Boxer-Kerry Bill Pledges Big Cuts, With Few Details

By Jessica Dye

Law360, New York (September 30, 2009, 1:51 PM ET) -- Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., on Wednesday formally unveiled the U.S. Senate's version of landmark climate change legislation, which proposes deeper emissions cuts than the U.S. House of Representatives' take but leaves many of critics' biggest questions unanswered.

The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act takes several of the same approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and jump-starting the clean-energy economy laid out in the House's American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, which passed in June by a razor-thin 219-212...
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