In this instalment of NYT’s Room for Debate series, five commentators from all sides of the spectrum weigh in on the chances for passage of the Senate climate bill authored by Senators Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman. It’s no surprise that their views of the odds vary as widely as their perspectives.


CONSEQUENCES
SCOTUS Poised to Handcuff the EPA
In the wake of reactionary rulings by the Supreme Court that seized a woman’s right to abortion after the Justices had unleashed potentially lethal freedoms to gun owners, one can only shudder at the prospect of the court’s upcoming decision on West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).