| From Sfgate.com: The financial crisis and a deepening economic downturn are threatening to delay efforts to deal with another pressing global crisis. Hopes for action had been running high since both Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama had pledged to make cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions a top priority.
But environmentalists now fear that the next president may be more focused on reviving a flat-lining economy, and Congress could be wary of supporting any measures that might slow growth or raise energy prices for consumers..... Full Article: Source f=/c/a/2008/10/12/MNO313EQ65.DTL&tsp=1
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