Sen. Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) announcement today that the Senate will delay taking up climate and energy legislation at least until September should pressure his colleagues to pass a bill before the 111th Congress ends, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). According to UCS President Kevin Knobloch: "The Senate has an absolute responsibility to act on climate change this year. Senators allied with the oil and coal industries must get out of the way and allow the Senate to act. The majority leader was right to point out that a failure to act is 'dangerous.' The first six months of this year have been the hottest on record and the past 10 years were the hottest decade on record. The House has already met its responsibility and passed a comprehensive energy and climate plan more than a year ago. Meanwhile, the National Academy of Sciences -in response to congressional requests - recently issued reports that underscore the need to quickly and dramatically reduce heat-trapping emissions and explicitly recommend capping emissions and putting a price on carbon." Reid  Senate  climate change  energy bill  legislation 
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