Several key Democrats from industrial and oil states threw their support behind a draft climate bill Monday as a House committee began work on massive legislation that would impose the first U.S. limits on greenhouse gases.
While Democratic sponsors of the 948-page bill called it essential to shift the United States away from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources and deal with global warming, Republicans argued it would send energy prices soaring and threaten economic growth.
"Our nation is at a crossroads," declared Rep. Henry Waxman, a Democrat and the committee's chairman "We can continue to look the other way and leave these problems to …
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