The U.S. Senate headed toward a much-watched vote Thursday on whether the Obama administration should be allowed to go ahead with regulations curtailing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and other major polluters.
The vote serves as a test of where lawmakers stand on climate change issues as the Senate struggles to come up with legislation to shape future energy policy.
The measure, sponsored by Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski from oil-rich Alaska, would stop the Environmental Protection Agency from carrying out rules to regulate carbon and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
President Barack Obama and Republican-led opponents …
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