WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. energy-intensive industries — like aluminum, chemicals, paper and steel — want the U.S. Senate to give them a bigger share of the free pollution permits that would be needed to emit greenhouse gases under climate change legislation.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate bill introduced on Tuesday would give the Commodity Futures Trading Commission full authority over markets that buy and sell pollution permits issued to companies as part of a climate change plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

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