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Obama retreats from goal of cap-and-trade bill
Friday 5 Feb 10 9:00am
President Barack Obama said this week for the first time legislation that would require industries to pay for emissions of greenhouse gases might need to be separated from a more popular "green jobs" bill in the Senate.
Such a manoeuver could kill what once had been one of the administration's top policy priorities.
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