US legislators to move on cap-and-trade before June

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Chair of House Energy and Environmental Subcommittee says he wants to see legislation drafted by the summer

Draft climate change legislation will be presented to the US House of Representatives by 25 May, according to Representative Edward Markey, chairman of the House Energy and Environmental subcommittee....

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