House Panel Passes Global-Warming Bill.

The article reports on a global-warming bill approved by the Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on May 21, 2009. The legislative bill is reportedly advocated by a number of environmental groups, corporations, electric utilities and energy companies. The bill aims to lessen greenhouse-gas emissions by 83 percent by 2050 through a cap-and-trade system and a number of other renewable-energy and energy-efficiency requirements.