Obama faces uphill battle in bid to pass climate bill before Copenhagen climate treaty finalized

Forbes magazine online has published Oxford Analytica’s analysis that the Obama administration is facing an “uphill battle” to get climate change legislation passed by the US Senate this year, prior to the Copenhagen meeting where a successor treaty to Kyoto will be finalized.

Oxford said that “Obama wants to push a similar bill through the Senate to bolster his international credibility ahead of the Copenhagen climate conference in December,” but was not optimistic regarding his chances.

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