Climate bill faces long odds

WASHINGTON — A climate and energy bill being pushed in the Senate faces bleak prospects, despite President Barack Obama’s call for a “clean energy” future that lessens dependence on oil and other fossil fuels. A day after the president’s Oval Office speech, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., reiterated that his party remains unanimous in its opposition to what he called a national energy tax.

By: By Matthew Daly, The Associated Press, The Jamestown Sun