Reuters alone with U.S. Energy Secretary’s outlook on climate bill

Reuters was the only newswire on October 12 to report U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu was ‘hopeful’ the Senate would fast-track a U.S. climate bill – which will transform global talks to agree on a new climate treaty if Congress passes the domestic legislation before a summit in Copenhagen in December. In addition, co-author of the bill democrat Barbara Boxer was enthusiastic about rapid approval of the draft law, in contrast with high-level democratic pessimism 10 days earlier.