of a Democratic proposal to limit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, contradicting claims by many Republican lawmakers that the climate legislation amounts to a huge energy tax on average Americans.

THE INFLUENCE GAME: After ‘cow tax’ campaign, Congress and EPA steer clear of cattle burps

WASHINGTON — One contributor to global warming — bigger than coal mines, landfills and sewage treatment plants — is being left out of efforts by the Obama administration and House Democrats to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

AP Interview: US says a climate change deal can go ahead before a US pledge on CO2 reduction

BONN, Germany — The United States may miss a December deadline for committing to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, but that should not block an international agreement on global warming, the chief U.S. negotiator said Wednesday.

US House panel rejects greenhouse gas emission parity with India, China

WASHINGTON - A US House panel debating climate change legislation has rejected by a 36-23 party-line vote a Republican attempt to delay a cap on US greenhouse gas emission levels until India and China adopt similar standards.

Gore appeals for unity on climate change, but partisan split shows no sign of easing

WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Al Gore, the leading American voice on climate change, urged lawmakers Friday to overcome partisan differences and take action to reduce greenhouse gases, but Democrats and Republicans sparred even more vigorously over the cost of dealing with global warming.

Former GOP Sen. Warner urges Congress to deal with climate change as national security issue

WASHINGTON — Former Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia says dealing with climate change is a national security issue that must be addressed.

Former Vice President Al Gore says bill will help solve climate and economic crises

WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Al Gore, the leading American voice on climate change, urged lawmakers Friday to overcome partisan differences and take action to reduce greenhouse gases, calling the climate issue the most important ever before Congress.

On second day of hearings on global warming bill, Obama administration could take heat

WASHINGTON — Top members of President Barack Obama’s energy and environmental team are weighing in on a bill that would curb the emissions blamed for global warming and transform how the nation produces and uses energy.

The economic cost of addressing climate change marks debate; Pelosi vows approval this year.

WASHINGTON — As Congress begins to debate climate change in earnest, the science is taking a back seat to economics: How much will it cost to slow the Earth’s warming because of man-made pollution — and what’s the cost of doing nothing?