Morning News Roundup on Kerry-Boxer Bill

Earnest show of intent expected

Hearings are underway on the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill. The AP reports that although "Senate Democrats have all but abandoned the likelihood of getting a climate bill passed this year, . . . they hope[] that they c[an] show some progress at a Senate hearing on the issue -- such as clearing a bill out of a key committee -- in advance of international climate negotiations in [Copenhagen] Denmark in December." Reuters says much the same thing here. Politico reports that Senator Boxer may be making some headway with Democratic Senators from coal states--something that may make environmentalists a little bit worried--here. And ClimateWire looks into how much loading the bill with incentives for nuclear power may help its passage, here.