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Senate Panel Approves Kigali Amendment in Bipartisan Vote

"A Senate committee voted yesterday to send the most important climate treaty in years to the floor for ratification.

Not a single Republican opposed it.

The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol cleared the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on a voice vote, meaning that support for the agreement was overwhelming. It’s unclear when a floor vote will be scheduled for the treaty, which governs the global phase down of climate superpollutants used in cooling and refrigeration.

Yet the tantalizing prospect of the Senate passing a major climate treaty raises questions about whether future climate bills could follow a similar path. Seventeen Republicans would have to vote to ratify the treaty."

Jean Chemnick reports for E&E News May 5, 2022.

Source: E&E News, 05/05/2022