WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. power generating companies would get free pollution permits, at least initially, as part of a compromise climate change bill being written in the Senate that also would give the coal industry $10 billion to develop "clean" technology, sources said on Friday. Democratic Senator John Kerry is trying to push a bill through a skeptical Senate this ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Weyerhaeuser Co, a timber developer and home builder, has joined the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a group of companies and moderate green groups pushing for a climate bill, the organization said. Weyerhaeuser's chief executive Dan Fulton said that forest fibers are one of the best resources to store carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas. "Whether we ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate is close to wrapping up talks ahead of introducing a compromise climate change bill, said a top Democratic lawmaker who discussed ideas with industry groups on Wednesday. "We're planning to button up our efforts somewhere I hope next week," Senator John Kerry told reporters after meeting with a coalition that represents automakers, forestry and paper ...

US Senator John Kerry on Monday introduced a bill to protect whales, sending a message as nations debate a compromise that critics say would end a moratorium on commerical whaling. Kerry's bill, which is similar to a bill before the House of Representatives, would affirm US support for a 1986 ban by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) on commercial ...