WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is meeting with Cabinet members and key senators from both parties in a bid to move forward on a long-stalled U.S. climate and energy bill. A bill sponsored by Sens. John Kerry, a Democrat, Lindsey Graham, a Republican, and Joe Lieberman, an independent, aims to cut emissions of pollution-causing greenhouse gases by 17 percent by 2020. The bill would abandon a broad "cap-and-trade" approach to reducing carbon pollution. Instead it would apply different carbon controls to different sectors of the economy. The bill's prospects in the Senate are uncertain, and Tuesday's meeting is seen as an attempt to bring together moderates from both parties to gauge their support.
White House hosts meeting on energy, climate
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MATTHEW DALY
Associated Press Writer
